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    • NEPA Assignment
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    • Communities of Practice
    • Practitioner Interviews
  • Education
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Benefits of Salt vs. Non-chloride Alternative Deicers: Twenty Years of Learning

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

TRB Special Report 235 was published in 1991 to evaluate the potential for widespread use of non-chloride deicers.  The focus was on Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA) due to its recent…

Optimal Placement of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Along Major Illinois Interstate Corridors

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

To identify the optimal placement of electric vehicle charging stations for the traveling public in order to reduce range anxiety for electric vehicle travelers along major travel corridors in Illinois.…

Air Quality Research Plans: Defining, Mapping, Executing, and Validating

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Successful research efforts require identifying all of the conditions and unknowns surrounding the area of interest and then defining them. This requires developing a plan for conducting research which identifies…

Develop and Evaluate a GIS-based Application for Illinois Department of Transportation Sustainability Initiatives

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The study would evaluate the Illinois Department of Transportation’s sustainability initiatives from a geographic perspective and identify gaps, statewide gaps in sustainability. The study would work in tandem with the…

Construction Emissions Analysis Procedures

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Background:  Construction activities can produce fugitive dust and exhaust emissions of criteria pollutants from heavy duty construction equipment.  The AASHTO Air Quality Community of Practice issued State of the Practice…

Limitations of the Infiltration Approach to Stormwater Management in the Highway Environment

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Reducing runoff volumes using infiltration of stormwater has drawn increasing interest in recent years, given its ability to reduce stormwater volume, increase groundwater recharge, reduce peak flows, and lessen the…

Compendium of DOT Guidance to Local Governments Related to Climate Change Adaptation

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

DOTs are not able to afford to make all desirable changes to adapt to impending climate change, but at least they can provide good basic guidance to local governments on…

Adapting Disaster Relief Funding for Rebuilding

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Background (Problem): Climate change is altering the physical environment that we are living in.  Future changes in climate will bring with it rising temperatures, increased precipitation events, rising sea levels,…

Documentation of construction and maintenance practices with co-benefits

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Given the tight budget times, DOTs are often not in a position to make further investments in environmental areas, but some environmental practices generate other efficiencies for DOTs.  These co-benefits…

Easiest and most efficient ways to get LEED Certification

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

More and more DOTs are developing pilot “showcase” projects on LEED certification of rest areas and oather facilities.  Illinois DOT invested in research on the most efficient, cost-effective ways to…

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