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SMU Post-Game Parking Evacuation Simulation

SMU Post-Game Parking Evacuation Simulation. Conner Huckaby, Katelyn Pratt, Sarah Rives. Management Summary. Problem Reduce the amount of time required to fully empty SMU parking garages after football games and route all traffic off campus.

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SMU Post-Game Parking Evacuation Simulation

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  1. SMU Post-Game Parking Evacuation Simulation Conner Huckaby, Katelyn Pratt, Sarah Rives

  2. Management Summary Problem • Reduce the amount of time required to fully empty SMU parking garages after football games and route all traffic off campus. • Current benchmark of 45 minutes for Moody Garage is unsatisfactory

  3. Management Summary Approach • Use ProModel 6.0 to simulate traffic • Base off of previous traffic study commissioned by SMU

  4. Management Summary Deliverables • A more efficient traffic routing • Improvement of evacuation time • Recommendations for use of garage exits • Implementation of new Binkley Garage

  5. Situation Analysis • 3 exits: North, South, East • 2 garages: Binkley, Moody • 1,680 cars North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  6. Software • ProModel 6.0 modeling software • Simulates cars from the garage to a campus exit • Allows for queues at intersections • Simulates traffic lights and stop signs

  7. Data • Taken from study commissioned by SMU • Car arrival rate at garage calculated from observations • Queue lengths calculated using scale maps

  8. Model Assumptions • 21% North Exit, 38% South Exit, 41% East Exit • Garages full to capacity (1,680 cars in system) • Once a car reaches a campus exit it leaves the system • Speed of 10 mph • Leave garage at a rate of 4.5 cars per minute, exponentially distributed

  9. Campus Routing Assumptions • Bishop Boulevard closed to traffic during and after football games • Binkley Avenue is closed for parking, but could be opened to traffic • All traffic will exit North to Hillcrest, East to 75, or South to Mockingbird

  10. Benchmark • Current plan • 1 exit from Moody Garage • Binkley Avenue closed North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  11. Benchmark

  12. Benchmark - Results • 1 hr 20.64 min • Congestion at SMU/Airline intersection • 5.69 min avg wait time • 9.32 min avg per car from garage to exit North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  13. Alternative 1 • 2 exits from Moody Garage • Open Binkley Avenue North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  14. Alternative 1

  15. Alternative 1 - Results • 1 hr 10.57 min • Congestion at Binkley Garage • 6.53 min avg wait time • 10.07 min avg time from garage to exit North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  16. Alternative 2 • 2 exits from Moody Garage • Open Ownby Drive and Binkley Avenue North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  17. Alternative 2

  18. Alternative 2 - Results • 3 hr 42.02 min • Potential pedestrian issues near Hughes-Trigg • 50.52 min avg wait time • 70.17 min avg time from garage to exit North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  19. Alternative 3 • Use Binkley Avenue • 1 exit from Moody Garage • Forced exits • Binkley Garage = North/South • Moody Garage = East North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  20. Alternative 3

  21. Alternative 3 - Results • 1 hr 7.53 min • No congestion! • 0.03 min avg wait time • 2.51 min avg time from garage to exit North Exit East Exit Moody Garage Binkley Garage South Exit

  22. Results • Current benchmark of 1 hr 20.64 min with congestion • Routing traffic through Ownby is problematic • 2 exits from Moody are inefficient

  23. Recommendations • Open Binkley Avenue to exiting traffic • Force cars from Binkley Garage to exit North or South • Force cars from Moody Garage to exit East

  24. Thank you to… • Professor Gheorghe Spiride • Mark D. Rhodes, Director of Parking and ID Services • Dr. Richard Barr

  25. Questions?

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