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Every Second Counts: A Comprehensive Review of Route Optimization and Priority Control for Urban Emergency Vehicles

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  • Zhengbo Hao

    (Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201804, China
    Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Tongji University, 4801 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201800, China)

  • Yizhe Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201804, China
    Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Tongji University, 4801 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201800, China)

  • Xiaoguang Yang

    (Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 4800 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201804, China
    Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Tongji University, 4801 Cao’an Road, Shanghai 201800, China)

Abstract

Emergency vehicles (EMVs) play an important role in saving human lives and mitigating property losses in urban traffic systems. Due to traffic congestion and improper priority control strategies along the rescue route, EMVs may not be able to arrive at rescue spots on time, which also increases traffic risk and has a negative impact on social vehicles (SVs). The greater the negative impact on SVs, such as increased delay times and queue length, the more profound the negative impacts on urban environmental sustainability. Proper rescue route selection and priority control strategies are essential for addressing this problem. Consequently, this paper systematically reviews the studies on EMV routing and priority control. First, a general bibliometric analysis is conducted using VOSviewer. This study also classifies the existing studies into three parts: EMV travel time prediction (EMV-TTP), EMV routing optimization (EMV-RO), and EMV traffic priority control (EMV-TPC). Finally, this study provides future research suggestions on five aspects: 1. uncovering authentic demand characteristics through EMV data mining, 2. incorporating the distinct characteristics of EMV in EMV-RO models, 3. implementing active EMV-TPC strategies, 4. concentrating more on the negative impacts on SVs, and 5. embracing the emerging technologies in the future urban traffic environment.

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  • Zhengbo Hao & Yizhe Wang & Xiaoguang Yang, 2024. "Every Second Counts: A Comprehensive Review of Route Optimization and Priority Control for Urban Emergency Vehicles," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-25, March.
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