This Issue Note presents a summary of the effects of heatwaves on transportation infrastructure and offers strategies for mitigation and adaptation. It is an essential guidance document for transportation practitioners, policy makers, and urban planners.
Overall, enhancing transportation sector resilience to accommodate rising heat requires recognizing regional disparities, spurring innovation, centering social equity, coordinating governance, and adopting context-specific combinations of physical and social strategies. A systemic approach that covers prediction, preparation, prevention, and recovery is essential to charting heat-resilient futures. This Issue Note provides an outline of that systematic approach.