Role of Public Transportation Operations in Emergency Management: Research Report

摘要

This project examines the possible roles that public transit agencies can fulfill211u001ein the emergency management plans of their cities and/or counties. This report 211u001esummarizes the first two phases of the project, which incorporate a review of 211u001eavailable literature on emergency and disaster management planning, a review of 211u001ethe state of the practice among transit agencies in Texas, an examination of the 211u001elegal and institutional issues that affect emergency planning and response, and a 211u001esummary of possible transit roles with jurisdictional emergency management plans.