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Suggested Citation:"CONTENTS." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Legal Issues in Public Transit Emergency Planning and Operation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22447.
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I. Introduction, 3 II. Transit Emergency Planning Foundations, 4 A. Key Homeland Security Planning Laws, Regulations, and Guidance, 4 B. Key Transit Planning Laws, Regulations, and Guidance, 11 III. Transit Emergency Planning Practice Guide, 20 A. Using Terms: Safety, Security, and Emergency Management, 20 B. Modal Administration Jurisdiction and Compliance Issues, 22 C. Understanding Emergency Planning Priorities and Resilience, 26 D. The Role of the Attorney in Emergency Planning, 40 IV. Conclusion, 54 Appendix A: NRF Emergency Support Functions and Lead Agencies, 55 Appendix B: APTA Sample Public Transit Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement, 56 Appendix C: Transit Drill and Exercise Evaluation Criteria Sample, 60 Appendix D: Emergency Operations Plan Sample, 64 Appendix E: Acronyms, 68 CONTENTS

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 44: Legal Issues in Public Transit Emergency Planning and Operation synthesizes and assesses laws, regulations, and guidance from the transit and homeland security industries as a means to help transit agencies better understand their legal responsibilities with respect to emergency planning and operational issues. One of the goals of the report is to help transit systems remain in compliance with emergency planning and operations requirements and guidance.

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