Identifying local transit resources for evacuation : research project capsule.
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2014-02-01
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Abstract:The objectives of this research are to determine what laws or procedures exist or
can be developed to secure the use of transportation assets and the appropriate
compensation or incentives for the use of transportation assets from the
public, private, and state sectors during an emergency or disaster; consolidate
information on transportation assets in the public, private, and state sectors
to facilitate the movement of and transportation support for special or human
service transportation need citizens in Louisiana’s 20 coastal parishes during an
emergency or disaster; identify the number of passengers currently served by
special or human service transportation services and estimate the proportion
who are likely to rely on transportation from these transit services during an
evacuation; and incorporate information into a Geographic Information System
(GIS) capable of querying evacuation demand and transit supply by geographic
area in the 20 coastal parishes of Louisiana.
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