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Reducing transportation-related emissions of carbon dioxide--the primary greenhouse gas--that contribute to climate change and adapting to the consequences of climate change will be among the biggest public policy challengs facing the transportation profession over the coming decades. This website serves as a gateway to TRB activites and products addressing transportation and climate change. |
Most Recent Publication
A featured article in the January-February 2013 issue of the TR News explores how climate change in Alaska is forcing engineers and planners to adapt both to warming and to cooling trends. With warming permafrost, coastal erosion, and increasingly dramatic storms and flood events, Alaska’s highways, runways, and other infrastructure are frequently icing, cracking, and washing away. Although these adversities challenge all of the state’s major transportation systems—maritime, aviation, and sur...  |
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