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NCHRP RPT 777
NCHRP RPT 777
Research Program
NCHRP 20-59 (42):
A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters,
Emergencies and Significant Events
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Project Overview
Phase I Tasks Phase 2 Tasks
1. Literature Review 5. Draft Guide
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NCHRP 20-59(42) – Project Team
Study Team Oversight
» Deborah Matherly and » Panel Chair: Richard Bennett
Louis Berger staff » NCHRP Senior Program
» Jane Mobley Associates Officer: Stephan Parker
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Project Objective
Develop a guide with principles and resources to facilitate regional
transportation planning, coordination, and operations for disasters,
emergencies and significant events across:
» Agencies: law enforcement, emergency mgt., health, transit, etc.
» Modes: highway (truck, auto), transit (bus, paratransit, rail)
water, air, pedestrian, etc.
» Jurisdictions: towns, cities, counties, states, tribal and
international borders
» Levels of government: local, regional, state(s), possibly tribal,
federal and international
» Private and non-profit entities: critical infrastructure (e.g.,
utilities, communications); suppliers; emergency focus (e.g.,
American Red Cross); client focus (e.g., service providers)
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Guide Organization
» Background/Introduction
» Principles
» Case Studies
» Tools
» Additional Information
» Appendices
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Structure, Components for Each Principle
• Characteristics
• Strategies
• Tools (cross-reference)
• Tips
• Examples
• Case studies (excerpts &
cross- reference)
Basic Findings from Research
Successful multijurisdictional transportation
planning for disasters, emergencies and significant
events is taking place
• around the country and across international borders
• in many different contexts and institutional settings
– non-profit organizations As part of
– metropolitan planning organizations -- long range transportation plans
– transportation agencies -- hazard mitigation plans
– land use organizations -- emergency plans
– emergency planning agencies -- short range operations plans
Resilience: The Primary Objective
» “Resilience is the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more
successfully adapt to adverse events.”
» – The National Academies, ‘Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative’ 2012.
» The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report puts forth a vision of the
characteristics of a resilient nation in the year 2030:
“The characteristics describe a more resilient nation in which
– Every individual and community in the nation has access to the risk and vulnerability
information they need to make their communities more resilient.
– All levels of government, communities, and the private sector have designed resilience
strategies and operation plans based on this information.
– Proactive investments and policy decisions have reduced loss of lives, costs, and
socioeconomic impacts of future disasters.
– Community coalitions are widely organized, recognized, and supported to provide
essential services before and after disasters occur.
– Recovery after disasters is rapid and the per capita federal cost of responding to disasters
has been declining for a decade.
– Nationwide, the public is universally safer, healthier, and better educated.” (NAS 2012
Summary, page 2.)
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Basic Premises
Transportation is a key asset in any major event.
Conversely, can also present a hazard.
This Guide focuses on the regional to national
scale (not local)
All potential circumstances require communication
& collaboration, plus application of basic principles
identified in the Guide.
Basic Premises
Planning Operations
Transportation Transportation systems Transport operations/
planning operations planning
Long Range Transportation Day to day management of
Plans link with community facilities, equipment and
& land use plans; climate systems
adaptation planning ties to
EM mitigation planning
Emergency Recovery & Mitigation Emergency Operations
Management Planning Planning
Coordinated support to Tactical planning- all-
community recovery- state hazards, with training,
multi-hazard mitigation exercises
plans update triennially
Precepts
• Communication and
collaboration bind all the
other principles together.
Appendices