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S E C T I O N 1 Background
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5 Large, multijurisdictional disasters and emergencies occurring more frequently in the United States and internationally have ignited changes in how communities think about standing ready. As a result, a considerable body of planning knowledge has developed in the last 10 to 15 years around planning for disasters, emergencies, and significant events.
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6 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Each communication category has requirements for intra-agency and key stakeholder communication, but also for communication with the general public. Transportation planners have specialized knowledge and capabilities that are important to each communication category.
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Introduction 7 Collaboration delivers the following direct benefits to regional transportation planning for disasters, emergencies, and significant events: • Responding to public needs that require multimodal or multijurisdictional strategies. • Using new technologies to integrate system and traveler information that crosses modal and jurisdictional boundaries.
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8 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events layers of government, and community organizations that work with people with access and functional needs and transportation-disadvantaged populations. Exercised: Regional transportation plans for emergencies, disasters, and significant events are exercised regularly to improve planning and operations.
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Introduction 9 can leverage mutual interests and resources to improve community and regional resilience and outcomes. Appendix B provides additional detail.
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10 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events Planning Operations TR A N SP O R TA TI O N Transport Systems Planning Transport Operations/Operations Planning Transportation systems' long-range transportation plans link with community and land use plans. These long-term (20+ years)
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Introduction 11 plans and procedures for emergency events, and prioritize regional investments to improve regional security and resilience. However, the effort is worth it.
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12 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events • 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; and • Nationwide, the public is universally safer, healthier, and better educated (National Resource Council 2012)
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Introduction 13 to adapt to its particular circumstances. Resilience is an achievable goal when multijurisdictional, multidisciplinary relationships, communication, and planning are in place prior to an emergency.
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14 A Guide to Regional Transportation Planning for Disasters, Emergencies, and Significant Events The case studies are designed to serve as guides and, as examples, they can be scaled up or down based on the specific needs of each community. Users are encouraged first to review the principles, refer to the tools, and delve into the case studies for more real-life examples, then to refer to the resources in Section 5 for further information.
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