Research Idea Details

Research Idea Scope

Assessment of DOTs’ environmental commitment tracking systems

TERI Administrator Note (June 2007): Research Completed
AASHTO Practitioner Guide: Tracking Compliance with Environmental Commitments/Use of Environmental Monitors (2006)
https://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/practitioners_handbooks.aspx#tracking

This handbook provides recommendations for tracking compliance with environmental commitments from the environmental review phase through design, construction, operations, and maintenance phases of a transportation project.

Practical tips address making environmental commitments, creating a commitments tracking database and its use during design and construction, organizing the environmental monitoring team and procedures, special considerations for design-build projects, and tracking compliance with environmental commitments.