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Release of the Best of Public Safety and Emergency Transportation Operations CD

FHWA Office of Operations is pleased to announce the release of "The Best of Public Safety and Emergency Transportation Operations" CD, produced through partnership activities among several US Department of Transportation modes. The CD provides the reader with a compilation of more than 40 resource documents. These documents are arranged by the following focus areas: Public Access to Emergency Services; Enhanced Information Sharing; Evacuation Management and Operations; Transportation Operations During Biohazard Situations; Preparedness and Response; and Planned Special Events.

The CDs may be obtained through the contacts at the end of this message or through the following link: http://www.its.dot.gov/its_publicsafety/index.htm.

These publications are representative of the best of the research efforts of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office's Public Safety Program, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA); the Emergency Transportation Operations Initiative, Office of Transportation Operations, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); and the Emergency Medical Services Office, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

We hope you will find this to be a valuable resource tool for use in making important transportation safety and emergency transportation operations decisions.

For additional information on the projects detailed on this disc, please contact:

Linda D. Dodge
ITS Public Safety Program Manager
ITS Joint Program Office
linda.dodge@dot.gov
(202) 366-8034

or

Kimberly Vasconez
Emergency Transportation Operations Team Leader
FHWA Office of Transportation Operations
kimberly.vasconez@dot.gov
(202) 366-1559

or

Laurel Radow
Evacuation Program Manager and
Traffic Planning for Special Events Program Manager
FHWA Office of Transportation Operations
laurel.radow@dot.gov
(202) 366-2855

or

Laurie Flaherty
Program Analyst, National 9-1-1 Office
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
laurie.flaherty@dot.gov
(202) 366-2705