Hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Public and multimodal transportation can play a critical role in emergency evacuations. TRB will host a webinar on Monday, August 4, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Eastern that will explore how transit systems can support mass evacuations, reduce congestion, aid carless residents and visitors, and preserve emergency response capacity. Presenters will share insights from wildfire evacuations, including the 2021 Caldor Fire and the 2025 Southern California wildfires, and examine research findings, case studies, and planning principles. Attendees will learn about coordination strategies, infrastructure considerations such as mobility hubs, and best practices for better integrating transit into emergency response efforts.