Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As the US experiences increased losses due to extreme weather and climate change–related events, it has become important for transportation agencies, such as state Departments of Transportation (DOTs), to manage transportation networks with resiliency in mind. State DOTs have begun to leverage transportation asset management (TAM) practices, documented in transportation asset management plans (TAMPs), to address resilience. This paper provides a synthesis of existing practices, as documented within the most recent iteration of state TAMPs, used to address extreme weather, climate change, and resilience. Forty-five Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Federal Highway Administration–compliant TAMPs were reviewed. The most common resilience activities from the review were categorised into six key categories identified in the National Cooperative Highway Research Programme (NCHRP) Research Report 1052: leadership and agency structure, capacity and competency, collaboration and communication, resource requirements, risk and resilience (RnR) assessment, and business processes. This research also identified gaps in resilience planning by comparing practices described in state TAMPs with best practices identified in NCHRP Research Report 1052. The review uncovered three key areas that would benefit from additional research and development: (1) conduct scenario planning to advance transportation system resilience, (2) develop/adopt RnR performance measures, and (3) develop/adopt definitions for RnR.
Source: Infrastructure Asset Management
Authors: Lauren Gardner, Mark Abkowitz
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: U.S. Department of Transportation, California Department of Transportation, State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Washington State University, Florida Department of Transportation, Georgia Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, North Dakota Department of Transportation, Arkansas Department of Transportation, Colorado Department of Transportation, Delaware Department of Transportation, Idaho Transportation Department, Mississippi Department of Transportation, New Hampshire Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Utah Department of Transportation, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Iowa Department of Transportation, South Carolina Department of Transportation
OpenAlex ID: W4409646393