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Hampton Roads Climate Impact Quantification Initiative: Baseline Assessment of the Transportation Assets & Overview of Economic Analyses Useful in Quantifying Impacts
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2016-09-13
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Edition:Technical baseline report; Dec 2015- Sep 2016
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Abstract:The Hampton Roads Climate Impact Quantification Initiative (HRCIQI) is a multi-part study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Climate Change Center with the goals that include developing a cost tool that provides methods for voluntary grantee consideration of financial impacts in infrastructure planning due to climate change and severe weather. The Phase 1b Baseline Study, conducted in collaboration with several DOT modes, and based on extensive consultation with regional governmental, military and industry stakeholders, summarizes available data, methodologies, and tools to inform a robust analysis of the economic impacts of climate change and severe weather-related disruptions on the region's transportation infrastructure. And the Baseline Study leverages previous vulnerability analyses conducted by the Federal Highway Administration regarding the Gulf Coast. DOT chose to study the Hampton Roads region based on its unique attributes, including its: extreme vulnerability to sea level rise impacts, that is beginning to threaten transportation system and military operations; strategic significance as home to the nation's largest concentration of federal facilities, including the world's largest naval station; and the partnership opportunities afforded through the Intergovernmental Pilot Program and its partner's deep expertise in analyzing and addressing these impacts. Currently, DOT is preparing to initiate Task 2 of the HRCIQI, which, building on the Baseline report, will develop a methodology for determination of current and future costs in the region based on different scenarios and time scales. Future phases may include a pilot in a defined area.
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