Evaluation of environmental commitment tracking systems for use at CDOT.

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• Creators:
  Clevenger, Caroline M. ; Ozbek, Mehmet E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Colorado State University. Dept. of Construction Management
• Corporate Contributors:
  Colorado. Dept. of Transportation. Research Branch
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Environmental impacts
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental policy
  • Participatory management
  • Compliance
  • Analytical hierarchy process,
  • Environmental tracking systems,
  • Environmental commitment tracking system
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CDOT-2011-13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  Colorado. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  "The purpose of this study is to review existing Environmental Tracking Systems (ETSs) used by other, ; select state Departments of Transportation (DOTs), as well as the existing Environmental Commitment ; Tracking System (ECTS) currently in use by Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in an effort ; to determine which system would be the most beneficial for long-term implementation at CDOT. ; Implementation: ; Based on the quantitative evaluation assessing how well other state ETSs’ features correlate to CDOT’s ; preferences, this study recommends that CDOT adopt FDOT’s existing ETS for long-term implementation. ; Findings based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis performed comparing CDOT’s ; existing ECTS to eight other state DOT’s ETSs, show that FDOT’s existing ETS supports the highest ; number (93%) of CDOT’s weighted preferences, while CDOT’s existing ECTS supports only 35%. ; Secondary implementation recommendations are to have a number of CDOT end users familiar with ; CDOT’s ECTS test candidate ETSs for ease of use and user satisfaction, and that additional first cost and ; operational cost information be secured and analyzed to assist in making a final decision on which system ; to adopt. If CDOT elects to implement this second recommendation to further examine additional metrics ; prior to making a final decision, VDOT’s and TxDOT’s ETSs are the systems which currently provide the ; second (90%) and third highest (85%) number of desired features respectively."
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  33.10
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23402/dot_23402_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 914.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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