Dataset of traffic dynamics during the 2019 Kincade Wildfire Evacuation

This dataset has been sourced from the Performance Measurement System of the California Department of Transportation. The data has been processed, analysed, presented and summarized in the paper: Rohaert et al., ‘Traffic dynamics during the 2019 Kincade wildfire evacuation’, [Submitted for peer-review to an international journal.], 2022.

CRediT author statement

Arthur Rohaert: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. Erica D. Kuligowski: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Adam Ardinge: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Jonathan Wahlqvist: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Steven M.V. Gwynne: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Amanda Kimball: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Noureddine Bénichou: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing. Enrico Ronchi: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

Acknowledgements

This work has been funded under award 60NANB20D191 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce. The authors would like to thank the WUI-NITY team (Guillermo Rein, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Harry Mitchell, Max Kinateder, Maxime Berthiaume). The authors also acknowledge the technical panel of the project for their support and guidance: Carole Adam, Amy Christianson, Tom Cova, Lauren Folk, Abishek Gaur, Paolo Intini, Justice Jones, Bryan Klein, Chris Lautenberger, Ruggiero Lovreglio, Jerry McAdams, Ruddy Mell, Elise Miller-Hooks, Cathy Stephens, Steve Taylor, Sandra Vaiciulyte, Xilei Zhao, Rita Fahy, Lucian Deaton, and Michele Steinberg.