Traffic Noise and Light May Affect Wildlife Use of Highway Crossing Structures [Policy Brief]

Details

• Creators:
  Shilling, Fraser
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) ; University of California, Davis. Department of Environmental Science and Policy
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridges
  • Cameras
  • Culverts
  • Data collection
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Highways
  • Street lighting
  • Traffic noise
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife crossings
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  California;United States
• Edition:
  Policy Brief
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC) ; University of California, Davis
• Abstract:
  Roads and highways act as barriers to wildlife. They disrupt movement of wildlife populations and connectivity between communities of interacting species. Transportation organizations and many wildlife agencies see highway crossing structures for wildlife as critical to mitigating highway barrier effects. These structures are optimistically assumed to be effective for most species, most of the time, but are seldom critically investigated.
• Content Notes:
  Project Name: Wildlife-Crossing Mitigation Effectiveness with Traffic Noise and Light
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66889/dot_66889_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d91648270c564c4dc0ae0e0b017c207b5a288df4460973c777617d3eed3383aa4ccf32f27b15bf55d046426f3e39b09867cd69a4b8af2f8dcc20168b1fa1634b