Sustainability

Benefits of Transportation: Telling America’s Transportation and Environment Story

In an effort to increase public awareness about the many environmentally beneficial activities underway at each state DOT, the Center for Environmental Excellence embarked on an exploration of the methods currently in place to communicate with the public about those activities. The result is a report that outlines strategies for reframing and increasing the reach of state DOTs’ messaging about all of the work that improves quality of life in their states.
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An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid

A plan for coordinating public and private sector action to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) nationwide is presented in a March 2012 report produced by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO.
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Above and Beyond: The Environmental and Social Contributions of America’s Highway Programs

This report demonstrates the numerous ways transportation agencies are increasingly going “above and beyond” to connect and enhance both communities and the environment to make things better than before, not because it is required, but because it is the right thing to do.
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Taking the High Road Report

While considerable attention has been focused on environmental impacts that may result from transportation, little has been said about the multitude of environmental and societal benefits that do result from transportation. This report chronicles these important benefits with examples from across the country.
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Leaner Greener Report

The Leaner Greener report showcases the efforts that transportation agencies — including DOTs, MPOs, and transit providers — are undertaking to speed up project delivery and cut costs while protecting and event improving environmental resources.
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