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Improved evacuation of low-mobility groups Transportation infrastructure in the U.S. has developed to serve vehicular traffic. While reliance on personal transportation works reasonably well under routine conditions, it can cause significant challenges for emergency management officials. The number of people without access to transportation in New Orleans has been estimated as high as 25-30% of the population and includes over a quarter million people. In addition to people without vehicles, potential evacuees can include the indigent, elderly, prisoners, the infirm and tourists. Evacuation of these low-mobility and special needs groups is an area that, while included in most state emergency operation plans, has been largely unaddressed by DOTs. Busing has been the most common mode of transportation for low-mobility groups, and in the past emergency management agencies have contracted with local transit authorities, school districts and tour operators with varying levels of success. However, many heavily populated cities do not have a sufficient supply of buses to move all low-mobility evacuees. The total number of buses in all of New Orleans would provide only a fraction of the capacity needed to transport all of these people. To counter this problem, Louisiana emergency management officials are working through local churches to encourage “good neighbor” strategies in which neighbors with means of transportation would assist those without during an evacuation.
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this is all i could find, but it appears that they have \ had \ should have had this plan in affect
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there was also 10 last resort shelters
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