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CASE STUDIES

National Rural Transit Assistance Program (NRTAP)

Public transportation provides a vital link in our nation’s economy by getting people to their jobs, shopping and medical appointments, ensuring a quality of life for people with access and functional needs, and meeting the overall transportation needs of millions of Americans. Excellence in customer service is a critical component to the success of public transportation.

Activation Analytics

Activation is a web-based application that tailors guidance and compliance documents to each user’s local needs. It also identifies and analyzes their shortfalls as they relate to the standards in guidance documents, and generates detailed reports and checklists that serve as a roadmap to address the gaps that have been identified.

Simulation Deck

Nusura developed SimulationDeck - a web-based portal to the most realistic live and pre-recorded TV and radio news story injects, newspaper and wire injects, as well as blogs and photo and video sharing sites. SimulationDeck also features several social media platforms that don't just imitate Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. They work exactly like the real thing.

Evacuating Crescent City, CA

Del Norte, CA Local Transportation Planning Commission

For four years Nusura has worked with the Del Norte Local Transportation Commission (DNLTC) to develop a progressive series of planning, training and exercise measures to boost transportation emergency preparedness in the county.

Deepwater

FBI and Heart of America Joint Terrorism Task Force

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was 42 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, working in waters 5,000 feet deep and drilling 13,000 feet under the seabed below.

At 9:45 p.m. high-pressure methane gas from the well explodes into a firestorm on the deck of the rig. Workers scramble for lifeboats. Most escape the flames but eleven people are killed in the immediate aftermath. Seventeen more are seriously...

Helping Washington Metro Communicate During Emergencies

Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority

In 2009 and 2010, Nusura supported FEMA’s Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant Program by updating the emergency public information plans of WMATA, the transit authority in our nation’s capitol. The project involved extensive research into industry best practices and lessons learned. This included research into successful approaches in leveraging social media in risk and crisis communications. Nusura developed a gap analysis tool...

Improving emergency planning for people with disabilities across California

California Emergency Management Agency

Communities throughout the country are wrestling with the complex issue of how to effectively transport people with disabilities and people with access and functional needs during critical incidents. During this two-year project, Nusura worked in seven California counties to improve evacuation plans, develop creative solutions to address a shortage of paratransit resources, and to integrate people with disabilities into the emergency planning...

Improving transit safety and security in California

Caltrans

Even before the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005, and the rail bombings in London, Madrid and Mumbai, Caltrans understood the importance of emergency preparedness for its transportation systems, and the vital, but often overlooked, role that transit plays in emergency response and recovery.

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