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The Infrastructure Resilience topic describes a range of programs, policies, case studies, resources, and tools related to surface transportation infrastructure resilience to extreme weather and changing climate conditions. Transportation agencies are working to create more resilient systems by conducting vulnerability assessments and incorporating climate risk into design, asset management, operations and maintenance strategies.

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Recent Developments

• NOAA Offers Online Information Tool for Coastal Flooding
• GAO Reports on Ways to Reduce Federal Fiscal Impacts from Climate Change
• FHWA Issues Brief on Use of Drones in Flood Emergency Management
• FEMA Hosts Webinar Series on Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
• District of Columbia Issues Resilience, Managed Retreat Plan
• Project Costs, Benefits of Using Natural Infrastructure Pose Challenges
• FHWA Highlights Road Weather Initiatives, Products
• Urban Flooding in the United States Subject of NAS Report
• Report Finds FTA Should Provide More Guidance on Emergency Plans
• Climate Group Developing a Managed Retreat Toolkit

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Key Resources

• Resiliency Case Studies: State DOT Lessons Learned (May 2018)
• 2017 Resiliency Peer Exchange: Extreme Weather and Climate Impacts (2017)
• AASHTO Resilient and Sustainable Transportation Systems Program
• Understanding Transportation Resilience: A 2016–2018 Roadmap for Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection in Transportation Resilience (January 2017)
• Extreme Weather Sessions Summaries and Presentations (AASHTO 2015)
• AASHTO 2013 Extreme Weather Events Symposium
• 2013-2015 Climate Resilience Pilot Program: Outcomes, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations (8-1-16)
• FHWA Resilience Web Page
• Publications - Climate Change Adaptation (FHWA)
• FHWA Order 5520: Transportation System Preparedness and Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Jan 2015
• FHWA Gulf Coast Study website
• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report (2014)
• NCHRP Report 25-25, Task 94: Integrating Climate Change and Extreme Weather into Transportation Asset Management Plans 2015
• Council on Environmental Quality Final Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change Impacts (Aug. 2016)

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