The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that determines the DOT's progress in aligning federal environmental reviews. It also assesses the impact of DOT's actions on accelerating the environmental review and permitting process. The environmental review and permitting process is part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST)...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment and Realty has released its quarterly newsletter that highlights new events and research. This edition features: Context sensitive solution and design FHWA Site Selection Primer Research highlights Upcoming events

Live Webcast Event : December 6, 2018 at 11:00 AM EST TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. Congress asked the committee to make recommendations on the “features, standards, capacity needs, applica...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 193: Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees offers airports guidance in managing the stormwater-related utility fees that many local governments charge to help finance their capital and operating expenses. U.S. airports are experiencing a trend of local governments charging and increasing fees to operate...

The U.S. National Parks Service (NPS) has released a report that identifies NPS transit systems across the country. The report tracks the operational performance of each system and collects information about each transit vehicle, including how accessible it is and its impacts upon the environment.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 188: Using Existing Airport Management Systems to Manage Climate Risk integrates current and projected climate change related risks into airport management systems and planning. The handbook identifies ways to reduce airport vulnerabilities to current and projected impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events. It a...

TRB has released a prepublication version of Critical Issues in Transportation 2018. In this report, which is updated periodically by the TRB Executive Committee, a series of challenging questions are posed to explore issues and opportunities that may arise 10 to 20 years into the future. These questions, 63 in all, have been organized into 12 topic areas and provide a way to frame future areas...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives i...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a report that assesses coastal changes in California. The report focuses on the economic and environmental impacts to the region, including the effects on the transportation sector. Specifically, this report identifies the economic effects on commercial marine transportation and estimates the risk of erosion to transportation-related infrastructure.

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that describes the design and data analysis regarding the nitrogen removal effectiveness of a linear ditch. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulates the introduction of nitrogen into groundwater and surface water from stormwater runoff and agricultural discharge. However, there is a cost and space limitation adja...