Transportation Research Board
87th Annual Meeting

Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008
Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, and Hilton Washington Hotels

Meeting and Workshop Agenda

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

Sunday, January 13

 

   
  WORKSHOPS
 
  SESSION #125, Hilton

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Integration of Planning and Environmental Analysis in Transportation
   
  Antony F. Opperman, Virginia Department of Transportation, presiding
Sponsored by Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee (ADC10)
Ecology and Transportation Committee (ADC30)
Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation Committee (ADC50)

This workshop is designed for both practitioners and researchers to provide an understanding of how resource planning and transportation planning are being integrated to ensure coordinated, transparent, and balanced results yielding solutions that protect the environment and advance the delivery of transportation projects. Joint planning (in keeping with Sections 6001, 6002, 3005, and 3006 of SAFETEA-LU) has received increasing emphasis.

Introductory Remarks About Integrated Planning Processes
Mark S. Kross, Missouri Department of Transportation

Overview of SAFETEA-LU Section 6001, 6002, 3005, and 3006
Shari M. Schaftlein, Federal Highway Administration

How Cultural Resource Protection Fits into SAFETEA-LU Planning Regulations
Don L. Klima, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

How Natural Resource Conservation Fits into SAFETEA-LU Planning Rules
Jeff Lerner, Defenders of Wildlife

Overview of Case Studies on Planning and Environmental Linkages

Michael Culp and Robert Ritter, Federal Highway Administration

Closing Remarks
Anthony F. Opperman, Virginia Department of Transportation
Thomas E. Linkous, Westerville, Ohio
Andy Fekete, RBA Group

 

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Monday, January 14

 

   
 

WORKSHOPS
 

 

SESSION #212, Marriott

10:15 a.m.  - 12:00 p.m.

Transportation Operations and Ecology: Working in and Around Water

   
 

Debra A. Nelson, New York State Department of Transportation, presiding
Sponsored by:
Maintenance and Operations Management Committee (ADH10)
Ecology and Transportation Committee (ADC30)

 
Transportation maintenance and operations activities often involve work in or near streams, wetlands, and other special aquatic sites. Work in these settings requires extra attention and consideration to ensure protection of these valuable natural resources and often requires permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Section 404 Program as well as from state resource agencies.

Implications of Section 404 Regulatory Program Changes on Transportation Maintenance Activities
Jennifer Moyer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Addressing the Impact of Road-Stream Crossing Structures on Movement of
Aquatic Organisms

Scott D. Jackson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

ODOT's OTIA III Bridge Program: Stewardship
Through Environmental Performance Standards

Zachary Toledo, HDR, Inc.

   
 

WORKSHOPS
 

3:45 p.m.  - 5:30 p.m.

SESSION #370, Hilton

 

Partnerships Toward Ecological and Cultural Stewardship: Application of Geospatial Tools and Practices to Implement SAFETEA-LU

   
 

Thomas E. Linkous, Westerville, Ohio, presiding
Sponsored by:
Ecology and Transportation Committee (ADC30)
Geographic Information Science and Applications Committee (ABJ60)
Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee (ADC10)
Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation
Committee (ADC50)
Environmental Justice in Transportation Committee (ADD50)

Efforts to address the ecological impacts of development projects are particularly challenging for transportation planners, who must consider finite cultural, historic, and archaeological resources. Long-term ecological protection and timely project delivery are increasingly dependent on interdisciplinary solutions and coordination at regional and statewide planning levels. This session will discuss effective planning efforts across disciplines and across jurisdictional boundaries.

Mapping at Multiple Scales Using Consistent Wildlife-Habitat Classification to Integrate Transportation and Conservation Planning
Thomas O'Neill and Cory Langhoff, Northwest Habitat Institute

Application of Green Infrastructure Approach in Transportation Planning: Selected Case Studies Optimizing Ecological and Cultural Resource Protection and Environmental Justice
Ted Weber, The Conservation Fund

Proportional Method to Assess Environmental Justice Impacts Without Requiring Definition of Protected or Unprotected Geographic Units
Francisco Javier Torres, North Central Texas Council of Governments; Gina Barberio and Rachael Barolsky, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; Michael Culp and Robert Ritter, Federal Highway Administration

   

 

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Tuesday, January 15

 

 

MEETING

1:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Ecology and Transportation Committee, Hilton
Thomas E. Linkous, Westerville, Ohio, presiding
 

 

Wednesday, January 16

 

 

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

MEETING
Animal-Vehicle Collisions Subcommittee, ANB20(2), Marriott
Marcel P. Huijser, Western Transportation Institute, presiding
Sponsored by:
Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee (ANB20)
Ecology and Transportation Committee (ADC30)
 
The Animal-Vehicle Crash Reduction Congressional Report
Carol H. Tan, Federal Highway Administration
Mary E. Gray, Federal Highway Administration
   
The Experience of Unsafe Driving Due to Animals on the Road: The Perspective of Persons Hospitalized for More than 24-hours After a Road Crash
Mary Sheehan, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Relating Vehicle-Wildlife Crashes to Road Reconstruction (Paper 08-0079)
Rhonda Kae Young, University of Wyoming
Christopher S. Vokurka, Drexel, Barrell & Co.
Road Kill Observation Collection System (ROCS): A Tool to Gather Standardized and Spatially Precise Road Kill Data
Rob Ament, Montana State University
Development and Evaluation of Devices Designed to Minimize Deer-Vehicle Collisions: Phase I and II
David Mark Jared, Georgia Department of Transportation
Evaluation of Wildlife Reflectors in Reducing Vehicle-Deer Collisions on Indiana Interstate I-80/90 (Paper 08-1656)
Sedat Gulen, Indiana Department of Transportation
 

 

This committee stimulates research in transportation ecology and communicates the results of recent and ongoing research to and throughout the transportation community.  It engages in research, planning, evaluation, education and outreach associated with sound ecological principles and designs, and strives to integrate ecologically sound principles into transportation planning, decision-making, maintenance and design.

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