Transit Climate Change Adaptation Seminar
Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, in collaboration with the American Public Transportation Association and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 8am-12pm
Omni Hotel, Los Angeles
Presentations
- Tod Delany: Climate Change Adaptation: What the Science Tells Us and How Practitioners Can Use the Science
- Paul Bunje: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Southern California
- Cris Liban: Los Angeles County MTA Climate Change Adaptation Efforts
- Projjal Dutta: New York MTA’s Climate Adaptation Efforts
- Helen Woolston: Transport for London’s Climate Adaptation Efforts
- Tina Hodges: Key Findings From FTA’s Adaptation Report
AGENDA
| 7:00am |
Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:00am | Welcome: Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, Region 9 Introductory Remarks: Therese McMillan, FTA Deputy Administrator |
| 8:15am |
Climate Change Adaptation and Transit Expert Panel |
| 9:45am | Questions and Answers / Discussion |
| 10:10am | Instructions for Interactive Mock Risk Assessment – Tina Hodges, FTA |
| 10:20am | Break |
| 10:30am | Interactive Mock Risk Assessment Participants divide into pre-assigned groups and use a risk assessment matrix to assess climate change risks to a mock transit system based on provided scenario information. Participants prioritize risks according to likelihood and consequence. The scenario for each group varies by region of the country, projected climate impacts, size and type of transit agency, etc. (Speakers from the panel will circulate among the groups) |
| 11:20am | Report-back from break-out groups – Moderated by Rich Weaver, APTA |
| 11:40am | Path Forward Group discussion of next steps to improve transit resilience to climate change impacts. What is needed to further adaptation concepts and strategies and how best can these be accomplished? How can FTA, APTA, and transit agencies that have already begun addressing climate advance the conversation and state of practice? |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |
