Extreme weather event adaptation and impacts on the Shasta Region's transportation infrastructure

Project Background

Extreme weather is becoming more common in the Shasta Region in recent years. Shasta Regional Transportation Agency (SRTA) is developing the ResilientShasta Extreme Climate Event Mobility and Adaptation Plan in order to ensure that our region’s transportation network is prepared to handle future extreme weather events and keep people and goods moving.

SRTA has procured a consultant to help with the development of this plan, which includes developing a mobility vulnerability assessment, an adaptation plan, and engaging with the public through workshops and surveys.

A mobility vulnerability assessment is a study of the climate change and extreme weather hazards that will threaten transportation systems across the Shasta region over the coming century. The following survey is meant to gauge the public’s familiarity of mobility vulnerability assessment topics, and to gather feedback on goals tied to the project. We know your time is precious, and we greatly appreciate your responses.

Some terms used in this survey are defined here for your convenience:

Extreme weather events: Extreme weather conditions (including temperatures, precipitation, fires, landslides, and floods) are conditions at the extreme ends of the range that has been experienced in the past, including conditions that can cause damage and disruption to infrastructure and nature.

Extreme weather vulnerabilities: A vulnerability to extreme weather exists when transportation infrastructure is exposed to damage or disruption from anticipated extreme weather events.

Adaptation: The practice of anticipating and preparing for extreme weather events to reduce potential damage/disruption and costs associated with recovery and repair.

Resilience: The capacity of infrastructure, communities, and their related systems to mitigate, adapt, or positively respond to extreme weather events, transforming in ways that restore, maintain and even improve their essential functions.

Shasta mobility infrastructure: Mobility infrastructure constitutes all systems that enable the residents of the Shasta region to move around freely and easily, including the necessary physical and organizational components such as streets and roads, multi-use paths, transit agencies, ride hailing services and beyond.

The Resilient Shasta project intends to accomplish the following goals:

1. Development of a mobility vulnerability assessment explaining extreme weather (e.g., fire intensity, flood hazards, precipitation frequency and intensity, etc.) likely to affect the Shasta Region’s mobility infrastructure through the year 2099, the regional impacts of climate change on Shasta Region communities, and the detailed vulnerabilities of the Shasta Region’s transportation systems.

2. Development of a mobility adaptation plan identifying, evaluating, and recommending adaptation strategies for SRTA, the County of Shasta, the cities of Anderson, Redding, and Shasta Lake, Redding Area Bus Authority (RABA), Dignity Health Connected Living, and applicable state agencies to consider in creating a resilient transportation network, including planning, operational, and capital investment strategies.

3. Educational engagement with the broad Shasta Region stakeholders about the vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan effort, and how it affects them.

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* 1. On a scale of 1-5, how easy are these goals to understand?

1 - I do not understand

3 - Neither clear or unclear

5 - Very clear

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* 2. Are there additional goals a project like this should accomplish for the Shasta region?

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* 3. What other feedback do you have on these project goals?

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* 4. On a scale of 1-5, how susceptible do you feel the Shasta mobility infrastructure is to negative impacts from extreme weather events?

1 - Not susceptible at all

3 - Neutral

5 - Very susceptible

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* 5. On a scale of 1-5, how much will this project impact your local Shasta community (e.g. neighborhood, town, or city)?

1 - No impact

3 - Neutral

5 - Very significant impact

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