Hillsborough County’s location along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay leaves it vulnerable to storm surges, flooding from hurricanes, and sea-level rise. To better understand this issue, the MPO participated in a Federal Highway Administration Transportation Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project which was completed in October 2014. Since then, findings and follow-up from the study has been shared at a number of National Peer Exchanges and FHWA documents.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Case Study and Final Report
FHWA Resilience and Transportation Fact Sheet (2017)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine and Transportation Research Board (TRB) – Miami, FL Listening Session – March 2017
FHWA Atlanta Peer Exchange (2016)
TRB & FHWA – First International Conference on Surface Transportation Resilience (2015)
Please contact Allison Yeh Yeha@plancom.org for more information.