Research Theme: Environment
Environment

Definition: Examining the environmental impacts of transportation
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- Foresight: Informing Transportation’s Future (NCHRP Report 750 Series)
The introduction to a series of reports produced by the NCHRP to help state DOTs understand scenario planning and the types of future scenarios that they may have to prepare for.
- What’s Driving All This Change? Climate Change
An overview of major climate change phenomena and how it relates to transportation scenario planning.
- SSTI Review of Washington State DOT’s Sustainability Efforts
This review was conducted by the State Smart Transportation Initiative to assess the Washington State Department of Transportation’s sustainability efforts.
- Considering Community Attributes and Impacts in Long-Range Planning
This report documents North Carolina DOT’s efforts to integrate long-range planning with their project development process.
- Developing and Advancing Effective Public Involvement and Environmental Justice Strategies for Rural and Small Communities
This research worked with six transportation agencies to help develop general strategies for public involvement in local transportation planning in rural and small urban communities.
- Smart Growth Self-Assessment for Rural Communities: Madison County, New York
This report documents the development of a smart growth assessment tool for rural communities, designed by the EPA and tested in Madison County.
- Transit-Oriented Development in the States
This study observed trends in transit-oriented development (TOD) – the practice of shaping development patterns in order to encourage transit ridership.
- Quantifying Transit’s Impact on GHG Emissions and Energy Use—The Land Use Component
This study used statistical modeling to quantify the effects of land use, with emphasis on isolating the effects of transit systems.
- Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks
This handbook aims to provide transportation practitioners with guidance for rural and small-town specific geographic, fiscal, and other challenges.
- Innovative DOT
This handbook documents innovative practices in place at DOTs across the nation as practitioners rise to meet community challenges.