Related FHWA Programs
The resources listed below provide information on other Federal Highway Administration programs that promote environmental stewardship within transportation projects.
Environmental Streamlining and Stewardship (ESS) is an ongoing FHWA program aimed at helping transportation agencies to work with natural and cultural resource agencies to establish and strive toward realistic timeframes for the environmental review of transportation projects while protecting and enhancing the environment. Many of the tools and methods for implementing ESS also achieve better planning and environment linkages.
Re:NEPA Transportation Planning and NEPA Linkages Topic Area – the Federal Highway Administration's online "community of practice". This site supports and encourages the open exchange of knowledge, information, experience, and ideas about the National Environmental Policy Act, related environmental issues, and transportation decisionmaking. The goal of Re:NEPA is to provide additional opportunities to explore the transportation decisionmaking process through discussion, research, assistance, and education. Transportation Planning and NEPA linkages will be devoted to issues related to linking the transportation planning and NEPA processes, and also to the consideration of environmental issues in the context of the transportation planning process. With the new transportation planning regulations and the requirements in SAFETEA-LU Section 6001 currently being implemented, this will likely be a topic of significant interest to many.
Conflict Resolution Tools presents strategies for managing conflict and identifying issues that may arise during transportation project development and environmental process review under NEPA and related laws. The website offers options for problem solving among agencies that have varying roles and responsibilities under NEPA. Collaborative problem solving strategies can help improve interagency coordination for planning and environmental linkages.
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