Identifying local transit resources for evacuation : research project capsule.

Details

• Creators:
  Wilmot, Chester G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) ; Louisiana. Dept. of Transportation and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Evacuation
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Transit operating agencies
  • Coordination
  • Cooperation
  • Assets
  • Resource allocation
  • Geographic information systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  14-4SS
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  The objectives of this research are to determine what laws or procedures exist or ; can be developed to secure the use of transportation assets and the appropriate ; compensation or incentives for the use of transportation assets from the ; public, private, and state sectors during an emergency or disaster; consolidate ; information on transportation assets in the public, private, and state sectors ; to facilitate the movement of and transportation support for special or human ; service transportation need citizens in Louisiana’s 20 coastal parishes during an ; emergency or disaster; identify the number of passengers currently served by ; special or human service transportation services and estimate the proportion ; who are likely to rely on transportation from these transit services during an ; evacuation; and incorporate information into a Geographic Information System ; (GIS) capable of querying evacuation demand and transit supply by geographic ; area in the 20 coastal parishes of Louisiana.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27021/dot_27021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 285.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9be32f025b5fd228ae3d135c6b18e001444e6cb9f538fa5f99a20375542d8f8b