NTL Record

Title State transportation liaison funded positions study
Record ID 34778
Personal Name
Creator
Carlson, D.; Miller, A.; Edmiston, Sharon Chan; Zlotoff, Alisa; Filosa, Gina
Source 83p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator United States. Federal Highway Administration; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); Cambridge Systematics
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20091000
Language English
Abstract The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which was signed into law in August 2005, contained several provisions focused on streamlining the environmental review process. One of these provisions, Section 6002, allowed for State Department of Transportation (State DOT) funding of staff, at both Federal and State resource agencies, who are dedicated to working on State DOT projects on environmental streamlining and related planning activities. This report assesses trends in the use of these “funded positions” and provides recommendations to State DOTs and resource agencies to support more effective uses of funded positions. The report is based on a study conducted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Project Development and Environmental Review with assistance from the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center). The study consisted of two parts: (1) a literature review to assess the state of the knowledge about State DOT-funded positions and agreements, and (2) a series of interviews with participants in funded positions programs, including program managers at State DOTs and Federal and State resource agencies and individuals in those positions.
Rosap ID dot:8894
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8894
TRT Terms Environmental impact analysis; Environmental streamlining; Interviewing; Literature reviews; Personnel; State departments of transportation
Classification NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Funding
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1154216
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/34000/34700/34778/October_2009_StateTranspLiaisonFPStudy.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository