Webinars

Transportation, Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Webinar Series

May-June 2013

The four-part webinar series is designed to provide information to transportation agencies interested in assessing the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather events and applying the results.

Session 1: Getting Started-Determining assets to study and climate information
Thursday, May 16
Speakers provided an overview of the key steps involved in conducting a vulnerability assessment as well as examples of studies that included steps for selecting critical assets and developing climate and extreme weather event information. The presenters were: Becky Lupes, FHWA; Mike Flood, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Joel Smith, Stratus Consulting; and Rob Kafalenos, FHWA. A recording of the event will be posted online soon.

Session 2: System-Level Vulnerability Assessments
Thursday, May 30
This session focused on the use of information on transportation assets and climate projections to identify vulnerabilities. Representatives from three of the five 2010-11 vulnerability assessment pilot projects discussed their system-level vulnerability and risk assessment projects and the different ways they applied the vulnerability assessment framework. The presenters included: Rob Kafalenos of FHWA; Carol Lee Roalkvam of Washington State Department of Transportation; Sara Polgar of San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission; Stefanie Hom of Metropolitan Transportation Commission; and Jeffrey Perlman of New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. A recording of the event will be posted online soon.

Session 3: Applying the results
Wednesday, June 12, 2:00-3:30 Eastern Time
The third webinar in the series will focus on incorporating the results of vulnerability assessment into agency decision making processes and developing adaptation options. Presenters include:

Rob Hyman, FHWA
Cris Liban, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Maureen Kelly, Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization
Karl Peet - Chicago Transit Authority

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**Note: Please contact Gina Filosa at (617) 494-3452 or Gina.Filosa@dot.gov to be added to the waiting list for this session.

Session 4: Hurricane Sandy - Lessons Learned
Thursday, June 20, 2:00-3:30 Eastern Time
The impacts of Hurricane Sandy underscore the need for proactive planning for extreme weather events. This session will focus on extreme weather preparations, emergency response, recovery, and planning for long term resilience. Presenters include:

Tina Hodges, FHWA
Antonio Cabrera, Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit
Richard M. Shaw, New Jersey Department of Transportation

Register Here
**Note: Please contact Gina Filosa at (617) 494-3452 or Gina.Filosa@dot.gov to be added to the waiting list for this session.

All sessions will be recorded and made available on this web page.
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.