NTL Record

Title Climate Change Adaptation Support for Transportation Practitioners: 2013 Volpe Center Innovation Challenge Project.
Record ID 56192
Personal Name
Creator
Cybulski, Jon; Lewis, Kristin C.; McCoy, Kevin; Rasmussen, Ben
Source 39p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 20150930
Language English
Abstract The nature of the U.S. transportation system requires that actions to adapt to climate change impacts occur primarily at the State and local levels. Federal agencies support State, regional, and local agencies and they work hard to provide frameworks, data, tools, and research and to fund pilot projects as well. Experience has shown that advanced planning to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to the impacts of climate change has the potential to save money and prevent economic disruptions. However, even proactive State and local governments that have begun evaluating climate- and extreme weather-related risks to their resources have not yet fully integrated consideration of changing conditions into existing planning and operational practices, and others are in the early stages of identifying the climate risks and vulnerabilities they face. In December 2013, the Volpe Center's Innovation Challenge judges selected as the winning idea a project focused on helping transportation practitioners at all levels better understand, access, and use Federal climate change adaptation resources. This report summarizes the project and presents the resulting “Expert System” concept.
Rosap ID dot:12231
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12231
TRT Terms Climate change; Weather; Material resilience; Expert systems; State government agencies; Local government agencies; Federal government agencies; Regional government; Data collection; Data analysis; Case studies; Transportation planning
General Subjects Gap analysis; Extreme weather; Adaptation
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
AGR - IMPACTS - IMPACTS;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts
Geographical
Coverage
New Mexico
TRIS Online
Accession No
1580248
Contract Number REC2B1
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-OST-R-15-03
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/56000/56100/56192/IC2013_Adaptation_Support_Practitioners.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository