Two programs within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service‟s Habitat Credit Trading Program currently exist to allow for “banking” of habitat credits: traditional Conservation Banking and the recently introduced Recovery Crediting System (RCS). Both of these mechanisms embody the intent of Executive Order 13352 on Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation and the environmental stewardship and stream...

The following is one of a series of papers developed or produced by the Economic Analysis Division of the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center as part of its research project looking into issues surrounding user response and market development for selected Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) products or services. The project, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administratio...

Foreword This report contains a summary of ongoing work on the effects of noise on wildlife populations to date. Because the numbers and/or diversity of species have been used as indicators of the effects of noise, a number of studies that have indicated one or both of these factors for species alongside roads are included, although noise is not specifically mentioned in some of these reports. ...

That guide provides a starting point for identifying and mitigating the vulnerability of highway transportation assets to terrorist threats or attacks and their consequences. A companion document, A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Incidents, also funded by AASHTO and FHWA and developed in parallel with the previous guide, assists government agencies in preparing...

Geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) technology has been used worldwide since the 1970s. An extension to its development is application as a bridge abutment, which was initially developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in United States, called GRS—integrated system (GRS-IBS). Now, there are several variations of this technology, includes GRS Integral Bridge (GRS-IB) Japan 2000s. In stud...

Kazıklı temeller, köprü, baraj, nükleer santral gibi önemli inşaat mühendisliği yapıları için en yaygın kullanılan derin temel çeşitlerinden biridir. Zemin davranışının ve yapı-kazık birbirini etkilediği süreç, yapı-kazık-zemin etkileşimi olgusu ile açıklanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada zemin-kazık etkileşimi, Türkiye Bina Deprem Yönetmeliği 2018’de yer alan kinematik etkileşim hesap yöntemlerinden bir...

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Alternate Route Handbook proposes guidance to identify alternate routes during planned and unplanned road closures. A challenge with this process is the lack of traffic data available decision-makers. High volume corridors experiencing closures can provide a rich case history by systematically collecting connected vehicle (CV) such incidents. CV ability...

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