Websites
USDOT Agency Web Sites
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Other Federal Agency Websites
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Partner/Stakeholder Websites
Online Publications and Presentations
CIA Related Workshop & Conference Reports
- Midwest Regional CIA Workshop: "Community Impact Assessment: Putting It Into Context" (Sept. 9-12, 2003, Indianapolis, IN) Proceedings. Event website.
- Northwest Regional CIA Workshop: "CIA: Connecting with People Today for a Well-Designed Tomorrow" (April 8-10, 2003, Spokane, WA) Proceedings are not available.
- Southern Region Workshop: Community Impact Assessment for Transportation Professionals (Dec. 5-7, 2001, Raleigh, NC) Proceedings
- Third National CIA Workshop "CIA in the 21st Century: Making Connections and Building Relationships" (Aug. 19-21, 2002, Madison, WI) Proceedings (PDF only) TRB Circular E-C054
- Northeast Regional CIA Workshop (Oct. 29-31, 2001, Newark, NJ) Proceedings. A CD ROM of the proceedings with CIA resource materials is available from FHWA's B. Kragh.
- Second National CIA Workshop (Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2000, San Diego, CA) Proceedings
- Community Impact Assessment Peer Roundtable (Sept 8-9, 2003, Indianapolis, IN) Report
- First National CIA Workshop (Sept. 15-16, 1998, Tampa, FL) Proceedings (PDF only)
- Fourth National CIA (Aug. 23-26, 2004, Portland, ME) Workshop
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CIA Related Publications
- 23 U.S.C. 109(h) (from Federal-aid Highway Act of 1970)
- 23 U.S.C. 109(h) (from Federal-aid Highway Act of 1970)
- AASHTO Taking the Highway Road Report
- Access Board Building a True Community 2001 Final Report of the Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee
- EPA Community, Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place (PDF only)
- FHWA "Highway Traffic Noise"
- FHWA A Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decisionmaking
- FHWA Community Impact Assessment: A Quick Reference for Transportation
- FHWA Community Impact Mitigation: Case Studies
- FHWA Pedestrian Facilities User Guide (164 pages, PDF only) FHWA-RD-01-102
- FHWA Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment in USA (PDF only) 2003
- FHWA Transportation Planning Capacity Building "Peer Program" reports. September 2003, Indianapolis CIA Peer Roundtable report
- FHWA's "Pedestrian Facilities User Guide", 164 pages, FHWA-RD-01-102
- FL DOT/FHWA Community Impact Assessment Strategic Plan
- FL DOT's "Community Impact Assessment Handbook" can be accessed through CUTR's website, Quick Access, and Publications and Reports Listing under CIA Handbook
- FTA Community Impact Assessment and Environmental Justice for Transit Agencies: A Reference (PDF)
- IAIA "Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment in USA" 2003
- National Transportation Library Digital Collection on Social Impacts (various articles from varied sources on a variety of related topics
- NCHRP 456 Guidebook for Assessing the Social and Economic Effects of Transportation Projects Parts A and B from NCHRP Project 25-19 (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 511 Guide for Customer-Driven Benchmarking of Maintenance Activities (276 pages, PDF only) 2004
- NCHRP Research Results Digest 286 Development of a Highway Safety Manual (9 pages, PDF only) March 2004
- NCHRP Synthesis 330 Public Benefits of Highway System Preservation and Maintenance (57 pages, PDF only) 2004
- Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee of The (Federal) Access Board's "Building a True Community", 2001 Final Report
- TCRP Report 101 Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services (434 pages, PDF only) 2004
- TCRP Report 99 Embracing Change in a Changing World Case Studies Applying New Paradigms for Rural and Small Urban Transit Service Delivery (33 pages, PDF only)
- TCRP Synthesis 53 Operational Experiences with Flexible Transit Services (71 pages, PDF only) 2004
- WS DOT Building Projects that Build Communities: Recommended Best Practices (PDF)
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Public Involvement Related
Public Involvement Websites
- The mission of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Public Involvement website is to enhance the understanding, acceptance, and practice of public involvement as an art and science in transportation planning and project development activities by fostering research, identifying best practices, promoting use of new technologies, promulgating standards, and upgrading public involvement skills of transportation professionals.
- The International Association for Public Participation website working through its members, helps organizations and communities around the world improve their decisions by involving those people who are affected by those decisions.
- The Environmental Protection Agency Public Involvement website will help people understand how different types of public involvement relate to EPA programs; how public input can be used in EPA decision-making; and how to use tools to support effective public involvement.
FHWA Public Involvement Resources
- Air Quality Planning for Transportation Officials, Interagency Consultation and Public Involvement
- The South Carolina DOT Route 72 Environmental Assessment illustrates how important it is to adapt public involvement to the unique conditions and characteristics of a particular community. The case study highlights the essential connection between responsive public involvement and effective community impact assessment as well as the role that community impact assessment can play in meaningful alternatives analyses and the selection of alternatives to avoid significant social impacts and cumulative impacts.
