2008 SUMMER MEETING NEWS!

CALL FOR PAPERS

This page is maintained by the Center for Transportation and the Environment for the Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation. The information on these pages is from the ADC50 committee and is not endorsed by TRB. Last updated March 21, 2008 (HEL).

ADC50 - Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation

 

NEWSPAGE

The newsletter is going digital! ADC50's Newspage will be 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 2008.

 

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 early in 2008. 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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