How vulnerable is Texas’ freight infrastructure to extreme weather events? Final report.

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• Creators:
  Walewski, John ; Prozzi, Jolanda P. ; Polunsky, Steven
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Best Practices Case Studies Disaster Preparedness Freight Transportation Impacts Infrastructure Risk Assessment Weather Conditions
• Publication/ Report Number:
  PRC 16-62 F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Texas
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The Texas Freight Mobility Plan forecasts significant increases in freight volumes across all
  
  transportation modes over the next three decades. An increased frequency of extreme weather
  
  events such as prolonged droughts and flash flooding is also expected during this time frame.
  
  Repeated severe flash flooding across the state has demonstrated the vulnerability of Texas’s
  
  freight and transportation assets to extreme weather events.
  
  The freight community’s ability to prepare for and respond to extreme weather events is in part
  
  dependent upon the resilience of the transportation infrastructure and whether the system
  
  maintains functionality during and following adverse conditions. However, freight infrastructure
  
  resilience analysis, design, and planning methods are relatively immature and may limit the
  
  freight community’s ability to effectively plan and respond to extreme weather events.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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