Transportation is arguably experiencing its most transformative revolution since the introduction of the automobile. Concerns over climate change and equity are converging with dramatic technological advances. Although these changes – including shared mobility and automation – are rapidly altering the mobility landscape, predictions about the futur
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Shaheen, S., Totte, H., & Stocker, A. (2018). Future of Mobility White Paper: California Transportation Plan 2050. University of California, Berkeley. Transportation Sustainability Research Center. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37225
Shaheen, Susan, Hannah Totte, and Adam Stocker. Future of Mobility White Paper: California Transportation Plan 2050. University of California, Berkeley. Transportation Sustainability Research Center, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37225.
Shaheen, Susan, et al. Future of Mobility White Paper: California Transportation Plan 2050. University of California, Berkeley. Transportation Sustainability Research Center, 2018, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37225.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
2018-01-01
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This brief newsletter each month keeps transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment (2018). Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2018 (Report No. FHWA-HEP-18-038). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49096
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2018. Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-038. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49096.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2018. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2018, Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-038, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49096.
The following report was developed for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to summarize a vulnerability assessment conducted for assets in Caltrans District 4. The assessment was developed to specifically identify the potential effects of climate change on the State Highway System in District 4. This is the first of 12 such studi
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California. Department of Transportation, & WSP (2018). Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 4. California. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40033
California. Department of Transportation and WSP. Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 4. California. Department of Transportation, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40033.
California. Department of Transportation, et al. Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 4. California. Department of Transportation, 2018, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40033.
This study provides general background on permafrost thaw, the implications for roadways, how future thawing can be projected, and what can be done to adapt to the impacts.
United States. Federal Highway Administration (2018). Addressing Resilience in Project Development: Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59262
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Addressing Resilience in Project Development: Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2018. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59262.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Addressing Resilience in Project Development: Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2018, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59262.
FHWA's Synthesis of Approaches for Addressing Resilience in Project Development (2017) study evaluated engineering approaches for assessing current and future weather hazards, and developed solutions and methodologies that transportation agencies may apply to increase the resilience of transportation assets and systems.
United States. Federal Highway Administration (2017). Addressing Resilience in Project Development. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59218
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Addressing Resilience in Project Development. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59218.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Addressing Resilience in Project Development. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59218.
Predetermined evacuation zones can be used to estimate the demand of evacuees, which is helpful in assessing the resilience of transportation systems in the presence of natural disasters. Evacuation zones defined based on current road networks and environmental and demo-economic characteristics of a region cannot remain the same in the future becau
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Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zhu, Y., & Yang, H. (2017). Evacuation Zone Modeling under Climate Change: A Data-Driven Method. Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART). http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000369
Xie, Kun, Kaan Ozbay, Yuan Zhu, and Hong Yang. Evacuation Zone Modeling under Climate Change: A Data-Driven Method. Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000369.
Xie, Kun, et al. Evacuation Zone Modeling under Climate Change: A Data-Driven Method. Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART), 2017, ROSA P. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000369.
Presentation Slides from the webinar "Sea Level Rise Monitoring at the Local and Regional Scale."
Shilling, F. (2017). Sea Level Rise Monitoring at the Local and Regional Scale [PowerPoint]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67056
Shilling, Fraser. Sea Level Rise Monitoring at the Local and Regional Scale [PowerPoint]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67056.
Shilling, Fraser Sea Level Rise Monitoring at the Local and Regional Scale [PowerPoint]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67056.
The effects of a changing climate on transportation corridor slopes are poorly understood, but several recent studies have suggested that landslide activity, especially rockfall, is likely to increase as a consequence of the increased occurrence of intense precipitation events. Effects from climate change such as extreme temperature fluctuations, f
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Cunningham, K. W., Olsen, M. J., Wartman, J., Leshchchinsky, B., & O'Banion, M. (2017). Transportation Corridor Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate - Final Project Report (Report No. 2013-M-UAF-0042). Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63397
Cunningham, Keith W., Michael J. Olsen, Joseph Wartman, Ben Leshchchinsky, and Matt O'Banion. Transportation Corridor Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate - Final Project Report. Report no. 2013-M-UAF-0042. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63397.
