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The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation: Workshop Summary and Proceedings

October 1-2, 2002

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation: Workshop Summary and Proceedings are available for viewing or downloading as one complete PDF document or by section in either Word or PDF formats.

Complete Workshop Summary and Proceedings

See individual papers below.

Part I: Workshop Summary

Part II: Discussion Papers

Overviews

  1. Global Warming: A Science Overview
    Michael C. MacCracken
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  2. Observed Climate Change and Transportation
    David R. Easterling
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  3. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States
    Michael C. MacCracken
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  4. Notes on Transportation into the Year 2025
    Donald R. Trilling
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  5. Climate Change and Transportation: Potential Interactions and Impacts
    Brian Mills and Jean Andrey
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Regional Case Studies

  1. Global Climate Change and Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons from the New York Area
    Rae Zimmerman
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  2. Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation in the Gulf Coast / Mississippi Delta Region
    Virginia R. Burkett
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  3. The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Great Lakes Transportation
    Frank H. Quinn
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  4. Climate Change and the Potential Implications for California's Transportation System
    Pierre duVair, Mary Jean Burer, and Douglas Wickizer
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  5. Does Sea Level Rise Matter to Transportation Along the Atlantic Coast?
    Jim Titus
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  6. Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation in Alaska
    Orson P. Smith and George Levasseur
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System Impacts

  1. Surface Transportation Safety and Operations: The Impacts of Weather within the Context of Climate Change
    Paul Pisano, Lynette Goodwin and Andrew Stern
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  2. Impacts of Global Climate Change on Freight
    Harry Caldwell, Kate H. Quinn, Jacob Meunier, John Suhrbier, and Lance Grenzeback
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  3. Weather and Aviation
    Gloria Kulesa
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  4. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Railroads
    Michael A. Rossetti
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Environment and Planning

  1. Climate Change and Air Quality
    Anne Grambsch
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  2. Potential Climate Impacts on Land Use
    Paul Marx
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  3. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation: Water Quality and Ecosystems
    Erika S. Mortenson and Fred G. Bank
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