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Environmental Management Systems

Recent Developments

Listed below are recent developments pertinent to Environmental Management Systems from the past six months.  If you would like to suggest a recent development on this topic, please submit a short description to AASHTO (including any pertinent links) on the Share Info with AASHTO form.

• FTA Releases Environmental Management and Sustainability Resources

  FTA has released three new Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS) publications to its suite of ESMS resources. ESMS is a tool comprised of processes and practices that enables transit agencies to reduce environmental impacts, such as air emissions, and increase operating efficiency in a sustainable manner. Additions include: FTA Guidebook of Best Management Practices for the Development of an Environmental and Sustainability Management System; Eight Steps to Identify Environmental Characteristics and Environmental Influences of Your Organization’s Operations; Three Elements for Sustaining Your Environmental and Sustainability Management System. For more information, link to the FTA ESMS Resource Series. (4-5-21)

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• Tutorial Posted on Environmental Management Systems Tool for DOTs

  Resources including a recorded tutorial are now available for implementation of a recent National Cooperative Highway Research Program study on environmental management systems. The study provides an analysis of how transportation agencies currently are using Environmental Management Systems, along with a related benchmarking tool for DOTs, have been developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. The project (NCHRP 25-25 (111)) is intended to improve understanding and awareness of EMS and facilitate assessment of EMSs at state DOTs. A spreadsheet-based EMS “information array” provides links to literature sources, DOT examples, and survey data, as well as a prototype benchmarking tool for gap identification at the agency level. A “scrolling” version of the EMS tool also can be used to benchmark individual state programs against survey data from other DOTs. For more information, link to the final report; the Information Array; recorded tutorial and presentation slides. (3-7-19)

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• NCHRP Study Provides EMS Analysis, Benchmarking Tool for DOTs

  An analysis of how transportation agencies currently are using Environmental Management Systems, along with a related benchmarking tool for DOTs, have been developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. The project (NCHRP 25-25 (111)) is intended to improve understanding and awareness of EMS and facilitate assessment of EMSs at state DOTs. A spreadsheet-based EMS “information array” provides links to literature sources, DOT examples, and survey data, as well as a prototype benchmarking tool for gap identification at the agency level. A “scrolling” version of the EMS tool also can be used to benchmark individual state programs against survey data from other DOTs. For more information, link to the study. (1-4-19)

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