Best Management Practices for Protecting Water Resources from Impacts From Adjacent Unpaved Roads
The study would evaluate the effectiveness of current practices in road design, construction, maintenance and closure.
Safety Project on the Environmental Effects of Dust Suppressant Chemicals on Unpaved Roads
TERI Administrator Note (Feb 2009) – Related Research: Investigation of Water Runoff and Leaching Impacts from Dust Suppressants, Fred Hall, US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008 The majority of research on…
Transportation Environmental Analysis Electronic Index
TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Environmental Process Subcommittee. The environmental process is complex. Practitioners lack easy access to guidance information needed to conduct transportation…
Wireless Smart Sound Sensor Network-Based Highway and Construction Noise Measurement and Monitoring
TERI Administrator Note (Added December 2008) – Project sponsored by Ohio DOT is underway (see details below) Develop a turn-key, wireless, low cost sensor system for autonomous monitoring, measuring, and…
Rapid Assessment Technique to Assess the Effects of Transportation Development on Area-wide Water and Ecological Resources
Since the mid 1990s, the concept of watershed evaluation and assessment has come to the forefront of land use planning and related decision making. Faced by these issues, the DOTs…
Leaching Behavior of Heavy Metals and Semi-Volatile Organic Chemicals from Waste Materials Wrapped and Unwrapped in Geotextile Fabric and Placed in Groundwater
Recent study findings where tire shreds were used for lightweight fill in road base construction in a wetland suggest that wrapping the tire shreds with a geotextile fabric could trap…
Evaluate Area-wide Cumulative Effects Assessment (ACEA) Methodology as a Mechanism for Cumulative Impacts Analysis of Regional Transportation Plans
TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Environmental Process Subcommittee. Funded as NCHRP 25-25 54 “Evaluate Colorado’s Area-wide Cumulative Effects Assessment (ACEA) Methodology as a Mechanism…
Analysis of Property Value Impacts of Transportation Projects
TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Air Quality Subcommittee. Background: Highway and rail projects inevitably affect property values. Increased accessibility will increase the number of…
Identify Cost-Effective Options to Control and Quantify PM-10 Emissions from Extremely Low Volume Native-Surfaced Roadways.
Treat sections of those roadways with a limited set of commercially viable dust pallatives and/or surfacing materials.
Maintaining Diversity in Created Wetlands
Problem Statement: Naturally occurring wetlands are characterized by a broad diversity of species. When replacement wetlands need to be created to offset transportation project impacts they often fail to achieve…