Linking Environmental Resource and Transportation Planning

Transportation agencies and conservation agencies are working actively to build effective, mutually beneficial approaches to planning and project development. While these efforts are driven in part by new regulatory requirements, an increasing number of transportation and conservation professionals are finding that integrated planning is helping both sectors achieve their missions more effectively. Interdisciplinary collaboration “up front” – as part of planning processes – enables agencies to address complex environmental and mobility challenges early, establishing the framework for programs that will achieve both transportation objectives and environmental stewardship. These initiatives are led by State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), state resource agencies, and conservation nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The results of a survey of practitioners, conducted in 2008, demonstrate that the philosophy of “better than before” transportation and conservation planning and stewardship is taking root. The survey findings were supplemented by a literature review and follow-up interviews. Profiles of successful collaborative processes were developed that illustrate the range of approaches underway.

• Record URL:
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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/archive/NotesDocs/25-25(32)_FR_AppxE.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This study was requested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and conducted as part of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 25-25. Project 25-25 is intended to fund quick response studies on behalf of the AASHTO Standing Committee on the Environment.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

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  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814

  NatureServe

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• Publication Date: 2008-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 145p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conservation; Cooperation; Environmental policy; Metropolitan planning organizations; Mobility; Natural resources; State departments of transportation; State government agencies; Surveys; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Environmental stewardship; Integrated planning; Nongovernment organizations
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01497510
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP 25-25 Task 32
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2013 2:48PM