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From page 198... ... F-1 Appendix F – Environmental Performance Rating Systems for Transit Agencies and Projects  F.1 Introduction The purpose of this white paper is to provide an overview of environmental performance rating systems that could potentially be applied to transportation projects, including new transit projects. These systems were initially identified in the literature search performed for this project and documented in the Phase I Interim Report (September 2010) Read the entire page →
From page 199... ... F-2 • Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme (CEEQUAL) ; • FHWA Sustainable Highways SelfEvaluation Tool; • Green Globes; • Greenroads; • ISO 14000; • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Read the entire page →
From page 200... ... F-3 evaluation tool for investments related to that category. For example, an evaluation of a highway project would use just the Project Development category and not the other two. Read the entire page →
From page 201... ... F-4 preparing plans, sharing the results with people inside and outside an organization, and setting a framework for ongoing improvement of sustainability planning by committing to compliance with the ISO standards. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Read the entire page →
From page 202... ... F-5 Sustainable Infrastructure, Land Use, Environment, and Transport Model (SILENT) Key Uses for Transit – Land use analysis surrounding transit facilities. Read the entire page →
From page 203... ... F-6  F.3 Examples of Application to Transit Project Evaluation Two of the tools reviewed were selected to provide a more detailed example of how they might be applied to the environmental assessment of transit projects. These are the Greenroads system and the FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool. Read the entire page →
From page 204... ... F-7 Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria ID Credit Description Effort Required/Expected Points Change for Transit Projects Required PR-1 Environmental Review Process Environmental compliance tracking system to identify commitments. Follow jurisdictional requirements for more detailed environmental review documents such as EIS or EA to determine the significance of environmental impacts. Read the entire page →
From page 205... ... F-8 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 206... ... F-9 Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) ID Credit Description Effort Required/Expected Points Change for Transit Projects Environment and Water (OPTIONAL) Read the entire page →
From page 207... ... F-10 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 208... ... F-11 Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) ID Credit Description Effort Required/Expected Points Change for Transit Projects Access and Equity (OPTIONAL) Read the entire page →
From page 209... ... F-12 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 210... ... F-13 Table F.1 Greenroads Criteria (continued) ID Credit Description Effort Required/Expected Points Change for Transit Projects Pavement (OPTIONAL) Read the entire page →
From page 211... ... F-14  F.4 FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool Similar to Greenroads, the FHWA evaluation tool is a collection of sustainability best practices in the form of scored metrics, intended to help transportation practitioners measure sustainability in roadway projects. The tool includes 30 metrics requiring varying levels of effort to calculate and document. Read the entire page →
From page 212... ... F-15 Table F.2 FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool Criteria ID Credit Title Description Credits Change for Transit Projects PD-1 Cost/Benefit Analysis Using the principles of cost/benefit analysis, ensure that user benefits, including environmental and social benefits, exceed full life-cycle costs, including estimates of environmental and social costs. 3 No change in methodology. Read the entire page →
From page 213... ... F-16 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Table F.2 FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool Criteria (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 214... ... F-17 Table F.2 FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool Criteria (continued) ID Credit Title Description Credits Change for Transit Projects PD-21 ITS for Systems Operations Meet economic and social needs and improve mobility without adding capacity, or improve the efficiency of transportation systems. Read the entire page →
From page 215... ... F-18  F.5 Conclusions Of the two tools, the FHWA Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool offers the more simplified platform of project evaluation, from which a checklist or metrics could be developed for public transportation capital projects. In addition, the guidance on how to reach a score is calculated is relatively clear and open to adjustments, which is a fitting characteristic for a broad range of transit agency and project types in public transportation. Read the entire page →
From page 216... ... F-19 In addition, each tool has a number of metrics that do not apply to transit. Most of these deal with paving materials and construction. Read the entire page →

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... F-1 Appendix F – Environmental Performance Rating Systems for Transit Agencies and Projects  F.1 Introduction The purpose of this white paper is to provide an overview of environmental performance rating systems that could potentially be applied to transportation projects, including new transit projects. These systems were initially identified in the literature search performed for this project and documented in the Phase I Interim Report (September 2010)