Disaster Preparedness

April 2006 Bay Area Council Report The Bay - The Transportation Spine for Disaster Recovery found:

1. The Bay Area faces a 62% likelihood of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake or greater in the next 30 years;

2. Approximately 1,700 roads, bridges and highways will be closed and inaccessible in the event of a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault within the Bay Area;

3. As many as 61 Bay Area hospitals have at least one building that will not withstand a major earthquake, increasing the need to transport patients and staff throughout the region in the immediate aftermath of a major seismic event.

4. San Francisco Bay itself, just as it did after the Loma Prieta Earthquake, offers a way to move people and goods when our traditional transportation infrastructure cannot.

5. A single regionwide entity must have the authority to plan for and execute a disaster response plan that utilizes water transit to move people and goods in the aftermath of a major disaster.

Port Sonoma provides the only alternative to Highway 101 and Highway 37 Petaluma River crossings when earthquakes damage them.

Ferry service will be essential for first responders and resources to reach disaster sites.

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