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Corporate Creators:
United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Climate Change Disaster Resilience Risk Assessment Transportation Planning Weather And Climate
Publication/ Report Number:
FHWA-HEP-17-095
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:
Extreme weather events, including heat, drought, storms, and flooding, are already affecting transportation systems and infrastructure, and these impacts are expected to be more frequent and significant in the future. FHWA Order 5520, Transportation System Preparedness and Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events, states that it is FHWA policy to strive to identify the risks of climate change and extreme weather events to current and planned transportation systems and work to integrate consideration of these risks into its planning, operations, policies and programs. Order 5520 defines resilience as “the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.”1 FHWA has been supporting State and regional transportation agencies in assessing their vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather through its Vulnerability Assessment Framework and through funding pilot projects at State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and MPOs. Building off of vulnerability assessments, transportation agencies can identify strategies to build resilience and integrate climate considerations into the transportation planning and project development processes. The FAST Act, which was signed into law on December 4, 2015, includes new requirements for State DOTs and MPOs to integrate resilience into the transportation planning process. Following the authorization of the FAST Act, FHWA and FTA updated their planning regulations2 with a requirement that metropolitan transportation plans (MTPs) assess capital investment and other strategies that reduce the vulnerability of the existing transportation infrastructure to natural disasters (23 CFR 450.324(g)(7)). In addition, the planning rule states that MPOs should coordinate with officials responsible for disaster risk reduction when developing MTPs and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) (23 CFR 450.316(b)). The updated planning final rule also added improving the resilience and reliability of the transportation system as a new planning factor for State DOTs and MPOs to consider and implement in the transportation planning process (23 CFR 450.206(a)(9) and 23 CFR 450.306(b)(9)).
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Federal Highway Administration
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