PITTSBURGH - January 18, 2012
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of NYSE Amex:
BKR), has been recognized for its development of the
"Planning Framework for the Evacuation of Transportation
Needs Population of Central Ohio" Project for the Mid-Ohio
Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). Baker received an
honorable mention for the Transportation Research Board's 5th
Annual Competition and Call Communicating Concepts with John
and Jane Q. Public: Transportation During Emergency
Situations.
"The project was one of only two pilot programs funded by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that examined evacuation
issues for transportation needs populations," said Ken
Zaklukiewicz, project manager. "In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita revealed a number of shortcomings in evacuating
transportation needs populations and emphasized the
importance of having such plans in place."
"The Planning Framework for the Evacuation of the
Transportation Needs Populations in Central Ohio" provides
strategies to communicate with a diverse population in a
seven-county region with focuses on the transportation needs
populations who cannot drive or do not have access to a
vehicle and require transportation support to evacuate.
MORPC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning
Organization for the Columbus, Ohio, region. In 2007, MORPC
was awarded $357,000 from the FTA to create a seven-county
evacuation plan in central Ohio. The project was completed in
September 2010, and has been distributed throughout the
region. To find out more about the plan, visit .
Baker will be honored during the 2012 TRB 91st Annual
Meeting, January 22-26, in Washington, D.C., and will also
conduct a poser session to highlight communications
strategies from the project.
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