- The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission efforts are noteworthy both in terms of use of analytical techniques and public involvement. The agency undertook significant steps to publicize its efforts and involve the public, including hosting an open house to provide opportunities for public comments on the draft Environmental Justice Report.
- FHWA and FTA 2004 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards for Public Involvement, Education, and Outreach:
- Award Winner — Sacramento Region Blueprint,
Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento, California
- Award Winner — Transportation Plan 2030 Phase I Public Outreach and Involvement Program
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco Bay Area, California
- Award Winner — Villages of Taft and Oceanlake District Redevelopment Plans,
Lincoln City Urban Renewal Agency, Lincoln City, Oregon
- Honorable Mention — 2003 Transportation Summit: Michigan Partnerships
Michigan Department of Transportation, Lansing, Michigan
- Indiana's Historic Bridge Program Public Involvement Plan, identifies four objectives: Provide opportunities for public participation that will effectively incorporate community concerns into the decision-making process; provide consistent, regular and timely information about the Section 106 programmatic agreement for bridges and the historic bridge survey; meet statutory requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 regarding public notice and opportunities for public involvement; and evaluate the effectiveness of this community involvement plan and make changes accordingly.
- The FHWA Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP) Public Involvement, Public Involvement Strategies for Shaping Communities includes four successful public involvement examples that included innovative public involvement techniques that seek to involve citizens in a meaningful way in shaping the future of their communities. These projects are taking the term "public involvement" far beyond the traditional public hearing format. Through hands-on techniques such as charrettes, design workshops, facilitated discussions, and preference surveys, members of the general public, government staff and elected officials, and developers engage in a dialogue over how the design of their communities and transportation systems could be improved.
Other Public Involvement Resources
State DOT and MPO Public Involvement Documents
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Title VI/EJ-Related
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Planning
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Supplemental Transportation Programs for Seniors (93 pages, PDF only) July 2004
- Access Board Regulatory Negotiation Committee on Accessibility Guidelines for Outdoor Developed Areas- final report
- AMPO Noteworthy MPO Practices in Transportation-Land Use Planning Integration (PDF only) April 2004
- Brookings Institute Investing in a Better Future: A Review of the Fiscal and Competitive Advantages of Smarter Growth Development Patterns (PDF only)
- Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program, Alan Berube and Thacher Tiffany, The Shape of the Curve: Household Income Distribution for Cities (PDF only) August 2004
- EPA Characteristics and Performance of Regional Transportation Systems (PDF only)
- FHWA Flexibility in Highway Design
- FHWA Highway Traffic Noise
- FHWA Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- FHWA Planning Assistant Tool 2004
- FHWA Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas
- FHWA Presentation to AASHTO Secondary and Cumulative Impacts March 2004
- FHWA Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination A Primer for Working Together to Improve Transportation Safety, Reliability, and Security
- FHWA Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Presentation (March 2004)
- FHWA/ FTA The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues A Briefing Notebook for Transportation Decisionmakers, Officials, and Staff (PDF)
- FHWA/ ITE Traffic Calming State of the Practice
- FHWA/AASHTO Geometric Design Practices for European Roads
- Growing Demand for Safe Walking and Bicycling
- Health and Smart Growth: Building Health, Promoting Active Communities (PDF only)
- ITS/Operations Resource Guide
- MD SHA When Main Street is State Highway Blending Function, Beauty and Identity (PDF only)
- NCHRP 435 Guidebook for Transportation Corridor Studies: A Process for Effective Decision-Making (Abstract). TRB Standing Committee on Planning Project 8-35.
- NCHRP 466 Desk Reference for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects (PDF only) from NCHRP Project 25-10(2)
- NCHRP 480 A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 487 Using Customer Needs to Drive Transportation Decisions (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 488 Additional Investigations of Driver Information Overload (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 504 Design Speed, Operating Speed, and Posted Speed Practices (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 506 Quality and Accuracy of Positional Data in Transportation (PDF only)
- NCHRP Report 511 Guide for Customer-Driven Benchmarking of Maintenance Activities (PDF only)
- NCHRP Synthesis 264 Modern Roundabout Practice in the United States (PDF only)
- NCHRP Synthesis 316 Design Exception Practices (PDF only)
- NCHRP Synthesis 321 Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies (PDF only)
- NCHRP Synthesis 326 Strategic Planning and Decision Making in State Departments of Transportation (PDF only)
- NCHRP Synthesis 329: Integrating Tourism and Recreational Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery (PDF only)
- NCHRP Web Document 43 Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects PowerPoint (Power Point only)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, ECMT Strategic Environmental Assessment (of Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects) (PDF only) ISBN 92-82-111259-April 2000.
