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.
Key tasks: *Literature review *Interview states with similar initiatives (e.g., NJ, Maine) *Recommend best practices This idea came to mind today during National Trails Training Partnership discussion of publication:…
Background: Many Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are being required to retrofit existing highways to comply with Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) to improve the quality of runoff discharged from highways.…
As evidenced by the recent January 2013 EPA Webinar entitled “Road Salt Pollution Prevention” in which over 1000 people participated, the concern for road salt, or rock salt, and water…
Background: DOTs routinely complete BMP effectiveness studies as a part of their research to improve their stormwater program. Many of the effectiveness studies duplicate research in other parts of the…
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…
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…