FTA Climate Change Adaptation Initiative

Pilot Studies

In 2011, FTA announced just over $1 million in research funding for seven pilot projects to conduct climate change adaptation assessments. The pilot projects will advance the state of practice for adapting transit systems to the impacts of climate change. 

• Transit and Climate Change Adaptation: Synthesis of FTA-Funded Pilot Projects (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Transit and Climate Change Adaptation (PDF)

• An Integrated Approach to Climate Adaptation at the Chicago Transit Authority (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Chicago Transit Authority Pilot Project (PDF)

• A Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of SEPTA’s Regional Rail (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Pilot Project (PDF)

• Gulf Coast Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Study (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Galveston Island Transit, Tampa HART, and Houston METRO (Gulf Coast) Pilot Project (PDF)

• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project Report (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Pilot Project (PDF)

• San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot (PDF)
  • Report Summary for San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Pilot Project (PDF)

• Sound Transit Climate Risk Reduction Project (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Pilot Project (PDF)

• Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment/Asset Management Pilot for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (PDF)
  • Report Summary for Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority Pilot Project (PDF)