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4 Transportation system resilience has always been a critically important -- if under-recognized -- characteristic of effective system performance. It is becoming more so with the growing awareness of the consequences of natural and human-caused system disruptions.
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Introduction 5 in the guide. The remaining sections identify relationships between this research and other resilience research projects, the intended audiences, and the organization of and how to use the guide.
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6 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide What is a resilient transportation agency? The following definition is offered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA 2015)
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Introduction 7 Resilience: The characteristic of a system that allows it to absorb, recover from, or more successfully adapt to adverse events. Resilience-Oriented Agency: The ability of an organization to prepare, plan for, manage, and recover from unexpected transportation system disruptions.
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8 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide resilience, including the identification of research problem statements. The study's results will be published in forthcoming NCHRP Research Report 975: Transportation System Resilience: Research Roadmap and White Papers (Fletcher and Ekern, forthcoming)
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Introduction 9 Intended Audiences The primary intended audiences for the guide include: • Transportation officials/leaders who want to understand how to evolve their agency to be more resilient-oriented, and • Transportation agency staff who are responsible for system resilience-related functional areas within transportation agencies. Although the focus is on transportation agency leadership and staff, others who are interested in system resilience might find the document insightful.
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10 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide Chapter 10: Identify Actions to Enhance Resilience (Step 8) -- Introduction of Step 8, which consists of four sub-steps.
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Introduction 11 3. For those agencies (or agency managers)
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