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TCRP PROJECT A-41 PANEL Emmanuel C.B. "Cris" Liban, Los Angeles County (CA) Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA (Chair) Madinah Ali, Excelente, Inc., Atlanta, GA Andrew D. Brennan, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, MA Dana C. Coyle, MTA Metro North Railroad, New York, NY Erik S. Johanson, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, PA Hilda Lafebre, San Mateo County Transit District, San Carlos, CA Steven Loehr, MTA New York City Transit, New York, NY Vincent D. Pellegrin, Metro Transit - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN Susan K. Reinertson, AMTRAK, Washington, DC Linbing Wang, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Nina Chung, FTA Liaison Adam Schildge, FTA Liaison Richard Weaver, APTA Liaison Monica Starnes, TRB Liaison

Author Acknowledgments Acknowledgments:  The study team appreciates the contributions of time, information, and  materials from APTA, the transit agency case study participants, and the National Aeronautics  Space Administration (NASA).   The principal authors wish to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the case study and  literature review authors and study contributors, presented here in alphabetical order by last  name, and listed as authors in the Final Report, Literature Review and Case Study appendices to  the Final Report:   Jim Amdal, Senior Research Associate, University of New Orleans Transportation Institute, New  Orleans, Louisiana; William Ankner, Principal, Transportation Solutions, Providence, Rhode Island;  Tom Callahan, Consultant, UII, Springfield, Virginia; Julie MacLachlan, Senior Analyst, Louis Berger,  Kansas City, Missouri; Eric Peterson, Private Consultant, Vienna, Virginia; John Renne, Director and  Associate Professor, Center for Urban & Environmental Solutions (CUES), Florida Atlantic  University, Boca Raton, Florida; James Schwab, Principal, Jim Schwab Consulting LLC, Chicago,  Illinois; Marie Venner, President, Venner Consulting, Lakewood, Colorado; Niek Veraart, Vice  President, Louis Berger, New York City, New York; Ryan Whytlaw, Senior Transportation Analyst,  NJ Department of Transportation, Office of Emergency Management, Trenton, New Jersey; Brian  Wolshon, Director, Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency,  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

Table of Contents BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH APPROACH ................................................................................. 1  GUIDEBOOK ............................................................................................................................................. 1  FINDINGS AND APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 2  SUMMARY: WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE LITERATURE .......................................................... 2  Literature Review Synthesis: Thematic Overview of Current Practices .......................................................... 3  Resilience Adoption: State of the Practice .................................................................................................... 6  Policy, Planning, and Administration .......................................................................................................... 12  Asset Management and Capital Programming ............................................................................................ 16  Project Development, Infrastructure Design, and Construction ................................................................... 20  Operations and Maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 22  Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery .................................................................................... 24  Literature Review Summary and Discussion ................................................................................................ 27  Works Cited ............................................................................................................................................... 29  SUMMARY: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE CASE STUDIES ................................................. 33  Defining “Resilience” .................................................................................................................................. 33  Threats and Hazards ................................................................................................................................... 34  “Pathways” to Resilience ............................................................................................................................ 34  The Importance of Partnerships and Collaboration ..................................................................................... 37  Examples of Effective Practices ................................................................................................................... 39  WORKSHOP AND ADDITIONAL INTERIM OUTREACH ............................................................. 41  INCORPORATING RESILIENCE INTO APTA STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE ......................... 43  Summary Chronology of Study Team Interaction with APTA ....................................................................... 43  Exhibit A: Resilience Lens Suggested Worksheet for APTA Working Groups ................................................. 45  CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTED RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION NEEDS ............... 49  BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................... 58 

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web Only Document 70: Improving the Resilience of Transit Systems Threatened by Natural Disasters, Volume 2: Research Overview summarizes elements of the research effort that offers practices for transit systems of all sizes to absorb the impacts of disaster, recover quickly, and return rapidly to providing the services that customers rely on to meet their travel needs. It also explores additional research needs that have been identified during the course of the study. The report is accompanied by Volume 1: A Guide, Volume 3: Literature Review and Case Studies, and a database called resilienttransit.org to help practitioners search for and identify tools to help plan for natural disasters.

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