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ADC50 - Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation


2010 Annual Meeting
Session Topics Needed!

The Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation (ADC50) is seeking ideas for sessions or workshops to sponsor at the 2010 annual meeting. ADC50 is concerned with cultural resources that may be affected by transportation projects. TRB's spotlight theme for the annual meeting is Investing in Our Transportation Future - BOLD Ideas to Meet BIG Challenges. This provides an opportunity to highlight historic preservation issues against the most challenging transportation environment in a generation.

ADC50 invites paper and/or session suggestions from individuals who wish to present current research on relevant topics. Potential topics include:

  • Identifying post-WWII historic properties during transportation project development;

  • Evaluating performance of programmatic approaches to Section 106 compliance; and,

  • Using GIS/database solutions to manage historic property issues in transportation projects.

Sessions that can be co-sponsored with another committee that has overlapping (or even conflicting) concerns are particularly desirable. Potential joint sessions include:

  • Transportation-related vibration workshop (1/2 day) - Jointly sponsored between ADC50 and ADC40 (Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration) to discuss vibration issues between historic resources and all transportation modes. This will be a continuation of the well-attended workshop on vibration and historic properties held at the 2009 Annual Meeting.

  • Environmental and historic preservation regulations: overlap and divergence - Jointly sponsored between ADC50 and ADC10 (Environmental Analysis in Transportation) to discuss issues regarding the completion of NEPA, Section 106, and Section 4(f) processes and analyses within project development timelines.

Please contact Amy Squitieri, ADC50 Programs Chair, to share your ideas on these or other topics that are important to the cultural resource community. While ADC50 has not issued a call for formal papers, TRB will consider papers that address any relevant aspect of transportation research. Papers for the 2010 Annual Meeting must be submitted electronically no later than August 1, 2009. Starting in June, paper submission information will be posted on the TRB Annual Meeting website.

 

NEWSPAGE

ADC50's Newspage is our digital newsletter and is posted four times a year - February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15. Please submit newspage content ideas to the editor. Check out the Newspage for TRB Key Dates for 2009.

 

TOP TEN RESEARCH NEEDS STATEMENTS

Defining research needs in transportation is a key part of the mission of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and its ADC50 Committee. TRB has developed a Research Needs Database where agencies, institutions, and other research sponsors can find out what those needs are. One of the most important contributions that the ADC50 Committee and its friends can make to TRB is to define the most important research needs for cultural resource management and historic preservation in transportation. The Committee is completing its "Top Ten" research needs statements for posting on TRB's database. This is your opportunity to contribute to this effort by suggesting what research is essential to you. The Committee will evaluate your suggestion, recommend changes as necessary, and get it posted on the Research Needs Database.

1. Evaluating and Predicting the Effects of Vibration from Construction and Use Transportation Structures on Buried Archaeological Deposits

2. A Synthesis of Construction Vibration and Potential Effects to Historic Buildings Adjacent to Transportation Projects

3. A Synthesis of Best Practices in the Controlled Burial of Significant Archaeological Sites in Transportation Projects

4. Picture your research needs here ...

Send your research ideas to the Chairperson.


About the Committee

Members of the Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation (ADC50) are concerned with all cultural resources associated with transportation projects including highways, waterways, transit, and aviation. Cultural resources include: historic properties, structures, districts, landscapes, prehistoric and historic archaeological properties, Traditional Cultural Properties, Native American Interests, 20th-century properties, and issues associated with historic ethnic communities.

Federal laws require that impacts to cultural resources be considered in all federal actions (funded, permitted, loan guarantees, etc.). In addition, significant resources are to be avoided when possible and the impacts to the resource "mitigated" if avoidance is not possible. The Committee is dedicated to finding ways to effectively implement the cultural resources rules and regulations on transportation projects to protect resources and integrate the Historic Preservation laws with the National Environmental Policy Act to facilitate the implementation of needed transportation improvements for the public.

The Committee is charged with identifying cultural resource issues associated with the broad spectrum of transportation projects and programs. This is done through meetings, discussions, surveys, associations with other committees, and conferences. Members of the Committee take a lead in finding and sharing examples of best practices. Research is a primary function of the Committee and includes but is not limited to: 1) identifying critical research needs through interaction with federal Agencies, State Highway Agencies, State Historic Preservation Offices, consultants, universities and colleges, and other interested parties; and 2) developing research problem statements and promoting them for funding.

The Committee provides technical support to the Transportation Research Board who provides similar support to the National Research Council which is under the aegis of the National Academy of Sciences.

Contacts:

Antony F. Opperman, Chairperson

Christine Gerencher, TRB Staff Representative

  

 

 

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