Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on the Environment. Task 36. Recurring Community Impacts

Community impacts assessment is not only a critical part of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) process, it is essential for building trust and securing grassroots support for projects. Direct impacts to communities, particularly low-income and minority neighborhoods, are reasonably well understood, and there are proven techniques and methodologies to help practitioners identify and quantify the effects on the human environment. Measuring cumulative impacts on communities, however, has proven more problematic, given the dynamics of community growth and development and the complex nature of these impacts. The objective of this study is to develop guidelines for state departments of transportation (DOTs) on how best to address recurring community impacts in NEPA documents.</font>

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1654

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $75000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 25-25, Task

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

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

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Hedges, Christopher

• Performing Organizations:

  ICF Consulting, Incorporated

  101 Lucas Valley Road
  San Rafael, CA  United States  94903-1791
• Start Date: 20070613
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20081001
• Source Data: RiP Project 16421

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic growth; Environmental protection; Impacts; Minorities; Neighborhoods; State departments of transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Community impact assessment; Recurring
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01464621
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 25-25, Task
• Files: TRB, RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:46PM