FHWA Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

In 2010, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) selected five pilot teams from across the country to test a climate change vulnerability assessment model. This conceptual model guided transportation agencies through the process of collecting and integrating climate and asset data in order to identify critical vulnerabilities. During this year-long pilot program, the pilot teams formed a community of practice, exchanged ideas, presented draft results, and participated in a series of webinars and peer exchanges. FHWA used the feedback and lessons learned from the pilot projects to revise the draft conceptual model into the Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Framework. In recognition that climate change poses a growing threat to transportation infrastructure and operations, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) led the interagency New Jersey (NJ) Partnership to assess the vulnerability of transportation systems. Much of the state’s infrastructure is aging and concentrated near major rivers and the coast. The NJ Partnership wanted to understand how to make more strategic capital investments in light of the changing climate. To accomplish this goal, the project team conducted a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based climate vulnerability assessment on transportation assets in two geographic areas of focus.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/case_studies/new_jersey/new_jersey.pdf
• 
• Summary URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/case_studies/new_jersey/index.cfm
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58091
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 4p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Climate change; Geographic information systems; Pilot studies; Risk assessment; Transportation planning; Weather and climate
• Identifier Terms: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519407
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HEP-14-005
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 24 2014 4:19PM