Resilience

Introduction

Resilience embodies the ability to adapt to changing conditions and recover from disruptions.  Disruptions are events and conditions that are often characterized as shocks and stresses.  While weather and natural hazards such as hurricanes, wildfires, and sustained environmental changes such as sea level rise are often the most identified disruptions, other events such as cyber-attacks, and longer-term stresses such as economic downturns and pandemics also impact the transportation system.  These events and trends can result in unanticipated transportation system disruptions and increasing constraints on infrastructure, impeding access and reliable mobility. 

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) believes it is essential to plan and prepare Florida’s transportation system to adapt and recover from a wide array of disruptions and stressors.  As we plan for the future of our transportation system, FDOT is incorporating resiliency work into policy development, planning, and academic research to make our transportation system more resilient.  The Resilience Subject Brief provides a brief overview of planning for resiliency and how FDOT is advancing resiliency.  In addition, resiliency is a cross-cutting topic shaping the overarching goals and strategies in The Florida Transportation Plan, the state’s long-range plan guiding Florida’s transportation future.  For more information on resilience as it relates to the FTP update, visit the FTP Resilience page.

Policy

In April 2020, FDOT Secretary Thibault signed Policy 000-525-053, Resiliency of State Transportation Infrastructure, to consider resiliency and incorporate resiliency into the Department's business practices. 

Planning Documents

As mandated by Policy 000-525-053, resiliency must be implemented through the Department's long-range and modal plans, work program, and asset management plans.
Florida Transportation Plan
Transportation and Asset Management Plan

Guidance

The LRTP Resiliency Quick Guide identifies opportunities to incorporate resilience in each step of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Long Range Transportation Plan process.    

Partners

State agencies and private, public and non-profit organizations are also incorporating resilience into their work.  FDOT continues to collaborate with various partners on alignment of resiliency strategies.  

Florida Department of Emergency Management 

• Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning
• Bureau of Mitigation

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

• Adaptation Planning – Planning for Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise
• Coastal Resiliency Initiative: Planning for Sea Level Rise

Florida Department of Environmental Protection 

Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection

• Florida Coastal and Oceans Council
• Florida Resilient Coastlines Program 
  • Adaption Planning Guidebook
  • Community Resilience Initiative Documents 
  • Florida Coastal Resilience Forum
• Florida Coastal Management Program 
  • Coastal Resiliency Initiative: Planning for Sea Level Rise

Additional Resilience Information

Federal and State Laws and Regulations 

Florida MPO Peer Exchange

Florida Reports & Guidance 

National Initiatives and Reports

Research Projects 

Tools, Resources, and Webinars

For more Information on FDOT's Resilience activities, contact Jennifer Carver, Statewide Community Planning Coordinator or Mary Jane Hayden, Pavement Design Engineer at Resiliency@dot.state.fl.us