CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE IN ADAPTATION PLANNING

摘要

Research efforts in the last decade have produced a wealth of knowledge regarding thelikely impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure—impacts witnessed todate, as well as those anticipated in coming decades— the effects of which frequentlyconflict in both magnitude and scope. This research summarizes the findings of surfacetransportation climate change literature and explores the efforts underway in thetransportation planning realm with respect to adaptive preparations of transportationinfrastructure for the effects of climate change. The specific focus of this research is ontransportation facilities and operations in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. Thisreport builds upon recent research on governmental climate change planning efforts to (1)explore how agencies in the Pacific Northwest are preparing for climate change in theirclimate action plans (CAPs) and (2) how the goals and recommendations of CAPs arereflected in long-range transportation planning (LRTP) documents, and (3) to identifykey resources and strategies which agencies may adopt in order to ensure that theanticipated impacts of climate change on transportation are addressed in transportationplanning documents.