Environmental performance measures for state departments of transportation /

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 809: Environmental Performance Measures for State Departments of Transportation identifies potential environmental performance measures that may be integrated into a transportation agency's performance management prog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Crossett, Joe (Author), Ang-Olson, Jeffrey (Author), Frantz, Jeff, 1968- (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Cooperative Highway Research Program (sponsoring body.), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2015.
Series:	Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 809.
Subjects:	Environmental reporting > United States. Transportation > Environmental aspects > United States. State transportation agencies > United States > Management. Environmental policy. Performance measurement. Environmental impacts.
Online Access:	http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_816.pdf View blurb

Table of Contents:

Summary
chapter 1. Introduction
chapter 2. Environmental focus areas
chapter 3. Core environmental performance measures
chapter 4. Measure proof of concept testing
chapter 5. First principles for using environmental performance measures
chapter 6. Web-based measure-reporting template
chapter 7. Measure calculation guidance
chapter 8. Conclusions and research next steps
References
Acronyms
appendix A. Initial measure screening results
appendix B. Wildlife and ecosystems self-assessment tool (ESA)
appendix C. States' performance data.