Transportation Climate Change Sensitivity Matrix

Transportation departments can download and use the Microsoft Excel®-based file with Visual Basic macros to generate reports on the sensitivity of six types of transportation assets to 11 potential climate impacts.

Transportation assets covered in the matrix are (1) rail, (2) ports and waterways, (3) airports and heliports, (4) oil and gas pipelines, (5) bridges, and (6) roads and highways.

Climate stressors considered are (1) increased temperature and extreme heat, (2) precipitation-driven inland flooding, (3) sea level rise/extreme high tides, (4) storm surge, (5) wind, (6) drought, (7) dust storms, (8) wildfires, (9) winter storms, (10) changes in freeze/thaw, and (11) permafrost thaw.