Transportation Resilience

The National Capital Region is experiencing extreme weather events from heat waves to blizzards to severe coastal storms and flooding. The past decade has seen an uptick in the intensity, frequency, and duration of these natural hazards.  

As the region’s population and infrastructure investments grow, these natural hazards pose increased risks to people and the economy. Now is the time to get ahead of these risks, and the TPB is taking action to support regional resilience efforts through research, engagement, outreach, and more.

TPB's Approach to Transportation Resilience

Planning for and adapting to the impacts of extreme weather and natural hazards is critical to ensure the region’s transportation system can operate efficiently and safely. The TPB’s regional resilience planning activities consider vulnerability, risks, and proactive anticipation of natural hazards to maintain service operations and ensure the health and safety of travelers.

The TPB collaborates with its member agencies on decision-making for the transportation network and shares resources to help regional stakeholders progress towards increasing transportation resilience in the National Capital Region.

Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan

The TRIP, developed in coordination with TPB member agencies, is the first comprehensive regional transportation resilience plan for the National Capital Region. It builds on the strong foundation of transportation resilience work in the region and meets the Federal Highway Administration’s Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) program requirements for a Resilience Improvement Plan (RIP). The PROTECT program provides a unique opportunity to access increased funding for improving surface transportation resilience to natural hazards, and the TRIP will position the National Capital Region to be competitive for these funds.

• National Capital Region Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan (TRIP) 
  Full plan, including executive summary, overview of vulnerability assessment, plan components, prioritized project list, and future planned resilience efforts. 
   

• Vulnerability Assessment
  As part of TRIP development, the TPB identified the region’s most vulnerable transportation assets and locations. The Vulnerability Assessment results also helped inform the prioritization of resilience investments across the region.

• Project Request Guidance Document
  The TPB will continue to collect ideas for projects that plan to enhance the resilience of the region’s transportation system. This resource overviews TPB’s approach to regional resilience planning, helps define resilience projects, and describes TPB’s annual resilience project submission process.

Regional Interactive Resilience Map

Explore the interactive map of transportation vulnerabilities which includes natural hazard data, transportation assets, and more. The map shows calculated flooding and extreme heat risk scores for transportation infrastructure. Read the Map Companion Text for more information.