Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects

Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects
Author: Stephen Andrle
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309129028

"... identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation and some nontransportation projects within the context of existing laws and regulations. The report also identifies 16 common constraints on project delivery and 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding the constraints. While the strategies and constraints are associated with planning and environmental review, many of the strategies are also applicable to design and construction. Results of SHRP 2 Report S2-C19-RR-1 have been incorporated into the Transportation for Communities-Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) website."--Provided by publisher.

Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects

Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects
Author: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2012
Genre: Highway capacity
ISBN: 0309129397

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation projects within the context of existing laws and regulations. It discusses 16 common constraints on project delivery and 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding them. While the strategies are associated with planning and environmental review, many are also applicable to design and construction.

Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity

Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity
Author: ICF International
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 193
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309314895

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes a framework—including for long-range planning, corridor planning, project programming, environmental review, and environmental permitting— that supports collaborative business practices for reaching decisions on adding highway capacity when necessary.

Highway Planning

Highway Planning
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1994
Genre: Environmental impact analysis
ISBN:

This report provides information on new initiatives that federal and state agencies are using to expedite environmental reviews and includes recommendations that could help further expedite those reviews. In addition, the report includes available information that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state highway agencies (the states) have generated on the costs of environmental mitigation.