Develop analytical tools and prepare recommendations for highway and rail infrastructure investments that will alleviate bottlenecks and produce environmental, energy and public health benefits. Our proposed collaborative Green Corridor…
Assess management efforts to prevent or slow the spread of exotic plants into and away from roadsides. Research should stratify sites based upon ecosystem, soil fertility and time of disturbance.…
The proposed research will identify potential highway safety, environmental and operation and maintenance (O&M) impacts of emerging solar and wind energy production and storage installations along highway Right-of-Way (ROW), with…
The objective of the proposed international scan would be to collect lessons learned and success stories from the earliest adopters of the novel approach to power generation.
Background: Many NPDES Permits require DOTs to identify constituents of concern from highway and support facilities. Constituent of concern are known or emerging potential pollutants that are generated within the…
This project will preliminarily develop a Snow and Ice Control Asset Management System (SICAMS) for cold-climate DOTs, in order to promote sustainability in winter maintenance operations. While a phased approach…
Some years, pine siskins, red crossbills, evening grosbeaks, American goldfinches and other finches are attracted to roads treated with salt. Observers often report lethargy and a lack of wariness as…
Washington State has been replacing culverts with new larger culverts, or bridges, using an algorythm called “Stream simulation” for over a decade. These larger passages provide dry banks under highways during…
Effective December 20, 2012, a new era in air quality analyses for transportation projects began as federal transportation conformity rule requirements and associated guidance issued by the US EPA for…
According to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Asset Management, a Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) can “act as a focal point for information” about state DOT assets, their…