Environmental Planning and Policy

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Publications

NCHRP 08-36: Sketch Planning Tools for Regional Sustainability
July 2016

Cambridge Systematics provided support to Uri Avin, University of Maryland on NCHRP 08-36, Research for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Standing Committee on Planning, Task 117: Sketch Planning Tools for Regional Sustainability.

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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation
November 2015

Cambridge Systematics supported the Georgetown Climate Center in developing this report that analyzes clean transportation policies and resulting benefits and costs for the 11 northeast and mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia.

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Input Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator Model, Volume 1: Practitioners’ Handbook: Regional Level Inputs
September 2015

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 210: Input Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator Model, Volume 1: Practitioners’ Handbook: Regional Level Inputs provides users of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator Model (MOVES) with tools to help estimate emissions from highway vehicles.

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NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation Volume 2
February 2014

Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs.

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TCAPP and Integrated Ecological Framework Pilot Projects
November 2013

Transportation for Communities — Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) is a web-based resource that offers guidance to agencies and practitioners on reaching collaborative decisions as they work through the transportation planning, programming, and permitting processes.

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Mitigation Strategies and Accounting Methods for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation
June 2013

Over the past several decades, urban areas in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have been experiencing increased economic productivity and an explosion in population growth.

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Preliminary Study of Climate Adaptation for the Statewide Transportation System in Arizona
March 2013

This research study presents recommendations for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to continue working toward being more resilient, flexible, and responsive to the effects of global climate change.

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Oregon Statewide Transportation Strategy
March 2013

Why was the Statewide Transportation Strategy Developed?

The Statewide Transportation Strategy (STS) was developed in response to legislative direction.

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Effects of Travel Reduction and Efficient Driving on Transportation
March 2013

Numerous transportation strategies are directed at reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by changing the behavior of individual drivers or travelers.

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Freight Transportation Demand
March 2013

This is one of a series of reports produced as a result of the Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) project, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored multi-agency project initiated to identify underexplored strategies for abating greenhouse gases (GHG) and reducing petroleum dependence related to transportation.

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Effects of the Built Environment on Transportation
March 2013

This is one of a series of reports produced as a result of the Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) project, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored multi-agency project initiated to identify underexplored strategies for abating greenhouse gases and reducing petroleum dependence related to transportation.

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Freight Transportation Modal Shares
March 2013

This is one of a series of reports produced as a result of the Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) project, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored multi-agency project initiated to identify underexplored strategies for abating greenhouse gases (GHG) and reducing petroleum dependence related to transportation.

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Addressing Climate Change Adaptation in Regional Transportation Plans
February 2013

The reality of a changing climate means that transportation and planning agencies need to understand the potential effects of changes in storm activity, sea levels, temperature, and

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Practitioners Guide to Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process
January 2013

Scientific evidence is mounting that the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is contributing to noticeable changes in the earth’s climate.

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Sustainable Communities HotReport
January 2013

Welcome to the Sustainable Communities HotReport!

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Case Studies

Montana Transportation and Land Use Planning and Toolkit
Montana Department of Transportation

Build a collaborative process for integrated transportation and land use decision-making.

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Case Study – U.S. 40 Carbon Neutral Corridor
Maryland Department of Transportation

Develop a comprehensive corridor vision for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) that integrates energy efficiency and emission reduction strategies from land use, land conservation, multimodal transportation, energy supply, and energy consumption to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the corridor across all emission sectors.

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Frederick County Transportation and Land Use Study
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Improve the relationship between freight transportation and existing and proposed land uses

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Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of New Jersey’s Transportation Infrastructure
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and New Jersey DOT

Utilize the FHWA’s Conceptual Model to conduct a climate change vulnerability, risk assessment, and adaptation study of transportation infrastructure within the two major multimodal transportation corridors encompassing a significant portion of the State’s economic activity.

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Environmental Planning and Policy

Publications

NCHRP 08-36: Sketch Planning Tools for Regional Sustainability

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation

Input Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator Model, Volume 1: Practitioners’ Handbook: Regional Level Inputs

NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation Volume 2

TCAPP and Integrated Ecological Framework Pilot Projects

Mitigation Strategies and Accounting Methods for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation

Preliminary Study of Climate Adaptation for the Statewide Transportation System in Arizona

Oregon Statewide Transportation Strategy

Effects of Travel Reduction and Efficient Driving on Transportation

Freight Transportation Demand

Effects of the Built Environment on Transportation

Addressing Climate Change Adaptation in Regional Transportation Plans

Practitioners Guide to Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process

Sustainable Communities HotReport

Case Studies

Montana Transportation and Land Use Planning and Toolkit

Case Study – U.S. 40 Carbon Neutral Corridor

Frederick County Transportation and Land Use Study

Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of New Jersey’s Transportation Infrastructure