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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 33 Summary: What We Learned from the Case Studies Defining "Resilience" The National Academies has defined resilience as "the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events," noting further that "enhanced resilience allows better anticipation of disasters and better planning to reduce disaster losses –– rather than waiting for an event to occur and paying for it afterward." This definition was mostly unfamiliar among the transit agencies interviewed for this study. While all the agencies interviewed have taken actions that enhance the resilience of their infrastructure and operations, many indicated that the term resilience is not frequently used.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 34 Case Study Agency Primary Resilience Focus San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA/Muni)  Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 35 3. Sustainability and environmental programs 4.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 36 and track beds, and buckled sections of rail. These impacts prompted SEPTA to participate in FTA's Climate Adaptation Pilot initiative and to look for cost-effective ways to harden their infrastructure and make its services more resilient.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 37 that reduce dependence on power generated or supplied by outside sources. It has also begun to install green infrastructure best management practices to manage storm water and mitigate localized flooding near its parking lots, bus stops and bus fleet storage facilities.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 38 In fact, because most transit systems rely on infrastructure systems outside their jurisdiction, a number of agencies have grown to appreciate (or are beginning to) the limitations on what they, as transit properties, can do without engagement with outside stakeholders/entities.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 39 Examples of Effective Practices The case studies make clear that resilience adoption need not be one size fits all. Agencies working to become more resilient may take a holistic, more comprehensive approach that reaches across departments and modes, while others may be more tactical in the face of competing demands and priorities.
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... TCRP A-41: Final Research Report 40 capabilities and backup power, waterproofing the Transbay Tube and training for front-line workers regarding safe evacuation protocols and safety procedures, to lower priority strategies such as conducting a watershed analysis of runoff and drainage systems to predict areas of insufficient capacity in the storm drain and natural creek system.  SFMTA/Muni is developing a comprehensive Climate Adaptation Strategy that includes guidance, procedures and checklists for incorporating sea level rise into its capital planning process.

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