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The climate impacts that received the most relevant responses were: intense precipitation(79 percent of responses were relevant), heat (69 percent of responses were relevant), andwildfires (66 percent of responses were relevant).The results of Questions 3 and 5 support the finding that many respondents believe that climatechange impacts are relevant to ADOT operations and to employees’ specific job functions.Percent of Responses100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%RelevantNot RelevantDecision Making Time HorizonFigure 10. Relevance of Climate Change ImpactsAnother topic that is important to climate change adaptation is how far into the future peoplelook to make decisions. For an agency to adapt to projected climate changes, it must consider itsown cycles. For example, what is the current pavement maintenance cycle, and how might thatneed to be modified given predictions of more extreme heat days? In order to find out the timehorizons under which people operate, Question 4 asks respondents to identify how far into thefuture they look to make decisions.38
60%50%40%30%20%10%0%a.Short-term (less than 1year)b.Mid-term (1 to 5 years) c.Long-term (greater than5 years)d. Other/More Details(Please provide details in4B if further explanation isneeded.)Figure 11. Question 4 Responses(In Your Current Job Function, How Far into the FutureDo You Typically Look to Make Your Decisions?)A summary of the responses shown in Figure 11 is included below. The majority of responses (51 percent) were short term (less than one year), followedclosely (49 percent) by mid term (one to five years). Respondents were allowed to selectmore than one response. Roughly one-third of responses were long term (greater than five years).Question 4 included a follow-up question (4B) that asked respondents: Your job functioncorresponds to a larger planning or investment cycle (e.g., the capital investment plan, the StateTransportation Improvement Plan (STIP), the long-range plan), please provide that informationhere. Feedback from the 42 open-ended responses included the following: Specific planning efforts, such as the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), STIP, localTransportation Improvement Programs (TIP), Transit Capital Plan, Long-Range Plans,and the Statewide Transportation Framework (Vision for 2050).Communications-related efforts.Environmental efforts, including specific projects involving water, pavementpreservation, construction, and slope management.In summary, within ADOT there are a variety of planning and decision making cycles. Theexistence of numerous cycles is an important factor when considering how ADOT might adapt toclimate impacts in the future.Complete ResponsesSummaries of the responses by question are included in Appendix C. Multiple choice questionsare formatted as charts; for questions that requested open-ended feedback, full text responses areincluded.39
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