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Title: Challenge of Evacuating the Carless in Five Major U.S. Cities: Identifying the Key Issues
Accession Number: 01127181
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The 2007 evacuation of New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the most successful in U.S. history with more than 1.2 million people evacuating the region by car during a 48-h period. It was also one of the most unsuccessful evacuations for a carless society—those without access to cars or those without the physical or economic means to evacuate who were stranded below sea level. Reasons for the successful car-based evacuation stem from local, regional, and interstate collaboration of transportation professionals, emergency managers, and state police to establish a highway contra-flow traffic management system. Evacuating carless and special needs populations requires collaboration of various stakeholders, including transportation planners, emergency managers, health-care providers, and others. This discussion is based on stakeholder focus groups across five U.S. regions, including Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; New Orleans; New York; and San Francisco, California. The paper concludes with a discussion of overall themes emerging from the focus groups around coordinating emergency preparedness at a regional scale.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01147422
Report/Paper Numbers: 09-0885
Language: English
Authors: Renne, John LSanchez, Thomas WJenkins, PamPeterson, RobertPagination: pp 36-44
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780309126359
Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 30 2009 5:07PM
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