1 Hurricane Irene Emergency Planning and Response Metropolitan Transportation Authority Peter Stuebe Deputy Director Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Hurricane Planning Objective: –Provide evacuation services –Protection of customers, residents, employees and infrastructure 2

Hurricane Planning Worst Case: 2.3 Million New Yorkers would be ordered to evacuate. 3

Hurricane Planning Components of MTA Plans –Agency and All-Agency plans –Evacuation routes –Communications plans –Use of shelters, reception centers –Protection of equipment –Evacuation or shelter of employees –Service Curtailment 4

Hurricane Planning Lessons learned from Katrina –Accommodations for pets –Plan for earlier evacuation of health care facilities 5

Hurricane Irene Challenge and test of the region’s preparedness –7,500 Health Care Evacuations –7,500 took refuge in City shelters 6

Preparedness 7

Mitigations 8

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10 Mitigations

Preparation Homeless 11

Evacuation 12

Hurricane Evacuation Challenges –MTA timelines must conform to service area timelines – Coordination with City and other agencies to ensure evacuation –Movement of equipment –Safe shelter of employees –Resumption of service 13

Timelines for Hurricane Evacuation 14 Time (hrs before 0 hour) MTA Agency ActionsNotes 50 hours (or 24 hours prior to the start of coastal storm service)  Individual emergency management task forces begin to convene regularly  Prepare equipment and personnel to implement coastal storm service  Railroads will establish a time for the last rush hour 36 hours  Begin to secure infrastructure that will not impact service 20 hours  Coastal storm service begins  Lanes configured at Bridge & Tunnel facilities 16 hours  Service in some non-evacuation areas reduced  Some railroad branches 8 hours  Rail service begins to shut down 6 hours  Bus service begins to shut down 3-6 hours ( or when winds reach 39mph on B&T facilities)  Traffic barriers in place on Bridge & Tunnel facilities ZERO HOUR  All personnel and assets are secured All times refer to hours before the ZERO hour established by NYC OEM

Where was Irene 50 hours prior to Zero Hour? 15

Transportation Strategy Maintain near normal service during rush hour Supplement where needed 16

Transportation Strategy Fares in evacuation zones Pets 17

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Additional Bus Service In the worst case scenario, additional service is required during the midday on 75 NYCT and 23 MTA Bus routes 19

NYC’s Satellite Evacuation Center System 65 Centers Shelters 20

Shelters 21

Curtailment of Service 22

Curtailment of Service 23 Safety of crews and bus operators

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Curtailment of Service 25

Customer Communications MTA as “Target” –Past 2 years improvements in customer communications Countdown clocks Internet and cellular Special web info and signage –Managing the Message Critical to our success 26

Communications Chairman Walder participated in press briefings with the Mayor and Commission of OEM 27

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Customer Communication 29

Emergency Operations Center 30

Who Was There? City State Federal 31

CITYWIDE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 32 Any emergency is complex in NYC CIMS –Used to define roles and responsibilities Information Decisions Resources

EOC Wednesday, August 24 – Activation of the EOC for Planning Meeting Thursday, August 25 – Activation 24/7 33

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Damage Assessment 35 Worst Damage to MTA on Pt. Jervis

After Action or “Hot Wash” Dozens of meetings –Lessons learned Routine Tabletop Exercises 36

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