Plain English Breakdown
The official source text contains conflicting date options (2027/2029 for indicators; 2028/2030 for impact evaluations) without indicating which is the final version. The summary uses the later dates as a placeholder but notes this uncertainty.
AB-1132: Transportation Climate Risk Reports
This law requires the Department of Transportation to identify community resilience indicators and evaluate social and economic impacts in its climate change reports by specific dates.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the department to identify key community resilience indicators for measuring the impacts of climate-induced transportation disruptions, as specified.
- Sets a deadline of January 1, 2030, for identifying these community resilience indicators.
- Requires the department to include an evaluation of broader social and economic impacts on communities connected to evaluated infrastructure risks in its Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment reports.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Department of Transportation
- Communities connected to state highway infrastructure
Terms To Know
- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
- Reports created by the department that analyze how extreme weather affects transportation systems.
- Community Resilience Indicators
- Specific measures used to track how well a community can handle and recover from disruptions caused by climate events.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not list the specific indicators or methods the department must use for measuring resilience.
- The bill states that impacts will be evaluated 'as specified,' but it does not define those specifications in this summary.
- This law updates existing reports, so it relies on the current system of 12 district-based assessments.