Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/22787

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Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments

(2012)

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 55: Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments is the final report of the research project that was used to produce TCRP Research Results Digest 105: Summary of Research Findings: Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program; Christopher Porter; Laurie Hussey; David Kall; Jamey Dempster; Robert Noland; Christopher Hanson; Stephen Zemba; Sarah Armstrong; Nancy Tosta; Jerry Boese; Maureen Cavanaugh; David Hewett

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22787.

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Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-ix
Report Contents	1-35
1.0 Introduction and Overview	36-41
2.0 Background Research Findings	42-49
3.0 Screening, Testing, and Evaluation Process	50-54
4.0 Assessment of Metrics	55-91
5.0 Most Promising Metrics	92-96
6.0 Next Steps and Issues for Further Research	97-98
Appendix A Data Collection for Pilot Projects	99-108
Appendix B Calculation of Energy and GHG Metrics	109-128
Appendix C Calculation of Air Quality and Public Health Metrics	129-158
Appendix D Calculation of Ecology, Habitat, and Water Quality Metrics	159-180
Appendix E Level of Service and Other Measures for Assessing Pedestrian and Bicycle Access to Transit	181-197
Appendix F Environmental Performance Rating Systems for Transit Agencies and Projects	198-216
Appendix G Model of Construction GHG Emissions from Rail Transit Capital Projects	217-256
Appendix H List of Candidate Environmental Performance Metrics	257-272
Appendix I Literature Review	273-312
Appendix J Indicators of Ecological Impacts of Land Development	313-326
Appendix K Stakeholders Interviewed and Interview Guides	327-334

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