Program Interrelationship between Context Sensitive Solutions and Linking Planning & NEPA
Review FHWA’s current activities in both programs, and identify opportunities to harmonize efforts.
Compendium of Best and Innovative Methods and Tools for Transportation Planning and Project Development Analyses
Research Objective: Develop a compendium of the best and innovative methods and tools for transportation planning and project development analyses. Task 1: Develop criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the…
Using LIDAR Data for the Detection and Analysis of Archaeological and Historical Cultural Resources
TERI Database Administrator Notes: – Related research: Using LiDAR to detect cultural resources in a forested environment: an example from Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, USA; Julie M. Gallagher 1,…
Compendium of Best Practices for Incorporating Environmental Commitments into Transportation Project Construction Contract Documents
TERI Database Administrator Notes:: Funded under NCHRP 25-25 (47) “Compendium of Best Practices for Incorporating Environmental Commitments into Transportation Project Construction Contract Documents” Background: During the planning and design phases…
A Synthesis of Construction Vibration and Potential Effects to Historic Buildings Adjacent to Transportation Projects
Background: In July 2003, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Environment prepared a synthesis report on Construction Vibration and Historic Buildings. The URL for accessing this report…
Evaluating and Predicting the Effects of Vibration from Construction and Use of Transportation Structures on Buried Archaeological Deposits
Purpose of research is to determine the potential effect to buried archaeological deposits from the construction and subsequent operation of transportation facilities. Because the typical method of archaeological mitigation (data…
Survey and Mapping of Invasive Species Population in Highways’ Rights-of-Way by Absence-Presence Sampling Methods
By law, Departments of Transportation are required to control noxious weeds along highway rights-of-way (ROWs). Beginning 2000, District 4 (D4) of Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) adopted a survey design…
Invasive Plant Species that Are Spread by Construction Vehicles
The management of invasive species is ineffective when the means of dissemination are unknown. Construction vehicles are likely vectors for the spread of invasive plant species. The use of construction…
Review of Environmental Impact Assessments of Coastal Road Projects
TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Environmental Process Subcommittee. A similar project was advanced through NCHRP 25-25, but was dropped because the issue is no longer of…
Transportation Conformity under EPA’s Revised 8-hour Ozone NAAQS
TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Air Quality Subcommittee. With so many new areas likely to be designated nonattainment under EPA’s revised 8-hour ozone standard,…