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To investigate how flooding can affect road transportation, it is essential to analyze interaction during the flood event itself, as well as on the following days. In this work, two static and dynamic traffic models are applied to a study zone for quantification of the performance and functionality of the network during the flood and after the failure of infrastructure components. A mesoscopic simulation was applied to identify the traffic disruption in the face of flood events. This simulation is capable of considering the road network model, assigning trip paths with the impact of road closures and speed reductions, and evaluating travel time and vehicle volume redistribution in a given disruption scenario. By comparing the traffic analysis results (travel time, travelled distance and street speed changes) in normal and flooded situations, the impact of flooding on a transportation network could be examined. Moreover, modelling outputs from a case study in the Santar\u00e9m region (Portugal) indicated that in analyzing the flood impacts on a traffic network, even non-flooded infrastructures must be taken into account because of their service disruption.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app12063076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,20]],"date-time":"2022-03-20T21:25:00Z","timestamp":1647811500000},"page":"3076","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Assessing Flood Indirect Impacts on Road Transport Networks Applying Mesoscopic Traffic Modelling: The Case Study of Santar\u00e9m, Portugal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Fereshteh Jafari","family":"Shahdani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8456-7738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00f3nica","family":"Santamaria-Ariza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4569-1090","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"H\u00e9lder S.","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6356-6963","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00e1rio","family":"Coelho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1536-2149","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 C.","family":"Matos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102889","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trd.2021.102889","article-title":"Flood impacts on urban transit and accessibility\u2014A case study of Kinshasa","volume":"96","author":"He","year":"2021","journal-title":"Transp. 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