- Organizing for Regional Transportation Operations Conference (Washington, DC Jan. 11-12, 2002) Proceedings (PDF only) A joint initiative of five national associations and the US DOT
- Science and NASA Urban Sprawl: The Big Picture
- Sierra Club "Stopping Sprawl" Report
- Sierra Club Report Highway Health Hazards (24 pages, PDF only) 2004
- States with NEPA-like Environmental Planning requirements
- TRB Smart Growth Conference Proceedings Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice and Implementation (Baltimore, MD: Sept. 8-11, 2002)
- TRB Transportation Research Circular #E-C067 Context Sensitive Design Around the Country: Some Examples (54 pages, PDF only), July 2004
- US General Accounting Office Surface Transportation: Many Factors Affect Investment Decisions (59 pages, PDF only) June 2004
- Victoria Transportation Policy Institute Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Encyclopedia
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Data Resources
- AASHTO CTPP 200 (State and County) Profile Sheets
- Administration on Aging (locate Senior Centers)
- Allied Media Corp African American News media
- Allied Media Corp Hispanic News media
- BlackFind.com The Black Search Engine (i.e., black newspapers throughout the Nation).
- BTS 2004 Pocket Guide to Transportation. To order a free copy, contact BTS by phone at 202-366-DATA, by fax at 202-366-3197, by e-mail or by going to the BTS website at and ordering copies using the website's "Products" link.
- BTS National Household Travel Survey
- Census 2000 Gateway
- Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS); ACS Summary on FHWA EJ website
- Census Bureau American Fact Finder
- Census Bureau County to County Work Flow Data
- Census Bureau Demographic Profiles 100 percent and Sample Data
- Census Bureau Federal Register of Qualifying Urban Areas for Census 2000
- Census Bureau Geography Issues. Generalized Cartographic Boundary files in different formats; see above Tiger files for exact boundaries
- Census Bureau Index of Census 2000 Datasets
- Census Bureau Journey to Work
- Census Bureau Minority Links
- Census Bureau Summary File 1(SF1) 286 detailed tables
- Census Bureau Summary File 3 (SF3) 813 detailed tables
- Census State Data Center Program
- ChinaSite.com Chinese media in America
- CSD/BIDC Clearinghouse
- DOT/FHWA Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP 2000)
- FHWA Transportation Planning Census Issues
- Modern Language Association. Language mapping by county and zip code by State
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (data rich; i.e., student race/ethnicity and low-income status per public school-past years)
- National Personal Transportation Survey 1995 (NPTS)
- RadioBlack.Com Black radio stations throughout the Nation
- SHG (State History Guide) Resources Spanish identified radio, TV, and newspapers in US by State.
- TRB Census Subcommittee Website
- University of Michigan Document Center Statistical Resources on the Web
- US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (State Contact and location of all Food Stamp accepters)
- US Department of Health and Human Services HHS Poverty Level Website
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Enterprise GIS maps hazmat sites, low-income housing, air releases, public and Indian housing, etc.)
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (subsidized apartment search location, address, type)
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Legislation Regulations Guidance
Laws
- Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Pub. L. 94-135 (Nov. 28, 1975), as amended. 42 U.S.C. 6101-6107
- Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990, Public Law 101-336
- Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Public Law 100-259
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA PL 102-240) (12/18/91)
- National Environmental Policy Statement of 1969 (NEPA)
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Pub. L. 93-112 (Sept. 26, 1973), as amended. 29 U.S.C 794 Section 504
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 1993, Public Law 103-141 (PDF only)
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21-PL 105-178) TEA-21 (6/9/98)
- The Uniform Act of 1970
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- FHWA Summary of Environmental Legislation Affecting Transportation
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U.S. Code Codified Laws
- 23 U.S.C. 109 -Title 23 Highway, Chapter 1 Federal-Aid, Subchapter I General Provisions, Section 109 Standards, see (h), (i), and (m)
- 23 U.S.C. 109(h) (from Federal-aid Highway Act of 1970)
- 23 U.S.C. 134 Metropolitan Planning, see (a) (3), (f)(1)-factors, and (g)(4)
- 23 U.S.C. 135 Statewide Planning, see (a)(3), (c)(1)-factors, (d), and (e)(3)
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Environmental Regulations and Guidance
- 23 CFR 771 Highways Environmental Impacts and Related Procedures, see 771.105(b), (c), (d), and (f); 771.111(a) and (h); 771.117(b)(2) and (d)(12); 771.123(b) and (g)(1); 771.129; and 771.130.
