Improving emergency evacuation preparedness : policy and organizational implications for transportation agencies.

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• Creators:
  Howitt, Arnold M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Harvard University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Emergency management
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Evacuation
  • Transportation departments
  • Metropolitan areas
  • Ground transportation
  • Strategic planning
  • Cooperation
  • Government agencies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HVDR23-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the United States’ Gulf Coast in 2005, ; the storms revealed woeful inadequacies in our nation’s emergency preparedness ; and response capacities, including – notably – how we plan for and execute largescale ; evacuations. Since then, all levels of government have striven to improve the ; ways in which the public sector manages the mass movement of people in the face ; of a major disaster. Building on previous work conducted by the investigators, this ; project explored changes select metropolitan areas have made in planning for and ; implementing emergency evacuations in the post-Katrina era, placing particular ; emphasis on how transportation and emergency management officials across ; multiple levels of government have collaborated in developing and refining regional ; mass evacuation plans and procedures. ; Given the complications disasters can cause for traffic management and ; infrastructure, along with the pivotal role surface transportation plays in support of ; emergency evacuations, this study directly addressed the NEUTC’s theme of ; strategic management of disruptive change in transportation systems – with a ; specific focus on disruptive environments.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26581/dot_26581_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 126.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:922f668e994fe97261cbdf25bef0ee5e7b1373d633215d76ff982105a8d87936