Climate change will have a significant impact on transportation infrastructure and operations

This report is a collaborative effort between the Transportation Research Board and the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Research Council. The sponsors of this report are the Transportation Research Board, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, U.S. Department of Transportation, Transit Cooperative Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A committee roster and two charts follow.

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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Transportation Research Board and Division on Earth and Life Studies

COMMITTEE ON POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND U.S. TRANSPORTATION

HENRY G. SCHWARTZ JR. 1 (CHAIR)
Chairman
Svedrup/Jacobs Civil Inc. (retired)
St. Louis

ALAN C. CLARK
Director
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Houston-Galveston Area Council
Houston

G. EDWARD DICKEY
Affiliate Professor of Economics
Loyola College in Maryland
Baltimore

GEORGE C. EADS
Vice President
CRA International Inc.
Washington, D.C.

ROBERT E. GALLAMORE
Consultant
The Gallamore Group
Rehoboth Beach, Del.

GENEVIEVE GIULIANO
Senior Associate Dean of Research and Technology
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

WILLIAM J. GUTOWSKI JR.
Professor of Meteorology
Iowa State University
Ames

RANDELL H. IWASAKI
Chief Deputy Director
California Department of Transportation
Sacramento

KLAUS H. JACOB
Special Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Palisades, N.Y.

THOMAS R. KARL
Director
National Climatic Data Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Asheville, N.C.

ROBERT J. LEMPERT
Senior Scientist
The RAND Corp.
Santa Monica, Calif.

LUISA M. PAIEWONSKY
Commissioner
Massachusetts Highway Department
Boston

S. GEORGE H. PHILANDER 2 (through 12/06)
Professor of Geosciences
Princeton University
Princeton, N.J.

CHRISTOPHER R. ZEPPIE
Director
Office of Environmental Policy, Programs, and Compliance
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
New York City

RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF

NANCY P. HUMPHREY
Senior Staff Officer and Study Director
Transportation Research Board

AMANDA C. STAUDT (through 2/07)
Senior Program Officer
Division on Earth and Life Studies

1 Member, National Academy of Engineering

2 Member, National Academy of Sciences