Caltrans Climate Change Activities Julia Biggar Senior Transportation Planner Climate Change Branch
Climate Change Impacts to the Transportation System, Natural Ecosystems, and Communities
Climate Change Roles at Caltrans Caltrans Mission: Provide a safe , sustainable , integrated and efficient transportation system to enhance California’s economy and livability Sustainability Environmental Traffic Transportation Maintenance Program Planning Analysis Operations • Vulnerability • Project level • State Highway • Develop statewide • Maintain asset assessments GHG emissions System operational sustainability data important to efficiencies policies adaptation •Adaptation • Address climate planning • Sustainability Measures change related • Reduce GHG Implementation • First issues during the emissions from the Action Plan responders to •Greenhouse gas environmental traveling public impacts from mitigation document - Ramp meters extreme events phases of - Managed lanes and disasters •Grant oversight projects
Coordination With Partner Agencies and Stakeholders Federal Highway ― ― Metropolitan Administration Planning Organizations Caltrans ― The National Cooperative ― Regional Highway Research Transportation Board Planning Agencies Regulatory Homeowners Agencies ― California ― Cities Transportation Agency ― Counties ― California Natural ― Residents Resources Agency ― Agricultural California Coastal ― Non- landowners Local Government Commission Government Agencies ― Research ― California Energy Institutions Commission (California and Landowners, Internationally) ― The Nature Agriculture Conservancy ― Homeowners NOAA ―
Climate Change Branch Efforts v Caltrans Climate Change Workgroup – Caltrans Climate Change Charter v Interagency Workgroups v Legislative Analysis and State Policies v Pilot Studies with partners v Greenhouse Gas Mitigation v Vulnerability Assessments v Climate Change Adaptation v Adaptation Planning Grants
Guidance Documents
Mitigation - Greenhouse Gas Report Greenhouse gas reduction Average annual GHG strategy reductions (tons CO2e) Alternatives to conventional 47,236 concrete Alternatives to conventional 61,475 asphalt Total – materials, concrete and 108,711 pavement strategies Roadway lighting 38,819 Alternative fuels and vehicles 2,182 Total – operations and 41,001 maintenance strategies Renewable energy projects 1,391 Building energy and water 3,511 efficiency Workplace commute programs 6,465 Total – facilities and 11,367 administration strategies TOTAL 161,079
Mitigation - Climate Registry Reporting Caltrans has reported operational GHG emissions to the Climate Registry since 2007 • From 2010 to 2017, Caltrans had a 45% decrease in total GHG emissions • Since 2010, Caltrans has reduced emissions by 96.301 metric tons of CO2e
Process For Building a Sustainable and Efficient Transportation System Phase I – Current vulnerability assessments Phase II – Adaptation Strategies
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Caltrans is conducting vulnerability assessments statewide in all 12 Caltrans Districts • Assessments will identify state highway infrastructure vulnerable to: – Sea Level Rise – Storm Surge – Coastal Bluff Erosion – Extreme Heat – Precipitation Changes – Wildfires
District Vulnerability Assessments All 12 Caltrans Districts will receive: Summary Report Technical Report On-line viewer Tool • Overview of the natural • Background on data used to • Posted online, the tool environment and develop reports allows users to toggle transportation infrastructure stressors on and off to • Vulnerability assessment visualize locations of the • Description of the interaction methodology stressors of the transportation system and identified stressors
Example Summary Report Pages Pre and post wildfire adaptation Reports contain information and data specific to each District in numerous visual formats
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Delivery Schedule District 4 •August 2017 Districts 2 and 6 •By Spring 2018 Districts 8 and 11 •By Summer 2018 District 3, 9, and 10 •By Winter 2018 District 1 and 5 •By Winter 2018, pending USGS data
Adaptation: Climate Action Report Task 3 Task 2 Task 1 Given the findings from Identify implementable Update the 2013 the vulnerability agency-wide adaptation “Caltrans Activities to assessments, identify strategies. Address Climate assets that should Change” report prioritize adaptation implementation. Updated report will include newly Develop adaptation identified greenhouse reports for each District gas reductions, and highlight successful mitigation efforts
SB1 Adaptation SB 1 provides $20 million in climate change adaptation Planning planning grants Grants - FY 17/18- $7 million available ($7 million awarded) - FY 18/19- $7 million available ($7 million awarded) - FY 19/20- $6 million available Timeline for 19/20 cycle: -September 25, 12:00 – 1:00 Workshop in Sacramento -September 26, 12:00-1:00 Workshop in Los Angeles -October, release final grant guide and call for applications -November 2, anticipated grant application deadline -Spring 2019, Grant announcements released -February 28, 2022, all grant tasks must be complete
Thank You Julia Biggar Julia.biggar@dot.ca.gov Caltrans, Climate Change Branch 916-654-6344 http://www.dot.ca.gov/transplanning/ocp/climate-change.html Google: Caltrans Climate Change Branch
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