Chapter 12 : Transportation. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

Jacobs, Jennifer M.; Culp, Michael; Cattaneo, Lia; Chinowsky, Paul S.; Choate, Anne; DesRoches, Susanne; Douglass, Scott L.; Miller, Rawlings

doi:10.7930/nca4.2018.ch12

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“…Transportation. Temperatures expressed as unusually high temperatures that are frequent or long duration (e.g., heat waves) have had the effect of deforming transportation materials, for example, concrete used for roadways and other supports such as bridges (Jacobs et al, 2018), asphalt for roadways, and steel for transit rails and vehicle components (U.S. DOT, FTA, 2011).…”

Section: Temperaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 7: Resilience Strategies for Critical Infrastructures and Their Interdependencies

Zimmerman

Foster

González

et al. 2019

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Section: Temperaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, increased maintenance is often called for to compensate for such vulnerabilities (ClimAID, 2011: 451). The vulnerability of concrete to heat on roadways is also subject how roadways are designed to accommodate heat-related expansion (Jacobs et al, 2018).…”

Section: Temperaturementioning

confidence: 99%

New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 7: Resilience Strategies for Critical Infrastructures and Their Interdependencies

Zimmerman

Foster

González

et al. 2019

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…Increases in tidal flooding events are likely to have long-lasting impacts on traffic and roadway maintenance in coastal regions. Roads are already vulnerable to changes in temperature and precipitation, causing degradation, more frequent maintenance, or the road surface to be redesigned to be resilient to the projected climatic conditions ( Jacobs et al 2018b ; Underwood et al 2017 ; Neumann et al 2015a ; Mallick et al 2018 ). Neumann et al (2021) estimate that direct and indirect costs to noncoastal road infrastructure caused by climate change would be roughly $90–$140 billion/year by 2050 in the contiguous United States (CONUS) under a no-adaptation scenario but could be reduced by over 90%, to $8 billion/year, with proactive adaptation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mere Nuisance or Growing Threat? The Physical and Economic Impact of High Tide Flooding on US Road Networks

Fant

Jacobs

Chinowsky

et al. 2021

J. Infrastruct. Syst.

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High tide flooding (HTF) already affects traffic in many US coastal areas, but the issue will worsen significantly in the future. While studies show that large storm surge events threaten to be ever more costly, less damaging, but more frequent HTF events remain understudied and potentially carry a comparable economic impact. This study advances our understanding of the risks and impacts of HTF on vulnerable traffic corridors using hourly tide gauge water levels, sea-level rise projections, and link-level spatial analysis. It is the first study to estimate HTF economic impacts for varying levels of intervention, including reasonably anticipated driver-initiated rerouting and ancillary protection of adjacent property.

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“…If a rising temperature continues to manifest on a global scale, then sea level rise will occur mainly due to a combination of thermal expansion of sea water and the melting of land-based ice into the ocean [1]. The consequences of this sea level rise on coastal road networks, buildings, and infrastructure due to economic, social, and environmental costs are predicted to be substantial [2][3][4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protecting Infrastructure and Public Buildings against Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge

Chinowsky

Helman

2021

Sustainability

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The national study analyzes sea level rise (SLR) impacts based on 36 different SLR and storm surge scenarios across 5.7 million geographic locations and 3 time periods. Taking an approach based on engineering design guidelines and current cost estimates, the study details projected cost impacts for states and cities. These impacts are presented from multiple perspectives, including total cost for constructing seawalls, costs per capita, and costs per square kilometer. The purpose of the study is to identify specific locations where infrastructure is vulnerable to rising sea levels. The study finds that Sea Level Rise (SLR) and minimal storm surge is a USD 400 billion threat to the coastline of the lower 48 United States by 2040 that includes a need for at least 80,000 km of protective barriers. The research is limited in its scope to protecting coastal infrastructure with seawalls to enable consistency throughout the study. The study is original in that it is an effort across the lower 48 states to identify infrastructure that is vulnerable, as well as the cost associated with protecting this infrastructure.

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Chapter 12 : Transportation. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II

Cited by 9 publications

References 76 publications

New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 7: Resilience Strategies for Critical Infrastructures and Their Interdependencies

New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 7: Resilience Strategies for Critical Infrastructures and Their Interdependencies

Mere Nuisance or Growing Threat? The Physical and Economic Impact of High Tide Flooding on US Road Networks

Protecting Infrastructure and Public Buildings against Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge

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