This report examines how the mandate, role, funding, and operations of state departments of transportation (DOTs) will likely be affected by changes in energy supply and demand in the next 30 to 50 years. The report also identifies potential strategies and actions that DOTs can employ to plan and prepare for these effects. In addition, the report describes how robust decision-making techniques can be used to help navigate the potential risks and rewards of different policy and management responses under differing surface transportation energy supply-and-demand scenarios. An extended summary of NCHRP Report 750, Volume 5 is available for download (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_750v5ES.pdf). A 4-page brochure (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_750v5-4pager.pdf) and a 2-page brochure (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_750v5-2pager.pdf) that further summarize the research results are also available for download. NCHRP Report 750, Volume 5 is the fifth in a series of reports being produced by NCHRP Project 20-83: Long-Range Strategic Issues Facing the Transportation Industry. Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range strategic issues and their implications for state departments of transportation (DOTs); AASHTO's aim for the research series is to help prepare the DOTs for the challenges and benefits created by these trends. Other volumes in this series currently available include: • NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment (http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/168694.aspx); • NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report (http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169781.aspx); • NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 3: Expediting Future Technologies for Enhancing Transportation System Performance (http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170083.aspx); and • NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 4: Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies (http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170762.aspx). (Author/publisher)
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