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July 22 telephone news conference on role of transit in emergency evacuation

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board, THE ROLE OF TRANSIT IN EMERGENCY EVACUATION, evaluates the role that transit systems could play in moving people from or to critical locations in times of emergency. The committee that wrote the report analyzed the emergency response and evacuation plans of 38 urban areas, and conducted five in-depth case studies in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City/northern New Jersey, and Tampa, Fla. The report was spurred by the important role of transit following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the failure of transit in New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina.

The report will be released at a one-hour telephone news conference starting at 11 a.m. EDT on July 22.

OPENING STATEMENT BY Rep. BILL PASCRELL, JR., D-N.J.

PARTICIPATING FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE REPORT:
RICHARD A. WHITE (committee chair), executive vice president, DMJM Harris, Arlington, Va.
ELLIS M. STANLEY SR., director, Western Emergency Management Services, Dewberry LLC, Los Angeles

Advance copies will be available to reporters only beginning at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 21. THE REPORT IS EMBARGOED AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE 11 A.M. EDT ON JULY 22. To obtain a copy, or to receive the call-in number and password, reporters should contact the National Academies' Office of News and Public Information; tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail news@nas.edu.

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