Objective: Analyze environmental and energy benefits of increased efficiency in the Northeast Corridor as a result of improved freight operations. Background: A great deal of effort and attention is being…
From USC forecast model, take high priority watersheds and create watershed management plans. The management plans will assess watershed condition, threats and opportunities. Develop improvements, restorations, and protections for water…
Statement of Work (Objective) This research proposal is to support work on an often overlooked naturally occurring ecosystem fuel, organic soils and/or deep duffs. These fuels have posed a threat…
Currently field offices in the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) use a variety of methods to determine if species suitable habitat is in a project area. Recently the New…
South Carolina DOT would like to research how its Traffic Noise Abatement Policy compares to other states in the southeast, as well as the nation. Comparison of such items as:…
Research is necessary to investigate the effects of roads and passages on threatened Mojave desert tortoise genetics, demography, and population connectivity. It will also be helpful to conduct additional research…
In 2012, the EPA MOVES model became a requirement for air emissions modeling on transportation projects. In addition to MOVES, EPA regulations require dispersion modeling using one of two allowable…
November 2012 Proposal: Effective December 20, 2012, a new era in air quality analyses for transportation projects begins as regulatory requirements issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)…
Current US DOT guidance specifies 140 to 150 thousand in average daily traffic (ADT) volume as the effective threshold, applicable across the nation, for conducting quantitative assessments of mobile source…
In 2012, a template for NEPA/conformity documentation for project-level air quality analyses was completed as NCHRP 25-25 (Task 71), (See “Templates for Project Level Analysis Using MOVES, CAL3QHC/R and AERMOD”,…