Transportation System Resilience, Social Equity and Accessibility

Project Title: A Study of the Relationship between Transportation System Resilience to Climate Hazards and Social Equity: Planning for Transportation System Resilience for Underserved Populations and General Populations

Project ID: 022-01

Project Sponsor: US Department of Transportation Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars

Project Duration: January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024

Principal Investigator: Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy, Ph.D.
Project Co-PIs: Brian Woodall, Ph.D., Jandel Crutchfield, Ph.D.
Project Investigators: Janille Smith-Colin, Ph.D., Alex Karner, Ph.D.
Project Advisors: Kari Watkins, Ph.D.
Graduate Researchers: Adair Garrett, Ph.D. Student, Praful Patil, MS.CSE Candidate
Undergraduate Researcher: Maya Orthous Inchauste

Publications

  • Orthous Inchauste, M., Garrett, A., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Yarbrough, C., and B. Woodall. Enhancing Disaster Resilience and Authentic Public Partnership in Transportation: A Maturity Model for Integrating Negotiated Resilience in Disaster Preparedness. Under Review, Submitted October 2024.

Presentations

  • Orthous Inchauste, M., Garrett, A., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Yarbrough, C., and B. Woodall. Enhancing Disaster Resilience and Authentic Public Partnership in Transportation: A Maturity Model for Integrating Negotiated Resilience in Disaster Preparedness. Accepted for presentation at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 5-9, 2025, Washington, D.C.
  • Garrett, A., Patil, P., Orthous Inchauste, M., and A. Amekudzi-Kennedy. Vulnerability Assessments Incorporating Accessibility Considerations to Enhance Transportation System Resilience and Equity. Accepted for presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 7 – 11, 2024, Washington, D.C.

Negotiated Resilience Capability Maturity Model and Other Resources

This video provides an overview of all of the resources related to Negotiated Resilience developed by this research project.

Link to Self-Assessment Tool for Transportation Agenices: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3yH8iqcQfsnpUUe