Approach for Integrating Sustainability into Roadway Project Development
Efforts to increase the sustainability of roadways continue to gain momentum. In recent years, numerous organizations and agencies have developed sustainability evaluation tools, including third-party rating systems, self-assessments, and checklists, with the goal of evaluating the sustainability characteristics and performance of roadway projects. While these sustainability tools are highly valuable and the result of much research and knowledge, there is little guidance on how to apply and leverage them to best integrate sustainability throughout project development. The focus of this paper, in addition to providing considerations for using sustainability evaluation tools and summarizing the available tools and, is to provide an approach for integrating sustainability into project development by leveraging sustainability evaluation tools.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Transportation and Sustainability.
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Authors:
- Reid, Lisa M
- Davis, Anneke J
- Bevan, Timothy
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
- Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 20p
- Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Highway design; Methodology; Project management; Sustainable development
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01473950
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 13-1772, 13-1772
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 27 2013 9:21AM