A NEW LIFE FOR BROWNFIELDS

A national effort is underway in the U.S. to encourage greater use of brownfields to meet many of the economic, environmental, and social challenges faced by cities and rural communities. Results of recent research funded by the Federal Highway Administration reveal that transportation plays a key role in promoting the cleanup, reuse, and redevelopment of brownfields. This article provides and discusses 3 case examples from Oregon, Kansas City, and New Jersey in which transportation projects were used to help with the redevelopment of formerly contaminated industrial properties and played a major role in the successful use of these sites to promote economic development and community revitalization.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/03jul/09.cfm
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hill, C M
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 36-39
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brownfields; Economic development; Environmental design; Planning by facility or land use; Redevelopment; Rural areas; Transportation policy; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963191
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 11 2003 12:00AM