Built + Beyond

Understanding Transportation Vulnerabilities and Resilience Through a Digital Twin

January 06, 2023 Stephen Bourne, Matt Lauffer Season 4 Episode 1

From hurricanes to heat waves, a 200-mile corridor in North Carolina is facing increasing climate change challenges. 

Stephen Bourne, Atkins resiliency expert, and Matt Lauffer, North Carolina DOT hydraulics design engineer, explain how a City Simulator digital twin helped NCDOT assess vulnerabilities to continued growth and future climate change to help make a 200-mile corridor more resilient.