TERI Database Administrator Notes: Not recommended at present time by 2009 Environmental Process Subcommittee. Funded as NCHRP 25-25 54 “Evaluate Colorado’s Area-wide Cumulative Effects Assessment (ACEA) Methodology as a Mechanism…
2. Review "smart growth" literature and intitiatives in ten (10) case studies across America. 4. Predict and discuss what could happen to places that have little state of planning and…
The study would evaluate the effectiveness of current practices in road design, construction, maintenance and closure.
Recent study findings where tire shreds were used for lightweight fill in road base construction in a wetland suggest that wrapping the tire shreds with a geotextile fabric could trap…
Roadway access management has been shown to be highly effective in terms of improving both traffic safety and traffic flow. Crash rate reductions of between 40 and 50 percent are…
TERI Administrator Note (Added April 2008) – Related Research: NCHRP 25-25/Task 21: Assessment of Geophysical Remote Sensing Opportunities at State Departments of Transportation for Incorporation into Archaeological Investigations (Completed 2006)…
Problem Statement A potentially major barrier to sharing data in environmental and related management systems is intellectual property rights, including copyrights, licensing, and terms of use. Although state Departments of…
Problem Statement The current practice for mitigating environmental impacts of transportation projects is to mitigate only specific impacts on specific resources without consideration of which produces the best environmental result.…
Right-of-way vegetation management is a major responsibility of the State DOTs. Traditionally, roadside vegetation was managed for a variety of purposes important to the public, such as safety, roadway integrity,…
TERI Administrator Note (January 2009): Idea selected for implementation with NHCRP 25-25 (Task 56) funding in 2009. The cost of complying with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) continues…