Transportation Corridor Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate

Since 2012, the the project has been acquiring high-resolution lidar surveys of close to 20 rock-slopes in Alaska in support of Pactrans-supported studies of roadway safety. In this project, we will capitalize on this treasure trove of unique data to quantify how rockfall activity (magnitudefrequency of rockfall events) varies with changes in annual storm intensity from 2012 to 2016. The project will then use this information to in conjunction with a landslide activity forecasting procedure the project developed to investigate how the resiliency of transportation corridor may change in the future.

• Record URL:
  http://depts.washington.edu/pactrans/research/projects/transportation-corridor-resiliency-in-the-face-of-a-changing-climate/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $160000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC40

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

  University of Washington
  More Hall Room 112
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  College of Engineering & Mines
  P.O. Box 755960
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775-5960
• Project Managers:

  Cunningham, Keith

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  College of Engineering & Mines
  P.O. Box 755960
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775-5960
• Principal Investigators:

  Cunningham, Keith

  Olson, Michael

  Leshchinsky, Ben

  Leshchinsky, Ben

  Wartman, Joseph

• Start Date: 20160115
• Expected Completion Date: 20180131
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Subprogram: Highway Safety
• Source Data: http://depts.washington.edu/pactrans/research/projects/transportation-corridor-resiliency-in-the-face-of-a-changing-climate/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Landslides; Resilience (Materials); Rockfalls; Transportation corridors
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01632298
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC40
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Apr 13 2017 6:02PM