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Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations: Actions Needed to Clarify Responsibilities and Increase Preparedness for Evacuations.

Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
GAO-07-44 December 22, 2006

During the evacuation of New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many of those who did not own a vehicle and could not evacuate were among the over 1,300 people who died. This raised questions about how well state and local governments, primarily...

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...responsible for disaster planning, integrate transportation-disadvantaged populations into such planning. GAO assessed the challenges and barriers state and local officials face; how prepared these governments are and steps they are taking to...

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