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E-Artikel
Titel:
Challenge of Evacuating the Carless in Five Major U.S. Cities : Identifying the Key Issues
:
Identifying the Key Issues
Beteiligte:
Renne, John L.;
Sanchez, Thomas W.;
Jenkins, Pam;
Peterson, Robert
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2009
Erschienen in:Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3141/2119-05
ISSN:
0361-1981;
2169-4052
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<jats:p> The 2007 evacuation of New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the most successful in U.S. history with more than 1.2 million people evacuating the region by car during a 48-h period. It was also one of the most unsuccessful evacuations for a carless society–-those without access to cars or those without the physical or economic means to evacuate who were stranded below sea level. Reasons for the successful car-based evacuation stem from local, regional, and interstate collaboration of transportation professionals, emergency managers, and state police to establish a highway contra-flow traffic management system. Evacuating carless and special needs populations requires collaboration of various stakeholders, including transportation planners, emergency managers, health-care providers, and others. This discussion is based on stakeholder focus groups across five U.S. regions, including Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; New Orleans; New York; and San Francisco, California. The paper concludes with a discussion of overall themes emerging from the focus groups around coordinating emergency preparedness at a regional scale. </jats:p>