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Training of Traffic Incident Responders

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L12-RW-1: Training of Traffic Incident Responders presents the results of a project that developed a training program for traffic incident responders and managers.
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Sharing Information Between Public Safety and Transportation Agencies for Traffic Incident Management

Presents lessons learned about how public safety and transportation agencies share traffic incident information.
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Transportations Rule in Emergency Evacuation and Reentry

A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice for evacuation and repopulation, considering the use of modes for low-mobility individuals.
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Incorporating Security into the Transportation Planning Process

This report prvides a point-in-time discussion on how security considerations have been reflected in long-range planning programs within DOTs and MPOs. The report documents strategies, processes, and practices in use circa 2004.
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Disaster Response in Transportation Planning

This report documents peer exchange discussions between State and MPO planning directors regarding priority issues in security, disaster response, and planning. This meeting was held as a part of NCHRP 8-36(69).
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A Guide for Public Transportation Pandemic Planning and Response

A planning guide for use by all transit agencies with emphasis on small urban and rural transit agencies; human service transportation providers; and the state DOTs that provide oversight for grant recipients in both categories.
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A Self-Study Course on Terrorism-Related Risk Management of Highway Infrastructure

This CD-based course provides the fundamentals of risk management suitable to a variety of state and Federal infrastructure risk managers. The course provides material specific to bridges and tunnels and contains sample exercises for the student.
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Emergency Contracting: Flexibilities in Contracting Procedures During an Emergency

This paper addresses issues surrounding post-disaster contracting procedures including limitations imposed by grant agreements. It discusses federal procurement flexibility in a recovery context.
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Emergency Exit Signs and Marking Systems for Highway Tunnels

A guide for emergency exit signs and marking systems (i.e., visual and audible) for highway tunnels, incorporating the most current technology and results of recent studies of human response in emergency evacuation.
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