U.S. Department of Transportation

• Congestion Relief
  • National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network (March 2007)

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Federal Highway Administration

• Delegation of Environmental Responsibilities
  • Delegation of Federal Environmental Responsibilities for Highway Projects (April 2002
• Issue Resolution
  • Collaborative Problem Solving: Better and Streamlined Outcomes for All (November 2006)
• Public-Private Partnerships
  • FHWA Manual for Using PPPs on Highway Projects (November 2005)
  • Synthesis of Public-Private Partnership Projects for Roads, Bridges & Tunnels from Around the World - 1985-2004 (August 2005)
  • Report To Congress On Public-Private Partnerships (December 2004)
• Other Streamlining Reports and Resources
  • Gallup Surveys: Implementing Performance Measurement in Environmental Streamlining 
  • Domestic Scan Tour: Environmental Commitment Implementation (March 2003)
  • Successful Efforts in Environmental Streamlining--Eight Case Studies in Project Development (2003)
  • National Environmental Streamlining Interagency Workshop (November 2000)
• Progress Reports on Streamlining Activities
  • Linking Planning and NEPA Progress Report (Fiscal Year 2006, Quarters 2 and 3)
  • Annual Report to the President on E.O. 13274, Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews (December 2004)
  • Report to Congress (April 2003) - Federal Highway Administration Environmental Streamlining Activities During 2002: Executive Summary and link to report.
  • Report to Congress (February 2002) - Highway and Transit Environmental Streamlining Progress Summary: Executive Summary.
• Reports on Project Delivery Time Frames
  • NEPA Baseline Study for Evaluating the Performance of Environmental Streamlining - Phase II (2003)
  • NEPA Baseline Study for Evaluating the Performance of Environmental Streamlining (2000)
• Linking Planning and NEPA
  • SAFETEA-LU Planning Provisions Workshop (May 2006)
  • Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects (April 2006)
  • FHWA/FTA Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program, Peer Roundtable Report –Linking Planning and NEPA (June 7, 2005)
  • Executive Order 13274 Integrated Planning Work Group Baseline Report and Preliminary Gap Analysis (Deliberative Draft) (March 15, 2005)
  • Planning/NEPA Linkage Peer-to-Peer Exchange (May 2001)
• Congestion Relief
  • Trends and Advanced Strategies for Congestion Mitigation (September 1, 2005) (FHWA)
  • Traffic Congestion and Reliability: Linking Solutions to Problems (July 19, 2004) (FHWA)
• Innovative Financing
  • Mainstreaming Pricing Alternatives in the Project Development Process 
  • Congestion Pricing: A Primer

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GAO Reports

• Highways and Environment: Transportation Agencies are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions. GAO-08-512R [PDF 2.79mb] April 25, 2008
• Highway Infrastructure: Perceptions of Stakeholders on Approaches to Reduce Highway Project Completion Time. GAO-03-398 [PDF 305kb] April 9, 2003 Highlights [PDF 71kb], Accessible Text, Abstract
• Highway Infrastructure: Stakeholders' Views on Time to Conduct Environmental Reviews of Highway Projects. GAO-03-534 [PDF 676kb] May 23, 2003 Highlights [PDF 79kb], Accessible Text, Abstract
• Highway Infrastructure: FHWA Has Acted to Disclose the Limitations of Its Environmental Review Analysis. GAO-03-338R [PDF 89kb] January 16, 2003 Abstract
• Highway Infrastructure: Preliminary Information on the Timely Completion of Highway Construction Projects. GAO-02-1067T [PDF 508kb] September 19, 2002 Accessible Text, Abstract
  

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Executive Order 13274 Work Group

• Executive Order 13274 Purpose and Need Work Group Baseline Report (Revised Draft) (March 15, 2005)
• Executive Order 13274 Indirect and Cumulative Impacts Work Group Baseline Report (Draft) (March 15, 2005)
• Executive Order 13274 Integrated Planning Work Group Baseline Report and Preliminary Gap Analysis (Deliberative Draft) (March 15, 2005)

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Colorado DOT

• Linking Planning and NEPA
  • Guidance Document

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Oregon DOT

• An Evaluation of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Environmental Streamlining Efforts: A Focus on CETAS (November 14, 2005)

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• Resource Agency Funding
  • DOT-Funded Positions and Other Support to Resource and Regulatory Agencies, Tribes, and Non-Governmental Organizations for Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Initiatives (May 2005)

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Linking Planning and NEPA

• Improved Linkage Between Transportation Systems Planning and NEPA (NCHRP Project 8-36, Task 48) (January 2006)
• Consideration of Environmental Factors in Transportation Systems Planning (NCHRP Report 541) (August 2005)

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General

• Research Results Digest 304: Technologies To Improve Consideration of Environmental Concerns in Transportation Decisions (June 2006) (NCHRP Project 25-22)
• Research Results Digest 300, Outcomes of the Environmental Streamlining Projects (NCHRP Project 25-24) (November 2005)
• Environmental Stewardship Practices, Procedures, and Policies for Highway Construction and Maintenance (September 21, 2004) (NCHRP Project 25‑25 (04)
• Expediting the Transportation Planning and Project Development Process to Meet Fast Paced Customer Requirements (August 2003) (NCHRP Project 8-36, Task 21) 

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Public-Private Partnerships

• Public-Private Partnerships and the Development of Transport Infrastructure: Trends on Both Sides of the Atlantic. Benjamin G. Perez, AICP, Senior Professional Associate PB Consult Inc. with James W. March,  U.S. Federal Highway Administration Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs (August 2006)        
• SAFETEA-LU Promotes Private Investment in Transportation (August 2005)
• Current Practices in Public-Private Partnerships for Highway Projects (July 2005)
  Innovative Financing

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Congestion Relief

• Urban Mobility Report Texas Transportation Institute

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• PB’s Highway Sustainability Checklist [ZIP] -- This checklist was selected by AASHTO as the winning U.S. entry in the Sustainable Development category for the 2007 World Road Association’s (PIARC) International Competition. The checklist was developed in response to growing interest in an objective, non-prescriptive, broad-based tool that would support the integration of environmental stewardship practices and CSS into day-to-day highway-related practices.  The checklist is a compendium of possible measures associated with various phases of highway projects—from planning to design, through construction, operations and maintenance.  It is meant to facilitate decisions about the extent to which highway improvements might incorporate measures that go beyond satisfying minimum functional requirements by addressing contextual factors which contribute to sustainability of the natural, built, and human environments. The checklist is flexible and may be adapted to individual agencies or specific project applications.

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