Post Hurricane Sandy Transportation Resilience Study in NY, NJ, and CT

This report provides an assessment of the metropolitan region transportation system’s resilience to climate, sea level rise and extreme weather. The study leverages lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and other recent events, as well as future climate projections, to identify strategies to reduce and manage extreme weather vulnerabilities amid the uncertainties of a changing climate. This final report from the study includes information on damage and disruption from Hurricane Sandy on the region’s transportation systems, along with that of Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, and Halloween Nor’easter Alfred. The report also contains a compilation of climate projections that were used to inform the study and assessments of the vulnerability and risk to the transportation system at three scales: (1) An assessment of the exposure of the transportation system to climate stressors at a regional scale, with information that can be used by transportation agencies in the region to advance more detailed vulnerability and risk assessments. (2) A vulnerability and risk assessment in three subareas: two multimodal corridors (one in Connecticut and one in New Jersey) and a coastal network of critical transportation facilities (in New York). (3) Engineering-informed assessments of climate vulnerabilities and risks and evaluation of potential adaptation strategies for a selection of transportation facilities—roads, bridges, tunnels, rail, and ports—that can be considered for these and similar facilities. The report is intended to inform transportation agency efforts to address changing climate conditions and extreme weather events from a regional planning level to facility level assessments.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/publications/hurricane_sandy/fhwahep17097.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50860
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Cover title: Post Hurricane Sandy Transportation Resilience Study in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

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  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • ten Sietfhoff, Brian
  • Grose, Tim
  • Sudhalkar, Amruta
  • Bonham-Carter, Claire
  • Smith, Joel
• Publication Date: 2017-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 545p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Disaster resilience; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Regional planning; Risk assessment; Sea level; Storms; Strategic planning; Weather and climate
• Identifier Terms: Hurricane Sandy, 2012
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut; New Jersey; New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01650844
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HEP-17-097
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-11-D-00030-T-13005
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 15 2017 11:33AM