BART Adaptation Strategy for Sea-
Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay
Area
FTA Project CA-26-6006-00
with support of National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development
Commission
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Tian Feng, FAIA, FCSI District Architect San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District tfeng@bart.gov Norman Wong, PE
nwong@bart.gov Herbert Diamant Systems Engineer hdiaman@bart.gov
About BART
• Introduction and Background
• Element 1 – Climate Hazards in the Bay Area
• Sea Level Rise, Downpour & Flooding
• Element 2 – Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
• Element 3 – Adaptation Strategies
• Global Rail Sector Climate Adaptation Strategies
• Adaptation Strategies
• Prioritizing Adaptation Strategies
• Element 4 – Links to BART Organization and Practices
• Element 5 – Asset Management and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
• Conclusion
Pilot Approach
Assets
Lake Merrit Station Entrance
Coliseum Traction Power Substation Fruitvale Train Control Room
West Oakland Track Portal
1 - Climate Hazards in the Bay Area
• Sea Level Rise
• 2050 – 16”
• 2100 – 55”
• Downpour
• Current – 1.2-1.3 in/hr 100-yr 1-hr storm intensity
• Future – modest, recommend 30% greater intensity
• Flooding
• Current – 100- and 500-year FEMA floodplain
• Future – recommend add ½ mile extent to floodplain
• Best Practice: A Review of Global Rail Sector Climate Adaptation Strategies
• Adaptation Strategies
• For each of the 4 study areas
• By discipline: Planning, Design/Construction, Operations, Maintenance
• Type of hazard adapted for (SLR, flooding, and/or downpours)
• Prioritizing Adaptation Strategies
• Timeframe & cost
• Cost-benefit score
• For each of the 4 study areas
3 – Adaptation Strategies
Internal Stakeholder Engagement
Date Event Personnel
2/5/13
Adaptation Strategy Workshop #1
Dean Giebelhausen, Section Manager Power Mechanical Cristiana Lippert, Division Manager Mechanical Engineering
Ken Meyers, Facilities Supervisor
John Scaria, Group Manager Systems Engineering Barney Smits, Principal Mechanical Engineer
2/27/13
Adaptation Strategy Workshop #2
Dan Hartung, Deputy Police Chief
Mark Pfeiffer, Manager Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Shaik, Manager, Traction Power
Pepe Vallenas, Acting Seismic Engineering Manager
Land Use/Planning
Area-wide barriers
Relocate assets Drain capacity
Low impact development
Other jurisdiction involvement
Design and Construction
Water proofing
Walls/barriers Drain capacity
Elevate Technology Redundancy
Enclose
Operations
Asset Management
Redundancy Inreach Groundwater
Modeling Emergency
Management
Maintenance
Drain & roof systems
Reporting Equipment
Monitoring
3 – Strategy Prioritization
3 – Strategy Prioritization
4 – Links to BART Organization and Practices
Discipline Department/Division Area of
Responsibility Strategies Strategy IDs Planning Planning Dept Planning Work with local jurisdictions on
improvements LP1 to LP4
Design/
Construction Office of District
Architect, Other divisions BART Facility
Standards Upgrades and retrofits C1 to C17, Op5, Op6 Maintenance
Engineering Repair and
Retrofit Upgrades and retrofits C1 to C17 Operation Police Department Emergency
Response Review emergency plans (BART,
local, regional) Op2 to Op4
Asset Management Team Maximo Georeference assets; connect to
maintenance reporting Op1, M1 Computer System
Engineering Division Technology Improve sump pump monitoring;
early warning system C5, C17 Office of District
Architect Climate
change,
Sustainability
Education, flood control
communications, groundwater model
Op7 to Op9
Maintenance Power and Mechanical
Division Equipment
maintenance Increase critical equipment
monitoring efforts M3, M4
Way and Facilities
Division Storm drain
maintenance Increase preventative
maintenance, dye testing M2, M5
Update to BART Facilities Standards
Asset Management – Enterprise Level
Asset Management
Component Opportunities to Integrate Climate Adaptation BART Status / Notes Asset Management Policy
and Strategy Consider climate change in asset management goals,
policies, and/or plans. Climate change
considerations to be added to asset registry
Environmental/Climat e change and Asset Management Team Coordination
Risk-Based Asset
Management Approach Map areas vulnerable to projected climate risks.
Inventory critical assets, create risk profiles, and develop risk mitigation strategies.
SLR maps completed for ART East Bay area
Prioritized list of SOGR assets identified
Asset Management
Activities Develop adaptation strategies at enterprise, asset-class
and lifecycle asset management planning levels AMPs for 5 asset classes are underway Financial Requirements Incorporate climate risk mitigation strategies into short-
and long- range plans, capital and/or O&M budgeting processes.
Continuous Improvement Monitor asset condition in conjunction with climate change indicators to determine if/how climate change affects performance.
Asset Management – Asset Level
Life Cycle Management
Component Opportunities to Integrate Climate Change Adaptation
Roles and Responsibilities Identify resource (person, organization, or program) for climate risk data and how it will be maintained.
Asset Inventory Overlay or relate inventory to climate-related data.
Condition Assessment &
Performance Monitoring Document condition and performance monitoring in conjunction with climate conditions to understand how an asset performs under various climate extremes and if a climate risk mitigation strategy that has been implemented is effective and responsive.
Preventive/ Reactive
Maintenance Plan Update preventive and reactive/corrective maintenance practices to address different operating conditions
Asset Policy and Strategy Include goals for level of service requirements and climate change-related outcomes.
Asset Lifecycle Management Consider climate risks to asset throughout each phase: (1) Design/procure (2) Use/operate (3) Maintain/monitor (4) Rehabilitate (5) Dispose/reconstruct/replace Capital Programming and O&M
Budgeting Consider costs of climate-related strategies (incl. costs to replace vs. retrofit vs.
abandon) and the value or benefit of the measure to facilitate prioritization.
Performance Modeling Conduct performance modeling in conjunction with climate conditions.
Continuous Improvement Update asset lifecycle management plans as conditions and performance change.