Cunningham, Keith W., et al. Transportation Corridor Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate - Final Project Report. Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC), 2017, Report no. 2013-M-UAF-0042, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63397.
Measurement of sea level has historically been achieved by using tide gauges and global satellite altimetry. There is no consistent method or system for measuring and recording shoreline change over large areas and at fine resolution other than infrequent and expensive LiDAR overflights that do not capture seasonal fluctuations. This policy brief s
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Shilling, F. (2017). Monitoring Sea Level Rise at the Local and Regional Scale [Policy Brief]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67055
Shilling, Fraser. Monitoring Sea Level Rise at the Local and Regional Scale [Policy Brief]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67055.
Shilling, Fraser Monitoring Sea Level Rise at the Local and Regional Scale [Policy Brief]. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67055.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
2017-11-01
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This brief newsletter each month keeps transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment (2017). Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: November/December 2017 (Report No. FHWA-HEP-18-023). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49095
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: November/December 2017. Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-023. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49095.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: November/December 2017. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49095.
California's Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act (SB 375) and the Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative (SB 1059) have made them the first states in the nation to try and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using the transportation-planning process. Evaluating how these pioneering laws have changed local planning processes -
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Bartholomew, K., & Proffitt, D. (2017). Building Planner Commitment: Are California's SB 375 and Oregon's SB 1059 Models for Climate-Change Mitigation? (Report No. NITC-RR-868). National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35397
Bartholomew, Keith and David Proffitt. Building Planner Commitment: Are California's SB 375 and Oregon's SB 1059 Models for Climate-Change Mitigation?. Report no. NITC-RR-868. National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35397.
Bartholomew, Keith, and David Proffitt Building Planner Commitment: Are California's SB 375 and Oregon's SB 1059 Models for Climate-Change Mitigation?. National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), 2017, Report no. NITC-RR-868, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35397.
This is one of nine engineering assessments conducted under the Transportation Engineering Approaches to Climate Resiliency (TEACR) Project. This assessment is different from all the others in that it is not a case study focused on exploring climate impacts to a particular asset. Instead, this report is focused on providing general background on th
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United States. Federal Highway Administration (2017). Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost (Report No. FHWA-HEP-18-022). United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42731
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost. Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-022. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42731.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Addressing Environmental Conditions in the Design of Roadways Built on Permafrost. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-18-022, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42731.
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework (the Framework), third edition, is a manual to help transportation agencies and their partners assess the vulnerability of transportation infrastructure and systems to extreme weather and climate effects. It also can help agencies integrate climate adapt
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Filosa, G., Plovnick, A., Stahl, L., Miller, R., & Pickrell, D. H. (2017). Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework, Third Edition (Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-18-04). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36188
Filosa, Gina, Amy Plovnick, Leslie Stahl, Rawlings Miller, and Don H. Pickrell. Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework, Third Edition. Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-18-04. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36188.
Filosa, Gina, et al. Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework, Third Edition. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 2017, Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-18-04, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36188.
While hurricane evacuation notices are typically timed to attempt to clear evacuees from the roadways prior to the arrival of tropical storm force (or greater) winds, low lying areas must also be concerned about storm surge flooding, particularly for surge forerunners and as sea levels rise. This report uses water level time series data from the U.
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Phoowarawutthipanich, A., Murray-Tuite, P., Hancock, K., Rakha, H., Aljamal, M., Du, J., El-Shawarby, I., Richardson, W., & Smith, B. (2017). Evacuation and Adaptation for Sea Level Rise. Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36623
Phoowarawutthipanich, Aphisit, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kathleen Hancock, Hesham Rakha, Mohammad Aljamal, Jianhe Du, Ihab El-Shawarby, Willine Richardson, and Brian Smith. Evacuation and Adaptation for Sea Level Rise. Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36623.
Phoowarawutthipanich, Aphisit, et al. Evacuation and Adaptation for Sea Level Rise. Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36623.
An evaluation of renewable hydrogen production technologies anticipated to be available in the short, mid- and long-term timeframes was conducted. Renewable conversion pathways often rely on a combination of renewable and fossil energy sources, with the primary conversion step relying on a completely renewable source and the auxiliary steps using a
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Miller, M., Raju, A. S., & Roy, P. S. (2017). The Development of Lifecycle Data for Hydrogen Fuel Production and Delivery. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34706
Miller, Marshall, Arun S.K. Raju, and Partho Sarothi Roy. The Development of Lifecycle Data for Hydrogen Fuel Production and Delivery. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34706.
Miller, Marshall, et al. The Development of Lifecycle Data for Hydrogen Fuel Production and Delivery. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34706.
This report is one of two NCST Research Reports produced as part of a project to evaluate the state of practice and adequacy of technical tools for resiliency and adaptation planning. A companion report, Network Requirements for Assessing Criticality for Climate Adaptation Planning, focuses specifically on the technical challenges of conducting cri
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Dowds, J., Aultman-Hall, L., Vallett, C., & McRae, G. (2017). Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning: Agency Roles and Workforce Development Needs. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34240
Dowds, Jonathan, Lisa Aultman-Hall, Carol Vallett, and Glenn McRae. Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning: Agency Roles and Workforce Development Needs. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34240.
Dowds, Jonathan, et al. Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning: Agency Roles and Workforce Development Needs. National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC), 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34240.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
2017-08-01
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This brief newsletter each month keeps transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment (2017). Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: August/September 2017 (Report No. FHWA-HEP-17-100). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49093
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment. Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: August/September 2017. Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-100. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49093.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: August/September 2017. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment, 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-100, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49093.
Since 2014, US and Dutch counterparts have been collaborating on the topic of infrastructure resilience under a bilateral agreement between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Rijkwaterstaat (RWS), the Netherlands' Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. During the first two years, each side learned about each other's tools and approa
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Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) (2017). Resilient and Sustainable Transport – Dutch Style: An Interim Report on Bilateral Cooperation between FHWA and Rijkwaterstaat (Report No. FHWA-HEP-17-089). Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50868
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). Resilient and Sustainable Transport – Dutch Style: An Interim Report on Bilateral Cooperation between FHWA and Rijkwaterstaat. Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-089. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50868.
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) Resilient and Sustainable Transport – Dutch Style: An Interim Report on Bilateral Cooperation between FHWA and Rijkwaterstaat. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-089, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50868.
This report synthesizes lessons learned and innovations from recent FHWA studies and pilots to help transportation agencies address changing climate conditions and extreme weather events at the asset level. The report is designed to provide needed information to a range of engineering disciplines to integrate climate considerations into transportat
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Choate, A., Dix, B., Wong, A., Rodehorst, B., Jaglom, W., Keller, J., Lennon, J., Dorney, C., Kuchibhotla, R., Mallela, J., & Douglass, S. (2017). Synthesis of Approaches for Addressing Resilience in Project Development (Report No. FHWA-HEP-17-082). Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50862
Choate, Anne, Brenda Dix, A. Wong, Beth Rodehorst, Wendy Jaglom, Jake Keller, and Justin Lennon, et al.. Synthesis of Approaches for Addressing Resilience in Project Development. Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-082. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50862.
Choate, Anne, et al. Synthesis of Approaches for Addressing Resilience in Project Development. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2017, Report no. FHWA-HEP-17-082, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50862.
This report profiles the next generation of scenario planning for transportation practitioners. It provides a summary of the history, key benefits and driving issues that warrant a scenario-based approach. It includes a framework for scoping a scenario planning process tailored to specific issues and local agency capacity. It also illustrates the d
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Ange, K., Rooney, K., Mierzejewski, E. A., & Dwyer, C. (2017). Next Generation Scenario Planning: A Transportation Practitioner's Guide. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54185
Ange, Katharine, Kathleen Rooney, Edward A. Mierzejewski, and Caroline Dwyer. Next Generation Scenario Planning: A Transportation Practitioner's Guide. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54185.
Ange, Katharine, et al. Next Generation Scenario Planning: A Transportation Practitioner's Guide. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2017, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54185.
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