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 p
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Climate change can and is producing a wide array of impacts that affect infrastructure on a broad scale. An infrastructure asset's vulnerability to climate change is highly context sensitive, with its location and the adaptive capacity of local businesses, governments, and communities all being influential (EC 2013). Much has been written generally
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This research compiled information on past landslides, including date-referencing and geo-locating events; analyzed and mapped variables contributing to slide susceptibility; demonstrated the conditions of the future climate models that may increase landslide hazards; and designated the transportation routes most vulnerable to weather-triggered lan
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The United States has more than 2.65 million miles of paved public roadways that provide mobility and access to a range of users and facilitate the flow of goods and services upon which our economy relies. However, operating this extensive network (including construction and maintenance) comes at a cost. In 2008, roughly $182 billion was spent on h
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This white paper summarizes the state-of-knowledge and state-of-the-art in pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling, with particular emphasis on life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and on interpretation and analysis that lead to GHG reductions from the on-road transportation sector. The paper synthesizes research from a number of previou
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This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) analyzes the environmental impacts of fuel efficiency standards and reasonable alternative standards for model years 2018 and beyond for medium- and heavy- duty engines and vehicles that NHTSA has proposed under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. Environmental impacts analyzed i
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To address the challenges posed by climate change to the transportation system, agencies are investigating climate change adaptation measures. This white paper presents a five-step framework for adapting transportation systems: inventorying and monitoring transportation assets; assessing climate threats; evaluating the vulnerability of assets; prio
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This white paper reviews previous studies on prospects for reducing CO2 emissions from trucks. It provides a new investigation into the feasibility of achieving an 80% reduction in CO2-equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States and California from trucks by 2050. The authors assess the technological and economic potential
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This policy brief summarizes findings from a research report that examines the fuel-savings and GHG emissions impacts of various eco-driving practices.
Eco-driving involves fuel efficient driving techniques and maintenance practices. Truck eco-driving may provide economic or other incentives to drivers to avoid heavy traffic, drive at moderate speeds, avoid sudden braking or acceleration, reduce idling, and maintain specified tire inflation. Truck eco-driving can reduce fuel consumption and greenh
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Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) was awarded a grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to perform an extreme weather vulnerability assessment of transportation infrastructure in the state. The geographical scope of this vulnerability assessment includes all major transportation infrastructure located within Tennessee. The
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Transportation agencies across the United States are faced with the challenge of effectively adapting infrastructure to withstand the predicted effects of climate change. This challenge is magnified by a nationwide funding shortage, uncertainty about impacts, and a limited (but growing) body of information regarding best practices. The literature o
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This policy brief summarizes research that suggests that the combination of significantly improved vehicle efficiency coupled with very low-carbon fuels (electricity, hydrogen, or biofuels) can help the trucking sector reach the GHG target.
In 2013, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored climate resilience pilot studies in selected states and metropolitan areas in the U.S. The intent of these pilot studies was to examine approaches to “conduct climate change and extreme weather vulnerability assessments of transportation infrastructure and to analyze options for adapting
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The Central New Mexico Climate Change Scenario Planning Project, an Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Initiative, utilized a scenario planning process to develop a multiagency transportation- and land use-focused development strategy for the Albuquerque region of New Mexico to achieve a reduction in future greenhouse gas emis
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This Integration Plan for the Central New Mexico Climate Change Scenario Planning Project (CCSP) provides useful information on strategies that the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) and its partners can pursue over the next five years to adapt regional policies, programs, and data collection procedures to further the goals of environmental
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From 2013 to 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) partnered with the Mid Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) and other agencies in the region to evaluate how the central New Mexico region could develop in a way that mi
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