Transportation Resource Agency Consultation & Environmental Streamlining (TRACES)

Related Links and Resources

• AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence
• The FHWA Environmental Guidebook
• FHWA's Planning and Environment Linkages
• FHWA NEPA and Project Development
• Council on Environmental Quality
• FHWA Re: NEPA
• Context Sensitive Solutions
• Community Impact Assessment
• Cooperative Conservation
• TRB Planning and Environment Group Committees
• Green Infrastructure
• Green Highways Partnership

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU):

• SAFETEA-LU Environmental Provisions
• SAFETEA-LU Environmental Review Process Final Guidance

Prominent Publications:

• Linkages Implementation Report - September 2008
• Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects
• Consideration of Environmental Factors in Transportation Systems Planning - National Highway Cooperative Research Program, 2005
• Improved Linkages Between Transportation Systems Planning and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Highway Cooperative Research Program, 2006

Organizations

Non-Profit

• AMPO - Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
• Center For Transportation and the Environment (CTE)
• Defenders of Wildlife - The Conservation Professional's Guide to Integrating Conservation and Transportation Planning
• NARC - National Association of Regional Councils
• National Council for Science and the Environment
• The Environmental Council of the States
• The Nature Conservancy
• Trust for Public Land

Federal

• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
• Department of the Interior–United States Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-USFWS)
• Department of Defense-United States Army Corps of Engineers (DOD-USACE)
• Department of Homeland Security-Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS-FEMA)
• Department of Commerce-Coast Guard (DOC-Coast Guard)
• United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS)
• Department of the Interior-United States Geological Survey (DOI- USGS)
• National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places
• Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division

State

• Texas Department of Transportation Environmental Affairs Department
• Texas General Land Office (GLO)
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
• Texas Forest Service (TFS)
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
• Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC)
• Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
• Texas Historical Commission (THC)