Alternative Uses of Highway Right-of-Way : Accommodating Renewable Energy Technologies and Alternative Fuel Facilities

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• Creators:
  Poe, Carson ; Filosa, Gina ; Schwarzer, Julianne ; Brecher, Aviva ; Millette, Katherine
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; MacroSys Research and Technology (Firm)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alternate fuels
  • Best practices
  • Land use planning
  • Right of way (Land)
  • Case studies
  • Public utilities
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Sustainable transportation
  • State departments of transportation
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning
• Abstract:
  In recent years, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has sought to better understand global climate change and the transportation sector’s effects on the issue, and vice versa. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) transportation authorization bill provides opportunities for State and Federal agencies to conduct research on innovative practices that may reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, by extension, the transportation sector’s contribution to climate change effects and impacts. As such, this research investigates the state of the practice in accommodating renewable energy technologies and alternative fuel facilities within highway right-of-way (ROW), both activities that might help curb climate change.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9607/dot_9607_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.57 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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