U.S. DOT Gulf Coast Study, Phase 2, Task 1: Assessing Criticality
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2015-01-01
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Abstract:Support for Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study Phase 2 developed methodologies for evaluating vulnerability and adaptation measures for local transportation systems. These transferrable methodologies were pilot tested in Mobile, Alabama. The project team evaluated the impacts on six transportation modes (highways, ports, airports, rail, transit, and pipelines) from projected changes in temperature and precipitation, sea level rise, and the surges and winds associated with more intense storms. The first task of this project involved conducting a criticality assessment of Mobile’s transportation system. The large number of transportation assets made it infeasible to evaluate the vulnerability of all assets; nor was an evaluation of every asset necessary to develop an understanding of system-level vulnerabilities. Therefore, a criticality assessment was performed to identify which assets are most critical to Mobile. These assets were the focus of later steps of the study.
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