Regional Transportation Emergency Management Plan BARCFirst, BENS & BRMA Joint Infrastructure Symposium June 25, 2009 Radiah T. Victor, Sr. Program Coordinator

Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)  Transportation Planning, Financing & Coordinating Agency for 9-County Region  Regional Transportation Plan & Transportation Improvement Program  SAFE  BATA

Bay Area Transportation System  More than 4.5 million cars  Some 25 transit agencies with 4,500 buses, railcars, and ferries  20,000 miles of local streets and roads  1,400 miles of highway  300 miles of carpool lanes  Eight toll bridges

 Provides framework for multi- modal transportation response to major disasters  Identifies roles and responsibilities  Facilitates mutual aid requests  Supplements CalEMA RECP Transportation Subsidiary Plan Regional Transportation Emergency Management Plan (RTEMP)

MTC RTEMP Roles Regional Transportation: 1.Information Clearinghouse –Regular status reports from all transportation agencies 2.Interagency Coordination –Bus/BART, Bus/Ferry, etc 3.Public Information –What roads and routes are open/closed

511 System Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Bay Area Regional Emergency Coordination

MTC Preparedness  EOC  Emergency Operation Plan  Annual Training & Exercise

Carquinez Bridge Opened 1927, 1958 and 2003 Benicia-Martinez Bridge Opened 1962 Widened 1991 San Mateo- Hayward Bridge Opened 1929 Replaced 1967 Widened 2003 San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge Opened 1936 Richmond- San Rafael Bridge Opened 1956 Antioch Bridge Opened 1926 Replaced 1978 Dumbarton Bridge Opened 1927 Replaced 1984 BATA Bridge Seismic Retrofit

Immediate Response and Near-Term Recovery  Priorities during Immediate Response 1.Move Emergency Workers and Resources 2.Evacuate – Assist Co. OpAreas with evacuations of injured, infirm, & citizens 3.Basic Mobility for citizens  Same Priorities during near-term Recovery –Decisions made by staff in EOC

Immediate Response & Recovery  Coordination of Priorities During Near- term Recovery (days 2-10) –MTC, Caltrans & CHP coordinate through Regional Action Plan –MTC coordinates with Reg’l EMA & U.S. DOT on services and funding requests  Response Actions Initiate Recovery –Revised routes/services remain in use

Preparations for Recovery For Mid & Long Term Recovery, Transportation Agencies Need  Fuel and Spare Parts  Employees: policy on employee welfare as well as retention/reduction of work force  Priority-setting / Decision-making issues What are priorities once life/safety & food/shelter addressed? Who decides? Who coordinates recovery investments?

Recovery Period Transportation Investments  Repair transportation infrastructure (transbay bridge approaches, freeways, interchanges, and major roads)  Repair rail transit (BART, CalTrain, etc)  Repair road & rail access to ports, airports  Provide access to worst damaged areas  Provide mobility in/between other areas  Prioritize: not enough resources to do it all

MTC Roles during Recovery  Communication between Reg’l Recovery Authority and transportation agencies  Develop consensus among transportation agencies on use of resources to meet priorities set by Reg’l Recovery Authority  Coordinate emergency funding for transportation

Contact Information Radiah T. Victor (510)