Considering Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change in Environmental Reviews: Resources for State DOTs

NCHRP WebResource 3 is a guide for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and partner agencies that provides resources and approaches for addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change effects in transportation environmental reviews. The WebResource: Provides tools, methods, and resources to support consideration of GHG emissions and climate change effects in transportation project environmental reviews pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and to state environmental review requirements. Describes how plan-level or programmatic environmental reviews and assessments can inform project-level environmental reviews. Provides tools, methods, and resources for considering equity as related to GHG emissions and climate change effects. Associated with the WebResource is NCHRP Web-Only Document 400: Considering Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change in Environmental Reviews: Conduct of Research Report, which provides a summary of the research that went into developing the guide, as well as a fact sheet that summarizes the project’s essential findings and an implementation memo that identifies implementation pathways for the project. Publication Info 40 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/27888

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5006

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $375000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 25-64

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Brooks, Mike

• Performing Organizations:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  150 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 4000
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140-2369
• Principal Investigators:

  Porter, Chris

• Start Date: 20210727
• Expected Completion Date: 20240126
• Actual Completion Date: 20240126

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Construction projects; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental policy; Greenhouse gases; Guidelines; Handbooks; Literature reviews; Outreach; Pollutants; Stakeholders; State departments of transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Environment; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01739531
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 25-64
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 19 2020 8:56AM