Role of Public Transportation in a Natural Disaster State of Emergency Declaration

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2019

Subject Area

place - north america, infrastructure, operations - coordination, planning - service improvement

Keywords

natural disasters, public transit, transportation infrastructure, emergency preparedness

Abstract

Destructive natural disasters such as hurricanes or other extreme weather events challenge many industries, especially the public transit industry. The 2017 hurricane season proved to be tumultuous, with three major hurricanes devastating the United States in less than 2 months. The challenges faced in Florida, in response to Hurricane Irma, precipitated best practices and lessons learned related to monitoring and reporting the status of transportation infrastructure, identifying temporary alternative solutions, and coordinating and communicating with emergency operations centers, state departments of transportation, and individual transit agencies. Sharing the lessons learned from recent firsthand experiences will undoubtedly improve the public transit industry’s emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SAGE, copyright remains with them.

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