Assessment of Incorporating Climate Adaptation into a State DOT: Caltrans Experience

Presenter: Tracey Frost
Institution / Organiztion / Agency: Caltrans

Bio: Tracey Frost works for Caltrans in the Division of Transportation Planning. She is a Supervising Transportation Planner and is the Office Chief for Smart Mobility and Climate Change. In her current capacity she oversees the Climate Change Branch where they are identifying sea level rise, storm surge, wildfire, temperature, and precipitation vulnerabilities on the State Highway System in each of the 12 Caltrans Districts. Additionally she oversees the Smart Mobility and Active Transportation branch where they are working to create District Active Transportation Plans that will create a geospatial active transportation asset inventory with facility conditions, identify network gaps in comfort and connectivity and create prioritized route project lists. Also Tracey oversees the Local Development - Intergovernmental Review (LD-IGR) Program that aims to mitigate adverse impacts of local development on the state highway system. The LD-IGR Branch provides recommendations and facilitates improvements to preserve and enhance the state’s transportation facilities and operations.

Tracey has also worked in the Division of Mass Transportation and the Division of Budgets at Caltrans. Tracey graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Sacramento in Finance and Economics and has worked at Caltrans for 21 years.