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Analyzing the resilience and vulnerability of public transit networks is extremely important in the context of natural disasters as they serve as important evacuation means. In this study, the authors analyzed the public transit systems in New Jersey based on their vulnerability, resilience and efficiency in recovery following Hurricane Sandy. They apply diverse traffic, infrastructure, events and web-based sources of Big Data. Due to the sparsity of public transit measures for vulnerability, recovery and resilience the authors adapt many measures from existing literature to public transit. Following Hurricane Sandy, the NJTRANSIT bus transit network recovered much faster than rail network, as road infrastructure recovered much faster and most critical link for NJTRANSIT buses remained intact and loss of power for driving and signaling rail and subway systems. The authors also estimate the reliability of specific bus routes on the NJTRANSIT bus network.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP000 Public Transportation Group.

01618707

17-05595

English

27p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bus routes; Case studies; Data collection; Disaster resilience; Level of service; Public transit

Hurricane Sandy, 2012; New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit)

Big data

New Jersey

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-05595

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 12:13PM