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61 Implement Early Wins (Step 4) Incorporating resilience strategies and concepts into a transportation agency does not necessarily require costly actions and detailed technical analyses that are implemented over a long period of time.
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62 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide agency culture, these actions could occur anywhere in the agency. The following self-assessment is based on those early wins identified as part of this research and by transportation agencies as actions that showed short-term benefits.
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Implement Early Wins (Step 4) 63 • Level 2: Only major projects consider resilience in their design.
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64 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide requirements for bridge inspection, but not for culvert maintenance, so the need to clean and inspect culverts is often lower on the priority list. • Level 1: We have an agency strategy that identifies where culverts and other drainage treatments are blocked or where sufficient debris has accumulated.
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Implement Early Wins (Step 4) 65 • Level 2: We have formal agreements with other transportation agencies to provide mutual support during emergencies.
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66 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide Factor 4.9: Has your agency implemented any resilience-related strategies beyond those listed in this step's factors that can be considered early wins during the past 2 years? One sure indication of how mature an agency is with respect to implementing early wins is the extent to which such actions have been taken.
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Maturity Factor Level 1 (1 point) Level 2 (2 points)
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Maturity Factor Level 1 (1 point) Level 2 (2 points)
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Implement Early Wins (Step 4) 69 Recommended Actions to Achieve Higher Levels of Resilience Capability If you scored at Level 1 or 2, you can take steps to continue your evolution toward a more resilience-oriented agency.
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70 Mainstreaming System Resilience Concepts into Transportation Agencies: A Guide AASHTO.
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