| Title | Integrating freight into NEPA analysis |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 42334 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Ahanotu, Dike |
| Corporate Creator | Cambridge Systematics |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 20100900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The effi ciency and effectiveness of freight transportation is critical for economic growth and development, ensuring livable communities, and creating a sustainable human and natural environment. It is increasingly important to integrate freight transportation issues and solutions throughout the transportation planning and project development process. This handbook is designed to provide information on freight transportation to: 1) professionals responsible for advancing transportation projects through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process analysis; and 2) public and private sector freight stakeholders interested in advancing freight transportation projects utilizing public sector highway funds that require NEPA analysis. NEPA requires analysis of the impacts of proposed Federal activities on the natural and human environments. Therefore, the use of Federal-aid highway funds to implement a transportation project requires that the project be advanced through the NEPA process as defi ned in law and regulation. This handbook considers freight transportation from two perspectives: 1) a project that itself is designed to resolve a freight transportation issue or need; and 2) a project in which freight-related features (warehousing, access to intermodal facilities, loading docks, etc.) could be affected by the project’s design and location. |
| Rosap ID | dot:1021 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1021 |
| TRT Terms | Freight transportation; Transportation planning; Environmental policy; Environmental impacts |
| Classification | NTL - FREIGHT - FREIGHT; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| OCLC | 768774442 |
| Contract Number | DTFH61-06-D-00004 |
| Report Number | FHWA-HOP-10-033 |
| Availability | Federal Highway Administration |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/42000/42300/42334/FHWA-HOP-10-033.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop10033/nepa.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |