Webinars

Transportation, Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Webinar Series

May-June 2013

Session 1: Getting Started-Determining assets to study and climate information
(Thursday, May 16, 3:00-4:30 Eastern Time)
Presenters provided an overview of the key steps involved in conducting a vulnerability assessment as well as examples of studies that include selecting assets and developing climate and extreme weather event information.

Presentations included:

Becky Lupes, FHWA - Introduction to vulnerability assessment framework and defining objectives and scope
Mike Flood, Parsons Brinckerhoff - Assessing criticality of transportation assets
Joel Smith, Stratus Consulting - Developing projected climate information for transportation asset analysis
Rob Kafalenos, FHWA - Case study: Gulf Coast II SLR and storm surge projections

A recording of the event will be posted online soon.

Session 2: System-Level Vulnerability Assessments
(Thursday, May 30, 3:00-4:30 Eastern Time)
This session will focus on use of information on transportation assets and climate projections to identify vulnerabilities. Presentations will include:

Rob Kafalenos, FHWA - Introduction
Example Applications of System-Level Vulnerability Assessments
- Carol Lee Roalkvam, Washington DOT
- Sara Polgar, Bay Conservation and Development Commission and Stefanie Hom, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- Jeff Perlman, NJTPA

Session 3: Applying the results
(Wednesday, June 12, 2:00-3:30 Eastern Time)
Representatives from the Boston Region MPO and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority will discuss incorporating vulnerability assessment results into agency decision making processes and developing adaptation options.
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Session 4: Hurricane Sandy - Lessons Learned
(Thursday, June 20, 2:00-3:30 Eastern Time)
This session will focus on extreme weather preparations, emergency response, recovery, and planning for long term resilience.
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All sessions will be recorded and made available on this web page.

Please check this page for updates.

For questions about registering for a session, please contact Gina Filosa at (617) 494-3452 or Gina.Filosa@dot.gov. For other questions about the webinars, please contact Rob Kafalenos at Robert.Kafalenos@dot.gov

2010-2011 Pilot Webinars

FHWA held two webinars presenting the results of the pilot program. The webinars were recorded, and are available here.

In the FHWA Pilots Webinar I, Becky Lupes from FHWA gives an overview of the vulnerability and risk assessment framework (the first 30 seconds or so are cut off in the recording), Jeff Perlman from NJTPA presents the results of the New Jersey study, and Carol Lee Roalkvam from WSDOT gives an overview of the WSDOT study.
In the FHWA Pilots Webinar II, after Becky Lupes of FHWA gives a very short introduction, Brenda Dix from MTC gives an overview of the San Francisco Bay study, Jim Lambert from the University of Virginia gives an overview of the Virginia Study, and Randolph Sykes from the Oahu MPO gives an overview of the Oahu study.