Recovering From Disasters: The National Transportation Recovery Strategy

The U.S. transportation network includes more than 360 seaports, 26,000 miles of navigable water channels, approximately 4 million miles of roads and highways, more than 140,000 miles of freight rail, about 4,450 miles of commuter rail, around 168,000 miles of bus lines, more than 5,200 public-use airports, and well over a million miles of gas and oil pipeline. This network takes millions of people to and from work, school, and vacation destinations every day, and transports goods and services from one coast to the other and everywhere in between, including your own community. Communities hit hard by disaster face a variety of complex issues and choices during the disaster recovery process. When dealing with a multitude of demands for limited resources, the transition to recovery will be easier if the community takes the opportunity to convene those responsible for overseeing the recovery of various infrastructure networks together with residents to plan for the overall community recovery process. It is vital that all essential service providers in the community participate in this discussion.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2009-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 54p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Disasters; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency management; Incident management; Pipeline transportation; Public transit; Transportation modes; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Recovery operations; Transportation networks
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01341150
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 27 2011 2:31PM