Resilience

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NCHRP Research Report 1131

Flood Forecasting for Transportation Resilience: A Guide, from TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program, seeks to empower state DOTs with technical resources and organizational insights to better predict the timing and magnitude of flooding and enable advanced early warnings to help protect critical infrastructure and enhance roadway safety.

Flood Forecasting for Transportation Resilience: A Guide

Recent Webinars

Integration of Climate Change Projections in Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design in Transportation Projects

This webinar will feature selected methods and tools used by transportation agencies in the United States and overseas to account for climate data in the hydrologic and hydraulic design of transportation facilities.

Building Organizational Resilience

How do you create a resilient organization in the face of recurring extreme events? This webinar from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development addressed “hurricane fatigue” and how they continue to build organizational resilience.

Cyber Resilience

The transportation sector is the third most vulnerable sector to cyber-attacks. This webinar from Colorado DOT showed what DOTs should know and how they can be better prepared.

Resilience & Transportation

Resilience will directly impact our transportation system and already is impacting it in certain areas. We also need resilient systems to deal with upcoming impacts. We dive deep into Resilience issues, how problems can be mitigated in transportation planning, how the industry is impacted by issues, ways our systems can be upgraded in the near-term, and how we can plan for resilient systems in the future.

Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation State-by-State Listing

Here is a listing of state-by-state links to documents, powerpoints, and other information on state DOT climate change and energy activities. It includes reports, policies, plans, and research sponsored by the designated state DOT or part of a collaborative effort that involves the state DOT. It includes information on both greenhouse gas mitigation activities as well as climate adaptation activities.

4th Climate Assessment

Executive Order N-19-19

State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance 2018 Update

Paying it Forward: The Path Toward Climate-Safe Infrastructure in California (2018)

California Forest Carbon Plan (2018)

Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update – California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy

Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments (webpage)

Planning and Investing for a Resilient California – A Guidebook for State Agencies (2017)

FHWA Case Study: District 1 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Pilot Studies (2016) (FHWA Pilot)

Transformative Climate Communities Program/ AB 2722 (Sept. 2016)

Caltrans Uses Technology to Capture Solar Energy in Transportation Infrastructure, California DOT (March 2016)

Sacramento Area Council of Governments 2016 Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (Feb. 2016)

Guidance for Incorporating Sea Level Rise into Capital Planning in San Francisco (revised Dec. 2015)

E.O. B-30-15: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (April 2015)

Case Study: Surfers Point Managed Retreat Project (Jan. 2015)

Final Report: District 1 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Pilot Studies (Dec. 2014) (FHWA Pilot)

Final Report: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Adaptation Options For Transportation Assets In The Bay Area Pilot Project (December 2014) (FHWA Pilot)

Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Study for the City of Los Angeles (Dec. 2013)

Preparing California for Extreme Heat: Guidance and Recommendations (Oct. 2013)

Indicators of Climate Change in California (2022)

Caltrans Activities to Address Climate Change (April 2013)

Case Study: Sea-Level Rise Guidance Document (March 2013)

Case Study: Addressing Climate Change Adaptation in Regional Transportation Plans: A Guide for California MPOs and RTPAs (Feb. 2013)

FTA Pilot Case Study: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2011)

Caltrans Guidance on Incorporating Sea Level Rise (May 2011)

San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission Case Study (2010)

Case Study: Adapting to Rising Tides: Transportation Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Pilot Project (2010) (FHWA Pilot)

Cal-Adapt

Caltrans Climate Change Branch

California Energy Commission: Climate Change Partnerships

Ocean Protection Council: OPC Climate Change Program

California Air Resource Board Assembly Bill 32 Scoping Plan

CARB Sustainable Communities Strategies

CA Transportation Commission Transportation Planning

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Pilot Project: Adapting to Rising Tides

Plan Bay Area 2040

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