FTA Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot Project: Chicago Transit Authority

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Gayle, Kimberly A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Budget and Policy and Office of Policy Review and Development ; Chicago Transit Authority
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Decision making
  • Risk analysis
  • Disaster resilience
  • Public transit
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-15-053
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  During recent extreme weather events, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) experienced impacts to infrastructure and service. The CTA pilot sought to quantify the consequences to capital, operations, and maintenance costs that have been observed in the past and assess the costs and benefits of proposed adaptation options. The City of Chicago had previously commissioned climate modeling research and climate impact and costs assessment efforts, which laid a foundation for this study. The CTA pilot developed quantitative and qualitative tools to integrate consideration of climate impacts into operations, infrastructure planning, and standard business practices that can be used as a template for further development by CTA and other transit agencies.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59216/dot_59216_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 673.53 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:255eae1f76d91b0c5d9c1253d50ea18c11f1e3794ebd7374b0fbcbc0152c1d8dd51ebee07b671add74922234536a598e24e18169b67fc840ea6cd8fcbeb1384b