VABENE++ – Traffic management for major events and disasters

Whether floods or major events, many people are particularly dependent on an intact transport system in these situations. But how can the system be adapted quickly and efficiently to such extreme situations? The VABENE++ project is looking into this question.

The goal is to efficiently manage the required rescue logistics and the nearby traffic flow even under extreme conditions, thereby enabling response teams to rapidly reach the locations where they are needed.

Research focuses on such areas as simulation and large-scale traffic modelling, aerial traffic monitoring, traffic risk assessment, data fusion, data management, and further developing Web technologies in a GIS environment.

The VABENE++ project
Whether floods or major events, many people are particularly dependent on an intact transport system in these situations. But how can the system be adapted quickly and efficiently to such extreme situations? This is the question addressed by the VABENE++ project.

The VABENE++ project

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The VABENE++ project
Whether floods or major events, many people are particularly dependent on an intact transport system in these situations. But how can the system be adapted quickly and efficiently to such extreme situations? This is the question addressed by the VABENE++ project.

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Participants and Cooperations

Research Objectives

Team

Project title:
VABENE++ Verkehrsmanagement bei Großereignissen und Katastrophen

Duration:
01/2014 to 12/2018

Client:
DLR Transport Programme Directorate

Project participants:
DLR-Institute of Transportation Systems (Project management)
The Remote Sensing Technology Institute
The German Remote Sensing Data Center
DLR-Institute of Communications and Navigation
Microwaves and Radar Institute
DLR-Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
DLR-Flight Experiments Facility

Articles on the topic:

September 11, 2015

Uncrewed airborne disaster relief – rescue exercise in a simulated flood

From 9 September 2015, test flights are taking place on three consecutive days in a simulated disaster scenario as part of the EU's 'Driving Innovations in Crisis Management for European Resilience' (DRIVER) project. Harrowing scenes are being simulated in Braunschweig on those days. A major flood has covered a wide area around the Tankumsee, a lake near Gifhorn; surrounding roads are also affected and people are stranded in the water.

This project is managed by the department:

Research Design and Assessment of Mobility Solutions

In this department scientists develop solutions for cities and regions to transform the mobility system by developing user-friendly designs and simulation and evaluation tools, as well as researching operational optimization and creating acceptance.

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Christian Meirich

Head of Department
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Transportation Systems
Research Design and Assessment of Mobility Solutions
Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig