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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
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.
Final Report: Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment (Jan. 2016) (FHWA Pilot)
FHWA Case Study: Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment (2016) (FHWA Pilot)
FHWA Webinar: Developing Scenarios of Future Temperature and Precipitation Conditions (Feb. 2015)
Preliminary Study of Climate Adaptation for the Statewide Transportation System, ADOT (March 2013)
4th Climate Assessment (webpage)
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)
Transformative Climate Communities Program/ AB 2722 (Sept. 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)
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 (Aug. 2013)
Caltrans Activities to Address Climate Change (April 2013)
Case Study: Sea-Level Rise Guidance Document (March 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)
Caltrans Climate Change Branch (webpage)
California Energy Commission: Climate Change Partnerships (webpage)
Ocean Protection Council: OPC Climate Change Program (webpage)
California Air Resource Board Assembly Bill 32 Scoping Plan (webpage)
CARB Sustainable Communities Strategies (webpage)
CA Transportation Commission Transportation Planning (webpage)
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Pilot Project: Adapting to Rising Tides (webpage)
Climate Change Progress Report (June 2014)
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2014)
Climate Change Preparedness Plan (July 2013)
Comprehensive Energy Strategy (February 2013)
2011 Connecticut DOT Climate Change Workshop
2005 Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan
Connecticut Greenhouse Gas Reduction Progress Reports (webpage)
Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection: Taking Climate Action in Connecticut (webpage)
Delaware Living Shorelines Committee (webpage)
Delaware Resilient and Sustainable Communities League (webpage)
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Planning (CMAP) Summary Report (October 2017)
Delaware Climate-Ready Workforce Pilot Project Summary Report (June 2017)
Green Infrastructure Primer (2016)
Climate Framework for Delaware
Division of Energy and Climate: Climate Change Impact Assessment (Feb. 2014)
Delaware’s Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) Sea Level Rise Study (2011)
Case Study: City of Lewes, Delaware Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Action Plan (June 2011)
Recommendations for Adapting to Sea Level Rise in Delaware (webpage)
Case Study: Washington, DC Flood Levee System Improvements (January 2015)
DDOT Climate Change Adaptation Plan (Feb. 2013)
Case Study: District of Columbia DOT: Climate Change Adaptation Plan (Feb. 2013)
DDOT Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (Feb. 2013)
Federal Triangle Stormwater Drainage Study (July 2011)
District of Columbia DOT Climate Change Workshop (June 2011)
Meeting Transportation Goals to Reduce Greenhouse Gases in the National Capital Region (May 2010)
District of Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, 2006 Calendar Year Baseline (Jan. 2010)
DDOT Climate Change Initiatives (webpage)
DDOT Green Infrastructure (webpage)
Department of Energy & Environment – Climate Change (webpage)
Mobility 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update – Savannah Area (webpage)
Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia 2045 Regional Transportation Plan (2017)
Atlanta Regional Commission – Resilience (webpage)
Transit Climate Change Adaption Assessment/Asset Management Pilot for the MARTA (Aug. 2013)
Hawaii DOT Provides LED Lighting for Oahu and Maui Highway Systems, Hawaii DOT (March 2016)
Ocean Resources Management Plan (July 2013)
Climate Change Adaptation Priority Guidelines/SB 2745 (July 2012)
Final Report: Oahu MPO Transportation Asset Climate Change Risk Assessment Report (Nov. 2011)
Oahu MPO Transportation Vulnerability Due to Climate Change: Workshop Presentations (March 2011)
2010 Hawaii DOT Climate Change Workshop
Case Study: Oahu MPO Transportation Asset Climate Change Risk Assessment Project (2010)
Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program (ICAAP) (2019)
Iowa in Motion: State Transportation Plan, Chapter 3 (May 2012)
Iowa DOT ‘Storify’ Project Captures Story of Historic 2011 Missouri River Flood (May 2012)
2010 Iowa DOT Climate Change Workshop
2010 Iowa Energy Independence Plan
Iowa’s Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts (April 2010)
Maryland Commission on Climate Change 2016 Annual Report
Summary of American Climate Prospectus: Impacts for Maryland (Nov. 2015)
Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction for Maryland’s Economy (Nov. 2015)
Maryland’s Post-2020 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target Setting (Nov. 2015)
Maryland Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan (July 2013)
Updating Maryland’s Sea-level Rise Projections Report (June 2013)
Case Study: MD State Highway Administration Climate Change Adaptation Plan (FHWA Pilot) (2013)
Climate Change Adaptation, MD State Highway Administration, TRB Annual Meeting (Jan. 2011)
Climate Change Maryland (webpage)
MD Climate Action Plan (webpage)
Maryland Climate Change Commission (webpage)
Keeping Impacts at Bay in Boston (Nov. 2016)
Climate Change Strategy E. O. (Sept. 2016)
2015 Climate Summit Report, Chapter 5: Initiatives Recommended for Implementation
MassDOT-FHWA Pilot Project Report: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments And Adaptation Options for the Central Artery (FHWA Pilot) (June 2015)
FHWA Case Study: South Coast Rail Project NEPA Analysis (2013)
FHWA Case Study: MassDOT Climate Resilience Pilot Program (2013)
MassDOT’s Healthy Transportation Compact (Sept. 2013)
2011 Massachusetts DOT Climate Change Workshop
Interagency Climate Change Scenario Planning Cape Cod Pilot (2011)
Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Cape Cod Pilot Project (Sept. 2011)
Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report (Sept. 2011)
Detroit, Michigan Climate Action Plan (October 2017)
Final Report: Michigan DOT Climate Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project (Nov. 2014) (FHWA Pilot)
Case Study: Michigan DOT Climate Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project (2013) (FHWA Pilot)
Climate change Adaptation Issues in Highway Operations, Michigan DOT, from TRB Webinar (Apr. 2011)
MnDOT 2016 Sustainability Report
2017 Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan
Climate Solutions and Economic Opportunities Report (July 2016)
Final Report: MnDOT Flash Flood Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Pilot Project (Nov. 2014)
Case Study: MnDOT Flash Flood Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Pilot Project (2013)
Adapting to Climate Change in Minnesota – Report of the Interagency Climate Adaptation Team (2013)
MNDOT Statewide Flood Mitigation Program (webpage)
University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies (webpage)
Understanding New Jersey’s Vulnerability to Climate Change (Feb. 2014)
State of the Climate: New Jersey 2013
NJTPA Regional Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan Final Report (July 2013)
Resilience of New Jersey Transit (NJ TRANSIT) Assets to Climate Impacts (June 2012)
NJDOT Partnership to Produce Electricity at Two Highway Rest Areas (Feb. 2012)
NJTPA Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Forecast Final Report (June 2011)
Sustainable Infrastructure Guidelines, Port Authority of NY and NJ (March 2011)
New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act Recommendations Report (Dec. 2009)
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Directory (webpage)
NYSDOT’s Solar Highway Initiative (Aug. 2016)
Responding to Climate Change in New York State, NYSERDA (2011 and 2014 update)
NYSDOT Transportation Asset Management Plan (May 2014)
Road Weather Information System Statewide Implementation Plan (April 2014)
FHWA Case Study: Tappan Zee Bridge NEPA Analysis (2013)
Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled through Smart Land-Use Design (Dec. 2011)
NYSDOT Synthesis Study: Mainstreaming Adaptation Strategies into NYSDOT Operations (Oct. 2011)
New York State Climate Action Council Climate Action Plan Interim Report (Nov. 2010)
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Initiative of the NY State DOT (webpage)
New York Climate Change Science Clearing House (webpage)
NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program (webpage)
NYSDOT Smart Planning (webpage)
North Carolina Climate and Health Profile (2015)
Adapting to Climate Change: A Handbook for Local Governments in North Carolina (June 2013)
Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative 5-Year Work Plan (2012)
Climate Ready North Carolina: Building a Resilient Future (Aug. 2012)
2011 North Carolina DOT Climate Change Workshop
North Carolina Climate Change Adaptation Workshop (March 2010)
Roadway Kinetic Energy Capture and Conversion (2019)
Ohio Hazard Mitigation Plan (2019)
ODOT Infrastructure Resiliency Plan (May 2016)
Operation & Maintenance of a Statewide Crest-Stage Stream Gauging Network (July 2015)
Evaluation of Renewable Energy Alternatives for Highway Maintenance Facilities, ODOT (Jan. 2014)
Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Bridge Solar Array Project (webpage)
Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative (OSTI)
Fourth Oregon Climate Assessment Report (2019, exec summary)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Toolkit (webpage)
Green Infrastructure Techniques for Resilience of the Oregon Coast Highway (2018) (FHWA Pilot)
Sea Level Rise Exposure Inventory for Oregon’s Estuaries (2017)
Enhanced Assessment of Projected Landslide Activity Under Precipitation and Seismicity (2017)
How Tillamook Weathered the Storm: A Case Study (2016)
Oregon Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (2015)
Oregon Climate and Health Profile Report (2014)
Oregon Statewide Transportation Strategy: A 2050 Vision for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (2013)
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Report (April 2012)
Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change (webpage)
ODOT Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Program (webpage)
Climate Change Action Plan (2015)
PA Climate Impacts Assessment Update (May 2015)
Pennsylvania Climate Adaptation Report – Risks and Practical Recommendations (Dec. 2014)
FTA Pilot Case Study: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (2011)
Pennsylvania DOT Climate Change Workshop (April 2010)
Philadelphia Office of Sustainability: Climate Adaptation Planning (webpage)
Vulnerability of Transportation Assets to Sea Level Rise, RI Statewide Planning Program (Jan. 2015)
RI Executive Climate Change Council Report (August 2017)
Action Plan to Stand Up to Climate Change (2017)
2010 Rhode Island DOT Climate Change Workshop
RI Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (webpage)
RI Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan- Stormtools (webpage)
Vermont Transportation Resilience Planning Tool (TRPT)
Vermont Transportation Energy Profile (2019)
2018 Vermont State Hazard Mitigation Plan
Vermont Climate Assessment (2014)
Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont, U.S. EPA (July 2014)
Vermont’s Roadmap to Resilience (2013)
VTrans Electric Vehicle Fueling Infrastructure Plan and Implementation Strategy (July 2013)
Climate Change Adaptation Framework (May 2013)
Adapting Vermont’s Transportation Infrastructure to the Future Impacts of Climate Change (Aug. 2012)
Lessons Learned from Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery, NADO (July 2012)
Lessons from Irene: Building Resiliency as We Rebuild (Jan. 2012)
2011 Vermont DOT Climate Change Workshop
Rivers and Roads Training Program, VT DEC and Agency of Transportation (webpage)
Virginia Beach Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy (2020)
Executive Order 43 – Expanding Access to Clean Energy and Growing the Clean Energy Jobs of the Future (2019)
Virginia Beach Sea Level Rise Policy Response Report (2019)
VTRC – Incorporating Potential Climate Change Impacts in Bridge and Culvert Design (2019)
Executive Order 24 – Increasing Virginia’s Resilience to Sea Level Rise and Natural Hazards (2018)
Coastal Adaptation and Resilience Master Plan (2018)
Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Impacts to Roadways in Hampton Roads (2016)
Virginia Energy Plan (Oct. 2014)
Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater Virginia (2013)
FHWA Case Study: Hampton Roads Climate Change Vulnerability (2010)
Virginia Climate Change and Livability Scan, FHWA Division Office (Sept. 2010)
Virginia CZM Program Climate Change Adaptation Efforts
Volkswagen settlement Information
Sustainable Transportation Action Plan 2015-2017
Project-Level Greenhouse Gas Evaluations under NEPA and SEPA (Nov. 2016)
Final Report: Creating a Resilient Transportation Network in Skagit County (2015)
Governor Jay Inslee’s E.O. 14-04 Washington Carbon Pollution Reduction and Clean Energy (2014)
Case Study: Creating a Resilient Transportation Network in Skagit County (2013)
LED Adaptive lighting and illumination reform (2017)
Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment Report (Nov. 2011)
Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment (FHWA Pilot Case Study) (2010)
Department of Ecology Biennial Reports to the Governor and Legislature (webpage)
Department of Ecology – Air and Climate
WSDOT: Climate Change – Adapting and Preparing (web page)
WSDOT Sustainable Transportation (webpage)
WSDOT West Coast Green Highway Initiative (webpage)
RCW 43.21M.010 Development of strategy – Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy
RCW 47.01.440 Adoption of statewide goals to reduce annual per capita vehicle miles traveled by 2050
RCW 70.235.020 Greenhouse gas emissions reductions
RCW 70.235.070 Distribution of funds for infrastructure and capital development projects
External Links
FHWA Energy and Emissions Web Page
FHWA Infrastructure Carbon Estimator (2014)
FHWA: A Performance-Based Approach to Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Transportation Planning (2013)
FHWA: Handbook for Estimating Transportation Greenhouse Gases for Integration into the Planning Process (March 2013)
FHWA Energy and Emissions Reduction Policy Analysis Tool (EERPAT) (2012)
Feasibility and Implications of Electric Vehicle (EV) Deployment and Infrastructure Development (January 2015)
FHWA Guidelines for the Implementation of Reduced Lighting on Roadways (6-25-14)
FHWA Air Quality and Climate Change Highlights (monthly)
FTA Low- or No-emission Transit Buses (Sept. 2015)
U.S. DOT Draft 30-Year ‘Framework for the Future’ (Feb. 2015)
Reference Sourcebook for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Sources (FHWA, January 2012)
U.S. DOT’s Energy Blueprint: Efficient Transportation for America (2012)
Related Links (FHWA)
NCHRP 25-25 Task 58, Methods to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation Construction/Maintenance/Operations Activities, Final Report and the Greenhouse Gas Calculator for State Departments of Transportation
Strategies For Reducing The Impacts of Surface Transportation On Global Climate Change: A Synthesis Of Policy Research And State And Local Mitigation Strategies (NCHRP 20-24(59) 2009)
Integrated State and Local Government Policy Approaches to Transportation and Climate (NCHRP Report 08-36 (94) 2008)
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation: Opportunities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (Georgetown Climate Center and Cambridge Systematics, Nov. 2015)
Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States
National Climate Assessment Report (2014)
National Climate Assessment Transportation Sector (2014)
Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) Action Tool (2013, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)
An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid (2012, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence)
U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2015
Georgetown Climate Center Transportation Sector Web Page
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report 2014
IPCC Working Group 3 Report: Mitigation of Climate Change (2014)