This proposal seeks identification of effective tools to meet consultation requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act on compressed timeframes specified under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Local and state agencies are required to study traffic impacts of all new highway projects.  Historically traffic models have done a poor job of integrating transit information into the analysis

Creating analysis tools for measuring the performance of park and ride lots and assessing how they impact the rest of the transportation system is needed and requires a national perspective. 

State DOTs, like many other agencies during this economic downturn, have struggled to provide basic services. At the same time, the housing market has imploded and the number of returning

Environmental activities in transportation are heavily founded in duly-established law and regulation. Law and regulation is augmented by defined requirements of environmental agreements/contracts and filtered through agency policies. Environmental activities,