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Determining the relation between fire engine travel times and travel distances in New York City

Kolesar, P. / Walker, W. / Hausner, J.

A simple physical model of the way fire engines travel leads to the hypothesis that T, the average fire engine travel time, depends on D, the distance travelled according to T(D)=2(D/a)^1/2 if D equal to or less than d and T(D)=v_c/a+D/v_c if D greater than d. The parameter a can be interpreted as an acceleration and v_c as a cruising velocity. A field experiment was run, and the above model validated and the parameters estimated, for New York City. It was also found that regional traffic conditions and hour of day appear to have only minor effects on average response velocities.

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Determining the relation between fire engine travel times and travel distances in New York City

Kolesar, P. / Walker, W. / Hausner, J.

A simple physical model of the way fire engines travel leads to the hypothesis that T, the average fire engine travel time, depends on D, the distance travelled according to T(D)=2(D/a)^1/2 if D equal to or less than d and T(D)=v_c/a+D/v_c if D greater than d. The parameter a can be interpreted as an acceleration and v_c as a cruising velocity. A field experiment was run, and the above model validated and the parameters estimated, for New York City. It was also found that regional traffic conditions and hour of day appear to have only minor effects on average response velocities.

Determining the relation between fire engine travel times and travel distances in New York City

Kolesar, P. / Walker, W. / Hausner, J.

A simple physical model of the way fire engines travel leads to the hypothesis that T, the average fire engine travel time, depends on D, the distance travelled according to T(D)=2(D/a)^1/2 if D equal to or less than d and T(D)=v_c/a+D/v_c if D greater than d. The parameter a can be interpreted as an acceleration and v_c as a cruising velocity. A field experiment was run, and the above model validated and the parameters estimated, for New York City. It was also found that regional traffic conditions and hour of day appear to have only minor effects on average response velocities.

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Title:

Determining the relation between fire engine travel times and travel distances in New York City

Additional title:

Die Abschaetzung der Beziehung zwischen Feuerwehr-Fahrzeit und der Entfernung Brandort-Depot

Contributors:

Kolesar, P. (author) / Walker, W. (author) / Hausner, J. (author)

Published in:

Operations Research ; 23 ; 614-627

Publication date:

1975

Size:

, 6 Quellen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.23.4.614

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

OPERATIONS RESEARCH , FEUERMELDETECHNIK , STRASSENVERKEHR , SIMULATION , FEUERWEHR , FEUERWEHRTECHNIK

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