A Risk-Based Flood-Planning Strategy for Vermont's Roadway Network

This project proposes to expand the Network Robustness Index (NRI) to specifically focus on disruptions to Vermont's roadway network caused by flooding. The project will identify the links in the state-wide network that are most critical to the operational functionality of the state's roadway system and quantify the impacts associated with flooding episodes, like the ones which occurred in northern Vermont in the Spring of 2011 and in southern Vermont in August 2011. The project will rank-order the most vulnerable links using a risk-based probability approach that takes into account the likelihood a particular link will be flooded, the expected reduction in capacity on those links due to flooding, and the dynamic re-routing of travelers. High-priority links can be fortified either by improving drainage or retrofitting the roadway to prevent impacts from extreme rainfall and snowfall.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/trc/university-transportation-center/utc-current-project-list/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-14-016.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $64995.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0018

  027011

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Aultman-Hall, Lisa

• Performing Organizations:

  UVM Transportation Center

  University of Vermont
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Sullivan, James

  Novak, David

• Start Date: 20120601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20140901
• Source Data: RiP Project 29920

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floods; Highway capacity; Highways; Networks; Retrofitting
• Identifier Terms: Network Robustness Index
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569115
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 027011
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Jul 1 2015 2:46AM