TY - BOOK ID - 135070436 TI - Rebuilding surface, maritime, and air transportation in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria : supporting documentation for the Puerto Rico recovery plan AU - Ecola, Liisa AU - Davenport, Aaron C. AU - Kuhn, Kenneth D. AU - Rothenberg, Alexander D. AU - Cooper, Eric AU - Barrett, Mark AU - Atkin, Thomas AU - Kendall, Jeffrey B. AU - Rand Corporation. AU - United States. PY - 2020 PB - Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation DB - UniCat KW - Hurricane damage KW - Hurricane Irma, 2017. KW - Hurricane Maria, 2017. KW - Transportation KW - Hurricane effects KW - Puerto Rico. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135070436 AB - Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center to develop a long-range recovery plan for the damage to Puerto Rico, incorporating all of the sectors indicated in the National Disaster Recovery Framework. This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the transportation sector. It includes a detailed description of prestorm conditions across surface, maritime, and air transportation; descriptions of the damage caused by the hurricanes, including physical damage and estimated costs to repair them; and a list of proposed courses of action selected by the government of Puerto Rico. Before the hurricanes, transportation in Puerto Rico was marked by roads and bridges in only fair condition, a public transportation system with low service provision and declining ridership, a high reliance on one seaport and one airport, declining cargo movements, and significant fiscal solvency concerns. The hurricanes produced widespread damage to the transportation sector, totaling an estimated ER -