Climate Change and Transportation Planning

This paper explores the implications of “global warming” induced climate change on various aspects of transportation planning. The author presents a view that assumes the present predictions actually happen and the resulting impact on present-day long-term transportation planning, investments, and policies. The author outlines strategies for using existing information systems to expand current planning methods in order to consider Climate Changes in the planning process. Specific global warming topic areas addressed include: oceanic incursion within the planning horizon; population evacuation; infrastructure deterioration potential; economic disruption and growth opportunity identification; and population migration and sustainable communities. The author concludes that transportation professionals must introduce new methods and practices in planning studies to ensure that appropriate factors in our changing environment are considered and wise infrastructure investments are made. Current software systems, such as ITS, transportation models, GIS, CAD, and DBMS, are currently robust enough to incorporate broader analyses. Identifying possible changes in key areas can benefit those professionals charged with developing useful and viable transportation plans that meet future demand for safe personal mobility and efficient goods movement.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Ott, Ernest K
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Evacuation; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Geographic information systems; Global warming; Intelligent transportation systems; Mobility; Policy making; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainable development; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I15: Environment; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01138588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 19 2009 1:49PM