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

Details

• 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
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32696/dot_32696_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 871.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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