Defenders' Experts
Other Resources for Transportation Planning
Transportation
Planning
Conservation
Planning
Integrated
Planning
State Wildlife Action
Plans
Regulations and
Rules
List Servs
Transportation Planning
Transportation Planning 101
Introduction to the
Purpose & Function of Transportation Planning
Tom Reinauer, Southern Maine Regional Planning
Commission
Northeast Transportation and Conservation Planning Summit
December 17-18,
2007. Concord, NH
SAFETEA-LU Planning:
Illustrative Examples
Examples of
current practice from metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and state
departments of transportation (DOTs) to illustrate a range of approaches for
addressing several selected planning provisions. Unfortunately, the only
examples they have for integrating conservation and transportation planning are
from areas that were forced to do so because of endangered
species.
GAO Study:
Transportation Planning
State
and metropolitan planning agencies report using varied methods to consider
ecosystem conservation. Of the 36 transportation planning agencies that GAO
contacted, 31 considered ecosystem conservation in transportation planning,
using a variety of methods.
Technologies to
Improve Consideration of Environmental Concerns in Transportation
Decisions
National Cooperative
Highway Research Program
Research Results Digest 304
Environmental Geospatial Information for
Transportation
Transportation
Research Board, November 2006
Conservation Planning
What Is Conservation
Planning?
Overview of the steps and kinds of planning, and
opportunities for collaboration
Northeast Transportation and Conservation Planning Summit
December 17-18,
2007. Concord,
NH
FHWA Exemplary
Ecosystem Initiative
The Federal Highway Administration honors state-based
programs and projects which enforce ecosystem conservation as a major component
of its work. These case studies can
be used as best practice examples for integrating conservation into
planning.
Integrated Planning
Final Report Linking Conservation and Transportation
Planning Workshops 2006
Summary and conclusions from 3 workshops
held in 2006 in Arkansas, Colorado, and Arizona to promote the use of data,
tools and frameworks that advance environmental stewardship and streamlining
initiatives within the transportation planning process.
SAFETEA-LU: New Opportunities for Transportation
Integration
Bring 6001 environmental provisions into the context of
planning activities, NEPA, and environmental review.
Shari Schaftlein, FHWA
February 8-10, 2007. Los Angeles, CA
Eco-Logical
Guide to making infrastructure more sensitive to wildlife and
ecosystems through greater interagency cooperative conservation. Outlines an approach for the comprehensive management of land, water, and biotic
and abiotic resources that equitably promotes conservation and sustainable use.
Key components: integrated planning, exploration of mitigation options, and performance measurement.
Building Green and
Gray Infrastructure Compatibility through Collaboration
Kevin Moody, FHWA
Resource
Center
Northeast Transportation and Conservation Planning Summit
December
16, 2007. Concord,
NH.
FHWA Tool Kit for
Integrating Land Use and Transportation Decision-Making
Designed to assist metropolitan and regional
planning organizations, state departments of transportation (DOTs), transit
agencies, and other organizations involved in the transportation planning
process in incorporating land use considerations into their planning and project
development activities. May also
be useful for local government land use and transportation planners, community
groups, and others who wish to better understand and implement linkages between
transportation and land use planning.
FHWA's website on
Planning and Environment Linkages
Overview for planning practitioners on strengthening the linkages between the
environment.and transportation planning.
Information includes: benefits, how to get started, indicators, case
study best practices, legislation and regulation, and contacts for more
information.
AASHTO Report: DOT
Supported Positions at Federal and State Resource Agencies, Local Governments,
and Tribes
AASHTO, 2005
Greater
Cleveland Decision
Support System
A pilot project
to integrate watershed planning with transportation
planning
Brian
Smith
State Wildlife Action Plans
Overview of how the
SWAPs relate to transportation.
Emily Brunkhurst, NH
Fish and Game Department
Northeast Transportation and Conservation Planning Summit
December 16-17,
2007. Concord,
NH
Regulations and Rules
FHWA’s Section 6001
Final Rule
Federal Register, February 14, 2007
62-page document from the Federal Highway
Administration detailing their final rulemaking on Section 6001. Essentially
revises all regulations governing the development of state and metropolitan
transportation plans and programs.
Heavy on detail and not easy to read, but does provide the official word
on Section 6001.
SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions: 6001
& 6002
Overview of federal
guidance on early coordination with land use and resources
Michael Culp and
John Humeston
FHWA - Office of
Environment and Planning
November 2, 2006. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Executive Order 13274: Environmental Stewardship and
Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews
Issued by President Bush in 2002, this order streamlines the
environmental review process for transportation projects. Calls for the formation of an
interagency Task Force to oversee these streamlining efforts, and to monitor the
environmental review process of high-priority projects designated by the
Secretary of Transportation.
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Transportation
(WFT)
Listserv
Provides professionals
the opportunity to post queries and share information about new research, best
practices, and policy issues that are improving the way ecological issues are
addressed in surface transportation planning and project development.
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