SB1 Case Study: BART Sea Level Rise and Flooding Resiliency Study

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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

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2020

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Using an SB 1 Adaptation Planning Grant, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) assessed the vulnerability and risks of four critical BART systems: stations, trackway, train control, and traction power. Seven vulnerable locations identified by the BART Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) were assessed. The project formulated both physical and non-physical adaptation strategies specific to elements of station access, trackway ballast, train control interlocking, and traction power contact rails. The findings from the project will inform the infrastructure rebuilding work supported by BART‘s $3.5 billion bond measure approved by voters in 2016. The project area overlaps with vulnerable communities, who will benefit from adaptation efforts by ensuring vulnerable communities have access to BART transit services following a flooding event.

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