The overarching long-term objective of this REAT Center project is to develop novel transportation network performance functions for quantitative resilience analysis, including public perception of minimum sufficient functionality of the transportation network after a disruptive event. By pursuing the tangible question(s) of what constitutes “sufficient” functionality, a subjective and context-driven assessment, this project will seek to merge social science with engineering – both methodologically and analytically – to inform emergency management policy and decision makers about priorities, tolerances and needs of the public, creating a synergistic conversation between stakeholders that will drive innovations in policy and planning. Towards this goal, this one-year project will conduct qualitative interviews with key stakeholders (such as DOTs, Offices of Emergency Management, etc.) to understand the priorities and perspectives of emergency response agencies, and will analyze the interviews through in-depth qualitative and quantitative coding techniques and text analysis to understand key performance indicators. The key findings will be leveraged to develop a wider-reaching agency and public survey which will be deployed and ultimately inform the development of transportation network performance functions beyond the first year.
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