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The Iowa Resilience Improvement Plan (RIP) outlines key components designed to bolster the state’s transportation system resilience:

Climate Consideration: This includes a review of Iowa’s climate over time, evaluations of billion-dollar natural disasters, and analysis of near-term and long-term climate and weather trends.

Hazard Summary and Assessment: The plan details natural and other hazards that could impact Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, incorporating a risk prioritization matrix and priority hazard analysis.

Resiliency Toolbox: It identifies natural and man-made countermeasures to mitigate hazards, discusses potential tools like policy adaptations, research, and co-beneficial improvements, and outlines strategies to enhance transportation resilience across the state.

Targeted Corridors and Segments: The plan lists specific corridors or segments of Iowa’s transportation network that are particularly susceptible to flooding and other natural disasters, emphasizing areas of high risk.

In this research, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a team from the University of Delaware to develop a multidimensional, time-based Track Safety and Quality Index (TSQI) for assessing and monitoring the condition of railway tracks. The index captures the temporal dependencies and uncertainties associated with track parameters by incorporating machine learning techniques and a multivariable normal distribution. The developed 3D track quality index (TQI) incorporates probabilities of exceeding predefined safety limits for the mid-chord offset of the track geometry data set by FRA. A comprehensive assessment of the track’s condition is obtained by calculating the probability of exceedance for each measured parameter based on the multivariable normal distribution. The index provides an overall measure of the likelihood of the track quality exceeding specified thresholds for multiple parameters simultaneously. The 3D TQI is a valuable tool for assessing and monitoring the condition of railway tracks. It integrates machine learning techniques, probability analysis, and customization options to offer a comprehensive and customizable approach to track evaluation. The index enhances safety, optimizes maintenance practices, and contributes to the reliable operation of railway
infrastructure.

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) has developed this Delaware Resilience Improvement Plan (DRIP) as a strategic blueprint for thoughtful investment in critical infrastructure. It aims to proactively identify and address action items, and to customize both adaptation and mitigation measures to meet the agency's resilience objectives. The DRIP was crafted in compliance with federal standards and directives as outlined in the PROTECT Formula Program Implementation Guidance issued by the FHWA in 2022 (INFORMATION: Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula Program Implementation Guidance (dot.gov)). It was specifically shaped under Section G (3), which pertains to the formulation of Resilience Improvement Plans.

The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Roadmap serves as ODOTs RIP and was accepted by FHWA in August of 2023. The RIP provides a practical guide to operationalizing climate adaptation and resilience. It draws from climate hazard analysis and outlines strategies and implementation actions that will help ODOT institutionalize climate resilience in the ways the agency plans for, invests in, builds, manages, maintains, and supports the multi-modal transportation system.

FHWA Acceptance Letter.

This Resilience Improvement Plan is designed to enhance Kentucky's readiness to prepare for, respond to, and withstand future extreme weather and natural hazard events that impact the transportation system. The Plan employs a risk-based assessment, considering the probability of occurrences, the extent of potential damages, and the importance of the transportation assets involved. The strategies outlined in this Plan aim to bolster transportation resilience, further supporting the overarching mission of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).

This study field-tested two AI-enabled vehicle classification approaches—an inductive loop signature system and a video detection system—to automate commercial truck and broader vehicle volume counts on I‑93 in Concord, New Hampshire. Both technologies achieved over 90% agreement with NHDOT ground‑truth data under free‑flow and congested conditions, though accuracy was affected by occlusion, off‑center vehicles, lane changes, and floating wheels. Additional winter testing is planned to assess performance in severe weather, and results can help state DOTs select cost‑effective tools for automated truck volume and classification data collection.

The report, created by the Transportation Asset Management Expert Task Group (TAM ETG), addresses the concerns of agencies facing a rise in the proportion of their pavement and bridge networks deteriorating to Fair condition. The TAM ETG members identified the factors contributing to this situation and initiated discussions emphasizing the importance of managing this increasing percentage of their networks based on TAM principles. The findings from these discussions form the basis of this document, which aims to: provide State and local transportation agencies with an understanding of why prioritizing investments in assets in Fair condition is more effective than heavily investing in those in Poor condition, and encourage the adoption of more proactive lifecycle planning in investment decisions.

Iowa’s TAMP now includes the entire Primary Highway System, the complete highway network owned/maintained by Iowa DOT. The 2023 TAMP has a section for performance gap identification. Iowa's 2023 TAMP has sections for Asset Inventory and Condition, Life Cycle Planning, Performance Assessment, Risk Management, Financial Plan and Investment Strategies, and Process Improvements.

NMDOT seeks to develop a Resilience Improvement Plan to meet the requirements and cost share incentive of the PROTECT Formula Program. In alignment with the PROTECT program guidance and in support of the New Mexico Governor’s climate action initiative, NMDOT will build on the Resiliency 1.0 Study to integrate new data sources into the GIS-based analysis framework, apply likelihood and probability analysis, integrate guidance from FHWA Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework, and identify key priorities for each NMDOT district.

This PowerPoint summarizes the approach and methodology being used to develop the NM RIP.

Presented on 2/28 at an internal briefing.