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Smart, Shared and Social: All Hazards Transportation Recovery PlanningAMPO Annual Meeting

September 24, 2018

Sarah J. Siwek

Concept for the Project –Major Weather Events and Catastrophes in recent years:

Northridge Earthquake, 1994

Terrorist Attack, 9/2001

Baltimore Tunnel Fire, 2001

London Bombing, 2005

Hurricane Rita, 2005

Christchurch (New Zealand) Earthquake, 2001

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Superstorm Sandy, 2012

BART Transit Strike, 2013

Hurricane Matthew, 2016

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, 2017

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Summary:

212 events 1980-2017;

total damage $1.2 trillion.

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Concept for the Project – Fall, 2013

All of these events have at least one thing in common:

Transportation is key to all recovery efforts

How can transportation agencies and MPOs plan and prepare for transportation recovery efforts after a disaster?

How can social media, Travel Demand Management (TDM) , and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) be leveraged to accelerate recovery efforts?

How can agencies work together during the recovery period to get transportation assets back in service and people back to work as quickly as possible?


Project Overview

FTA Research Grant initiated in Fall, 2013

Grant awarded January, 2016

Work commenced, 2017

Project Director:

Portland State University, John MacArthur, Sustainable Transportation Program

Manager, TREC

Deputy Project Director

Sarah Siwek & Associates, Inc.

Lead on training development and instruction


Key Products

Case studies (11 events) and literature review

TYLin developed and tested City of Portland All-Hazards Transportation

Recovery Plan

Worked with the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM)

Developed Alternatives Prioritization Tool (APT) to assist in establishing post

disaster investment priorities

Go Lloyd (major employment center) developed TDM Recovery Guide

Training course developed, piloted in Portland, revised and offered in six

regions nationally

Formal evaluation by Center for Urban Transportation Research underway


Four Phases of Emergency Management

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Source: FEMA8

NATURAL TECHNOLOGICAL/MECHNICAL HUMAN-CAUSED

Avalanche

Animal Disease

Outbreak

Drought

Earthquake

Epidemic

Flood

Hurricane

Landslide

Pandemic

Tornado

Tsunami

Volcanic

Eruption

Wildfire

Winter Storm

Airplane Crash

Dam Failure

Bridge Failure

Levee Failure

Material Failure

Mine Accident

Hazardous Materials Release

Power Failure

Radiological Release

Train Derailment

Urban Conflagration

Biological Attack

Chemical Attack

Cyber Incident

Explosives Attack

Radiological Attack

Sabotage

School and Workplace

Violence

Traffic Accident

Source: Modified from FEMA, 2010

Types of Hazards Facing Transportation Systems


SHORT-TERMHOURS-DAYS

INTERMEDIATEWEEKS-MONTHS

LONG-TERMMONTHS-YEARS

DISASTER

EVENT

Adapted from National Disaster Recovery Framework

• Clear primary

transportation routes

• Assess risks and

vulnerabilities

• Evacuation & secure??

• Crisis communication

• Establish transportation, priorities,

routes and plans

• Provide transportation services of

special needs

• Clear secondary transportation

routes

• Initiate debris removal

• Plan infrastructure repair &

restoration

• Support reestablishment of business

• Communication

• Establish long-term priorities and

operations

• Open damaged transportation routes

• Rebuild infrastructure

• Support reestablishment of business

• Provide transportation services of

special needs & vulnerable

populations

• Communication

• Plan for resilient future

Road to Recovery

• Minor traffic

incidents

• Traffic crashes

• Minor spills

• Vehicle fires

• Minor train/bus

accidents

• Accidents with

injuries

• Blackouts

• Debris

0-2 Hours

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Terrorist attack

• Floods, blizzards

• Infrastructure collapses

• Extended power

outage/fuel shortage

• Mass causalities

• Large social unrest

• Pandemic

Weeks/Months/Years

• Train crashes

• Airplane crashes

• Hazmat Incidents

• Multi-vehicle accidents

• Tunnel fires

• Major causalities and fatalities

• Tornadoes

• Large fire/explosion

• Industrial incidents

• Major tunnel closure

• Storms

Days

• Train derailment

• Major bus/rail

transit accidents

• Multi-vehicle

crashes

• Hazmat spills

• Some

Causalities/fataliti

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2-24 Hours

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Guiding Principles of the Research

Project

We focused on how to develop transportation recovery plans that are:

Smart: Technology can help optimize the usefulness of available infrastructure and

services; how do we optimize use of technology?

Shared: Recovery is the responsibility of many agencies and organizations but

transportation is key to all recovery efforts

Social: Use social media to communicate timely information and receive feedback

quickly and efficiently during the recovery period


Three Ways Information is Changing

Travel

Technology such as ITS applications

Advanced traveler information systems

Traveler feedback in real time

Innovative Mobility Services

Transportation network companies (Uber, Lyft)

Bikesharing

Carsharing (Car2Go, ZipCar)

Trip planning apps

Social Media

Facebook, Twitter, Utube, etc.


Information Changing Travel

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• Delays

• Incidents

• Road

Weather

• Modal

Information

• Travel Times

• Emergency

Alerts

• Alternate

Route

Public & Private

Providers

Traffic Sensors

Aerial Surveillance

Incident Detection

Weather Info

Transit Location

Travelers

Respond

• Change Route

• Change Mode

• Change

Departure Time

• Change

Destination

• Provide

Feedback

FHWA, Managing Demand Through Travel Information Services

Advanced Traveler

Information Systems

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Special Report 319: Between Public & Private Mobility

Service Problems Technology May Solve

Carsharing (ex: Zipcar, car2go) Provide carless people access. Convenience in making/changing

reservations and in locating/dropping off

Bikesharing Provide bikes. Convenience in finding bikeshare stations and

information on bike availability

Transportation network companies –

sequential sharing (ex; uber, Lyft)

Provide carless people access. Convenience of arranging ride just prior

to travel, customer tracking of vehicles and wait times reduces

uncertainty

Transportation network companies –

concurrent sharing (ex: uberpool, LyftLine)

Provide carless people access. Convenience of arranging ride just prior

to travel, customer tracking of vehicles and wait times reduces

uncertainty

Microtransit (ex: Bridj, ,Leap, Chariot) On-board wi-fi and efficient routing to match customer demand;

customer tracking of vehicles and wait times reduces uncertainty

Taxi apps Apps may cover multiple taxi companies and estimate wait time,

reducing uncertainty

Carpooling/Vanpooling Alternatives to driving alone, Online ride matching to find carpool or

vanpool.

Trip planning apps (ex: Ridescout, Waze,

Google)

Traffic conditions, Trip planning, Transit schedules, route maps, fare

information.

Innovative Mobility Services


MPOs Selected for First Round of Training

MPOs Expressing Interest, Identified for Possible Future Training

Training in Six Regions

AMPO hosted a Request for Expression of Interest in the project

21 MPOs from 15 States applied; grant provided funding for six training

sessions plus Portland Pilot

Tampa-Sarasota-Manatee, FL (2 MPO regions)

Broward County, FL

Savannah, GA

Southeastern Maine and Northern New Hampshire (2 MPO regions)

El Paso, TX

Lake Charles, LA


Training Objectives

Provide tools, skills and resources needed to develop all-hazards

transportation recovery plan

Get transportation planners and engineers engaged in emergency

preparedness and planning and provide emergency managers a better

understanding of transportation planning and options.

Define the key elements of a recovery plan

Discuss existing region-specific plans, resources and relationships between

emergency responders, law enforcement, local jurisdictions, transportation

agencies and others

Promote the development of a region-specific transportation recovery plan


Training Format

Two full days

Interactive training with six small-group activities

Training Topics

Regional Emergency Plans and Transportation System

Transportation Recovery: What it is and isn’t

Roles and Responsibilities

Communications

Vulnerability Assessment

Transportation Recovery Strategies

Prioritizing Post-disaster investment (Alternatives Prioritization Tool)

Funding, Contracting and Legal Considerations


Training Results and Evaluations

Evaluations were very positive; Center for Urban

Transportation Research (CUTR) conducting a formal

evaluation as required under the grant

Our evaluation (e.g. National Transit Institute criteria)

Eleven criteria in evaluation

Average rating on all criteria in all locations was 4.6 on

a scale of 1 to 5.

98.7% of the participants felt that the training met

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Lessons Learned

Many agencies and players involved Emergency Response and Recovery

Advance work by the MPOs paid off. We had good attendance and reached over 134 different agencies and over 200 people with the training.

Project budget prepared in 2013, project training 2018. Barebones budget for course development and training.

Outreach to non-traditional partners is essential:

Department of Homeland Security, FEMA

Emergency Management Agencies

Law Enforcement

Paratransit providers

Uber/Lyft

Major Employers (e.g., Lloyd Center, Portland; Nike)

A follow-up commitment to develop a Transportation Recovery Plan is needed; the training provides the foundational steps.


Training Team

Sarah Siwek, lead course developer and instructor

Jason Pavluchuk, subject matter expert - TDM

David Judd, subject matter expert - ITS

Tanya Zwahlen and Sue Hopkins, Highland Planning, facilitators

AMPO – Bill Keyrouze, Rachel Roper – facilitators, observers

Training on development of a All Hazards Transportation Recovery Plan can be

made available and tailored to your region.

Contact: Sarah Siwek, [email protected].


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