MnDOT Flash Flood Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Pilot Project

Details

• Creators:
  Almodovar-Rosario, Natalia ; Dorney, Chris ; Flood, Michael ; Lennon, Justin ; Lockman, J.T.
• Corporate Creators:
  Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Corporate Contributors:
  Minnesota. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Disaster resilience
  • Risk assessment
  • Pilot studies
  • Floods
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Minnesota
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  MnDOT planners and engineers have long considered minimizing the risk of flash flooding in the siting and design of the state’s roadway network. However, as has been the standard practice worldwide, they have traditionally assumed that future climate conditions will be similar to those recorded in the past. Climate change challenges this assumption and calls for new approaches to understanding vulnerabilities across the highway system and at specific transportation facilities so that appropriate actions, adaptations, can be taken to minimize expanding risks. This project, one of 19 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) climate vulnerability pilot studies nationwide looking at the effects of climate hazards on the transportation system, represents a starting point for developing these new approaches. The focus of this pilot study is on flash flooding risks to the highway system. While flooding is not the only threat to the state’s highway system posed by climate change, it is likely to be one of the most significant and has already caused extensive disruptions to the transportation system in many areas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67116/dot_67116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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