Completed Research:

Development of the Transportation Environmental Research Program (TERP) (Completed 1997)

Performer(s): FHWA
Sponsor(s): FHWA

To order:

Mike Koontz. U.S. DOT, FHWA , RC, 10 S. Howard St., Suite 4000, Baltimore, MD 21201;
Tel: 410-962-2362; Fax: 410-962-3655; Email: Michael.koontz@fhwa.dot.gov;
URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/terp.

Abstract

The Transportation Environmental Research Program (TERP) began in 1997 by the FHWA to provide start-up funding for university research in environmental areas such as air quality, wetlands, climate change, environmental justice, community impact assessment, historic and archaeological preservation, and many other transportation-related areas. TERP funding grants are slated in the range of $20,000 to $50,000, and work plans span from 6 months to 2 years. Several TERP grants have already been awarded by FHWA for the purpose of university research. The brochure summarizes the TERP goals and how to apply for grants.

Environmental Research—Linking Transportation, the Environment, and the Future (Completed 1998)

Performer(s): FHWA
Sponsor(s): FHWA

To order:

Ginny Finch. U.S. DOT, FHWA , HEPN-1, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590;
Tel: 202-366-4258; Fax: 202-366-3409; Email: Ginny.finch@fhwa.dot.gov;
Order Nos.: FHWA-PD-98-017; HEP-40/7-98(15M)EW.

Abstract

The brochure highlights 14 exemplary FHWA and State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) projects across America that are meeting the environmental research challenge and looks at transportation as the provider of pathways to opportunities which strengthen our communities, our quality of life, and our responsibility for sharing the planet. The FHWA’s Environmental Research Program and the States’ Surface and Planning Research program allows transportation decisionmakers to define and shape the research agenda and focus on research that will be immediately useful.