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From page 73... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-1 CHAPTER 3 Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies STEPS: Step 1. Engage Those Who Depend on Your Agency Step 2. Read the entire page →
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From page 75... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-3 long-term capital investment. An agency is also intricately interwoven with and dependent on the infrastructure of the region, including roads, bridges and tunnels, railroads, water and sewer systems, electric, gasoline, diesel fuel and natural gas power systems, satellite, cable, radio and internet communications systems, and much more. Read the entire page →
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From page 78... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-6 FTA Emergency Relief Manual Excerpt: Section 2.2 Operations "Coordinate with local human services organizations and schools" In conjunction with Federal, State, local, and tribal emergency management structures, transit agencies should establish relationships with local human services and health care organizations, schools, and other NGOs (e.g., Red Cross, Salvation Army) that have access to transportation departments or other transportation resources (e.g., vehicles, drivers, fuel, maintenance facilities) Read the entire page →
From page 79... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-7 For example, the preparedness realm (Section 2.1 of the manual) , recommends that transit agencies:  Participate in state [and regional] Read the entire page →
From page 80... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-8 Your agency may already have extensive ties to local human services and health care organizations. For example, some transit agencies serve as the host for legacy "United We Ride" or other mobility management coordination committees or working groups. Read the entire page →
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From page 82... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-10 STEP 2. Join Regional Resilience Efforts Your transit agency will rarely be the lead agency for resilience in the region. Read the entire page →
From page 83... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-11 i. Identify potential regulatory and organizational frameworks for partners The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) Read the entire page →
From page 84... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-12 FAST Act, MPOs and Resilience The FAST Act identifies resilience as an eligible transit agency priority, as discussed in previous sections. The FAST Act also calls out resilience as a new planning factor for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) Read the entire page →
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From page 90... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-18 The discussion points and tools in this Guide, along with the cases and resources profiled in Chapter 4 and included in the Database, are intended to support such a collaborative effort. A regional resilience taskforce is usually charged with bringing key stakeholders to the table to address regional resilience challenges. Read the entire page →
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From page 92... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-20 Some examples:  Pumps in tunnels that rely on electricity will fail if power is disrupted, potentially flooding tunnels and disrupting communications and other lines that are co- located.  Water systems require regular deliveries of chlorine, often by rail, to purify water. Read the entire page →
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From page 94... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-22 in resilience, emergency preparedness and response planning and implementation. The Pacific Northwest Economic Region and the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (PNWER/RDR) Read the entire page →
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From page 96... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-24 NIPP Core Tenet 2. "Understanding and addressing risks from cross- sector dependencies and interdependencies is essential to enhancing critical infrastructure security and resilience. Read the entire page →
From page 97... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-25 Regional resilience taskforce A regional resilience taskforce can convene frank and useful (and sometimes confidential) discussions on assets, strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. Read the entire page →
From page 98... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-26  Is your region subject to slower-moving events, like sea level rise and/or coastal land subsidence?  What do climate scientists or geologists forecast for high-likelihood situations for your region by 2030? Read the entire page →
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From page 100... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-28 flooding, improving an evacuation route and protection of residences and businesses. Hazard assessments and climate change studies can require significant resources to develop, maintain and update. Read the entire page →
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From page 104... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-32 STEP 3. Strengthen Key Transit Agency and Supplier Relationships Strategic discussions on managing risks within your agency, as discussed in Chapter 2, in parallel with regional discussions on interdependencies, as discussed in Steps 1 and 2 in this chapter, have probably identified some obvious and some not-so-obvious partners who are critical to your agency's resilience as a transit agency, per se. Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-33  Power suppliers – for facilities and equipment  Communication providers – central control to drivers; equipment communications (e.g., Communications Based Train Control, GPS bus monitors, signal equipment) ; supervisors and management with regional and state leadership and with all employees; communications with customers, the general public, and other stakeholders  Water suppliers  Highway department and associated support services  Other transit agencies  Agencies or organizations where you can store (and refuel? Read the entire page →
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... Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies – 3-1 CHAPTER 3 Reinforce Your Agency's Regional Interdependencies STEPS: Step 1. Engage Those Who Depend on Your Agency Step 2.