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Title:

Identification of Physical Transportation Infrastructure Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise

Accession Number:

01474180

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The objective of this research was to integrate current data sources to develop a methodology for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise (SLR) on Florida’s state and local transportation infrastructure to assist transportation planning. The proposed approach integrates the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) information system, and local roadway and hydrologic data with existing topographical and geological data to facilitate: i) the evaluation of current and projected SLR impacts on Florida’s coastline and low-lying terrain areas, and ii) the identification of the physical transportation infrastructure components that are most likely to be affected by frequent to continuous flooding due to SLR. A projection of SLR, and the timing for same was outlined using a benchmark approach that brackets time intervals as opposed to specific timing for improvements. Further research to evaluated the impact of groundwater levels as an exacerbating factor with respect to sea level rise. Storm surge is a future, more difficult area of investigation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AF000(3) Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Impacts on the Transportation Infrastructure.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-0926

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bloetscher, Frederick
Berry, Leonard
Romah, Thomas
Hammer, Nicole Hernandez
Cahill, Maria Abadal

Pagination:

30p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Florida

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Security and Emergencies; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-0926

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:17PM