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    • NEPA Assignment
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    • Communities of Practice
    • Practitioner Interviews
  • Education
    • Environmental Topics
      • Active Transportation
      • Air Quality
      • Climate Change
      • Environmental Justice
      • Invasive Species/Vegetation
      • Stormwater
      • Sustainability
      • Traffic Noise
      • Waste Management/Recycling
      • Water Quality/Wetlands
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Impacts of SAFTEA-LU on Environmental Impact Analysis Practice

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TERI Database Administrator Notes:  Related research – AASHTO Practitioner’s Handbook 09: Using the SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Process (23 U.S.C. Section 139) (2008).  SAFETEA-LU places an expanded emphasis on public and…

Urban Flooding Impacts on Traffic and Pedestrian Safety – Model Development and Validation

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Urban catchments in rainy climates commonly are exposed to flood threats. Urban flooding may cause material losses in the form of public and private property damage. Furthermore, street flooding may…

Rail Transit Safety Enhancements: Cost/Benefit and Risk Analysis

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The proposed research need is a decision tool for rail transit executives to use when considering rail transit safety enhancements.  This would most likely require a cost/benefit and risk analysis which…

Passengership Optimization

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

In the USA’s 374 metropolitan areas of 50,000 population and above, there is a significant variation in the rate of road-based passengership (being a passenger in a car, van, or…

Development of Potential Performance Measures for Carsharing

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Over the past decade, carsharing has evolved from an early-adopter stage to become a new mode of transportation in urban areas across the country. While significant work has been done…

What’s The Value of Airport Rail Stations?

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

There has been a great deal of interest in building airport stations on rail public transportation (heavy and light rail as well as intercity passenger rail). This study would look…

Comprehensive and Multi-Modal Transportation Evaluation Framework

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Develop a set of resources for comprehensive and multi-modal evaluation of transportation projects, similar to the following: DfT (2006), Transport Analysis Guidance, Integrated Transport Economics and Appraisal, Department for Transport…

Highway runoff characterization and assessment through sediment fingerprinting

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Runoff associated with highways and roads has been identified as a major source of fine sediment entering water bodies. Sediment removal methods include sediment traps, hydrodynamic and filtration devices, sediment…

Zerovalent iron and/or biochar amendments to stormwater BMPs to enhance roadway runoff treatment efficiency.

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The transportation sector is often identified as a major source of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) to receiving waters. Stormwater runoff from highways and roadways carries many pollutants such as sediment,…

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