Emergency Management and Hurricane Preparedness: The Need to Prevent Flooding Along Critical Evacuation Routes for Emergency Transportation Operations
Joseph DeMauro
Senior Field Representative at NJ TRANSIT Bus Stop Sign and Bus Shelter Programs - Newark, New Jersey Headquarters
Emergency management?is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Vision.?Emergency management?seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters (Source: FEMA).
(Source: ResearchGate) - click here Uncertainty in the public-transit based evacuation elements.
Click here Transportation During and After Sandy
Click Here The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation:
Source: NY Daily News - Before Hurricane Sandy - MTA NYC Hurricane Shuttle Bus.
Source: Mass Transit Magazine - Before Hurricane Sandy - MTA NYC Evacuation Center Shuttle Bus -Rockaways, Queens New York.
People board a bus which will bring them to a shelter after Hurricane Sandy inundated the Rockaway Peninsular in the borough of Queens on October 30, 2012 in New York City. UPI /Monika Graff
Source: Danny Drake - Before Hurricane Sandy - Residents board NJ TRANSIT buses in Atlantic City.
Post-Sandy Bus Shuttles replacing Subway Service
Emergency Management and Hurricane Preparedness: The need to prevent flooding along critical evacuation routes for emergency transportation operations.
November 1, 2012 - NJ TRANSIT resumes most bus service
Emergency Management and Hurricane Preparedness: The need to prevent flooding along critical evacuation routes for emergency transportation operations.
Consider the road capacity along the evacuation routes and the amount of people to be evacuated. The size of the bus fleet.
The New Orleans Transportation Network: Performance of Buses/ Railroads/Highways/Roads/Rerouting/Road Capacity
Understanding the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Transportation Systems - Highway and Road Capacity
Click Here Case Study of the Transportation Sector’s Response to and Recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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The Need To Stabilize Flooding Through Geotubes.
Coastal Evacuation Routes
The New Jersey Transportation Network
click here view critical routes by county
New York City
List of New York City Hurricane Shelters - The 5 Borough's
Storm Surge Map from Sandy for New York - New Jersey
Note the height along the coastline of the storm surge - light green 13 to 15 feet
Click here NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zone Map
Click Here Long Island Storm Surge Map
Click here Monmouth County Storm Surge Map
Essential Personal To The Evacuation Zones That Need Access To The Critical Transportation Network Roads
What roads are flooded?
Emergency Management and Hurricane Preparedness: The Need to Prevent Flooding Along Critical Evacuation Routes for Emergency Transportation Operations
Police, Fire, and Rescue Units will check building structures in the flood zone after the storm. Rescue vehicles must have access to the flood zone. Preventing the main routes from flooding is a factor critical for first responders.
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