Deploying Transportation Resilience Practices in State DOTs

Dorney, Chris; Flood, Michael; Grose, Tim; Hammond, Paula; Meyer, Michael F.; Miller, Rawlings; Frazier, Ernest R.; Western, Jeffrey L.; Nakanishi, Yuko J; Betak, John

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“…This study identifies commonalities in EM functions to support and better understand "mainstreaming" and improvement of resilience. [6][7][8] A framework for evaluating agency activities, including planning, communications, collaboration, and transformation (PCCT), is developed and tested.…”

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Knowledge to action: Resilience planning among state and local transportation agencies in the United States

Kim¹,

Yamashita²,

Ghimire³

et al. 2023

JEM

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The results of a nationwide survey of state and local agencies conducted in 2020 are summarized to understand priorities for improving transportation emergency management (EM) and resilience. Questions on EM activities, policies, and operations were answered by 190 respondents from across the country. In addition to comparing responses across transportation, EM, and other organizations (law enforcement, public works, health, environmental services, etc.), differences are analyzed based on agency size, location, experience, and hazard exposure. Respondents were also asked to prioritize EM activities for additional funding. Capabilities such as Emergency Planning, Traffic Control, Response Teams, and Situational Awareness emerge as priority areas. Approximately 60 percent of transportation agencies report updates of EM plans within the last 5 years compared to 70 percent of EM and 38 percent among other agencies. Four general linear models (GLMs) are developed and tested to determine the attributes of respondents who support improvements in (1) planning, (2) communications, (3) collaboration, and (4) transformation of agencies. An evaluative framework for measuring and managing resilience is developed and tested based on the responses. The analysis reveals diverse EM experiences, capabilities, and priorities, providing insight into future directions for sustaining and improving transportation resilience.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge to action: Resilience planning among state and local transportation agencies in the United States

Kim¹,

Yamashita²,

Ghimire³

et al. 2023

JEM

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Effective Practices in Flood Adaptation by Recognizing System, Organization, and Project Interdependencies

Cuadra,

Garrett,

Tennakoon

et al. 2024

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Flooding is a historical and intensifying challenge to transportation infrastructure and system performance and the interconnected systems it supports. Resilience programs attempt to meet the challenges flooding poses by adapting the infrastructure to withstand environmental pressures and preserve function during and after disasters. Current adaptation practices, however, often take the form of hard protective measures, implemented exclusively on transportation assets with little coordination between organizations. As a result, projects can be overly expensive, offer incomplete protection, and result in catastrophic failures across multiple infrastructure systems, such as in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. To build adaptive capabilities effectively, this study recognized the interdependencies among multiple infrastructure systems at the system-, organizational-, and project levels of planning. At the system level, adaptations addressing hazard-based threats to infrastructure systems—such as stormwater and transportation—strengthened infrastructure against cascading failures and improve efficiency in adapting interdependent infrastructure networks. At an organization level, teams that self-reorganized to fit project needs were found to respond more effectively to change and overcame difficulties in implementing adaptations. At a project level, anticipating and addressing causal relationships between the environment and infrastructure were found to improve the reliability of adaptations against catastrophic failure. The effective practices presented came from Malaysia, Sweden, Poland, and other countries around the world. Implementation of these complementary practices, together with asset-based adaptations as needed, can build adaptive capabilities by addressing the interdependencies between infrastructure planning at multiple levels.

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Deploying Transportation Resilience Practices in State DOTs

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Knowledge to action: Resilience planning among state and local transportation agencies in the United States

Knowledge to action: Resilience planning among state and local transportation agencies in the United States

Effective Practices in Flood Adaptation by Recognizing System, Organization, and Project Interdependencies

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