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ITS World Congress 2012
Climate Change Effects and Potential Responses: System Operations
•Increased coastal and inland flooding will mean…
–Increased and more frequent use of resources (e.g., staff, evacuation materials)
•Increase in intensity of tropical cyclones, rising sea levels, increased occurrence of wildfires
–Broader preparedness for potential evacuation
–Increase TMC staff and ITS resources to provide traveler information during evacuations
–More frequent disaster preparation, operations and recovery
•Increase in energy demand
–Need for more resilient TMC communications and ITS hardware
System Operations Response
Climate Event Impacts
Increased coastal and inland flooding
•Mandatory diversion to more robust alternate routes
•Increased staff and resources to monitor vulnerable routes and provide traveler information
Increase in intensity of tropical cyclones; rising sea levels; increased inland flooding; increased occurrence of wildfires
•Broader preparedness for potential evacuation
•Increased TMC staff and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) resources to provide traveler information during evacuations
•More frequent disaster preparation, operations, and recovery actions
Climate Trends Impacts
Increase in energy demand for air conditioning
•Increased need for more resilient TMC communications and backup power to maintain real-time information feeds