- 49 CFR Part 24 The Uniform Act (Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq., P.L. 91-646) as amended by the Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 (P.L. 100-17)
- DOT Order 50125 Department of Transportation Order to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations dated Feb. 3, 1997
- DOT Order 5301.1 Department of Transportation Programs, Policies, and Procedures Affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Tribes (PDF only) dated Nov. 16, 1999
- FHWA Context Sensitive Solution Memo of 10/29/02, with training and contacts
- FHWA Environmental Guidebook Website
- FHWA Environmental Policy Statement (FHWA-PD-95-006) 1994
- FHWA Summary of Environmental Legislation Affecting Transportation
- FHWA Technical Advisory T6640.8A Guidance for Preparing and Processing Environmental and Section 4(F) Documents dated October 30, 1987
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Executive Orders
- EO 12862 Setting Customer Service Standards (PDF only) signed September 11, 1993; Federal Register 58 FR 48257 September 14, 1993
- EO 12893 Principles for Federal infrastructure investments (PDF only); signed January 26, 1994; Federal Register 59 FR 4233; January 31, 1994.
- EO 12898 Federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations (PDF only); signed Feb. 11, 1994; Federal Register 59 FR 7629
- EO 13007 Indian sacred sites (PDF only); signed May 24, 1996; Federal Register 61 FR 26771; May 29, 1996
- EO 13160 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs (PDF only); signed June 23, 2000; Federal Register 65 FR 39775, June 27, 2000.
- EO 13166 Improving Access to Services for Persons With Limited English Proficiency (PDF only); signed August 11, 2000; Federal Register 65 FR 50121, August 16, 2000; also see Department of Justice notice of August 11, 2000 (65 FR 50123)
- EO 13175 Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments (PDF only); signed November 6, 2000; Federal Register 65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000; revokes: EO 13084, May 14, 1998; also see EO 12866, September 30, 1993; EO 12988, February 5, 1996; EO 13132, August 4, 1999; EO 13336, April 30, 2004; Memorandum of April 29, 1994.
- EO 13274 Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews (PDF only); signed Sept. 18, 2002; Federal Register 67 FR 59449, Sept. 23, 2002
- EO 13330 Human Service Transportation Coordination Feb. 24, 2004
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Legislative Web sites
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Other Resources NOT Online
- A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, Rabel J. Burdge. 2004. 3rd Edition. Middleton, Wisconsin: Social Ecology Press, 192 pp, spiral bound. $18.95 ISBN: 0-941042-35-9. The Guide is a tool for practitioners at all levels-social scientist, agency employees, community leaders, volunteers-to complete social impact assessments (SIAs) efficiently and effectively. The Guide is a how-to manual that provides the user with a step-by-step process easily followed by persons with minimal social science training. 'The Guide is organized in three sections. Chapters 1-6 provide the background, a short history, the conceptual model, the SIA scooping process and an explanation as to how to obtain data to measure SIA variables. Chapters 7-11 correspond to the five categories of SIA variables-population change, community and institutional arrangements, communities in transition, individual and family impacts and community infrastructure needs. Chapters 12-13 provide worksheets for summarizing the results of the analysis and how the resulting data may be used in the SIA mitigation/ enhancement/ monitoring process.
- THE CONCEPTS, PROCESS AND METHODS of SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, Rabel J. Burdge and Colleagues. 2004, Middleton, Wisconsin: Social Ecology Press, 320 pp. $19.95 ISBN: 0-941042-17-0. The Concepts, Process & Methods of SIA chronicles the conceptual and theoretical development of SIA by one of the founders and his colleagues. The 24 chapters are organized around the following topics: 1. Developing the concept of social impact assessment; 2.The process and methods of social impact assessment; 3.Case studies in social impact assessment; 4.Social impact assessment and the public involvement process; and 5.Social impact assessment in an international context.
- SOCIAL ASSESSMENT: THEORY, PROCESS AND TECHNIQUES, 3RD EDITION. C. Nicholas Taylor, Hobson Bryan and Colin Goodrich. 2004. Middleton, Wisconsin: Social Ecology Press, 220 pp. $16.95 ISBN: 0-941042-36-7. Social Assessment provides a process for research, planning and management of change arising from projects, programs, and policies. Applied to the design and implementation of changes causing social effects, the process is established internationally as an integral component of EIAs and decisionmaking. Application to projects ranges from community level to large infrastructure and industrial development. Strategic application of social assessment also occurs in the development of programs and policies.
- Social Impact Assessment Documents: A Manuel of Supporting Documents for SIA Courses. Rabel J. Burdge. 2003. Approximately 400 pp (mimeo) $22.00. This spiral bound mimeographed manual includes 22 sections of supporting information for practitioners actually involved in doing SIAs. Table of contents distributed as requested.
- The Practice of Social Impact Assessment: Part I. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Rabel J. Burdge. Guest Editor. 2003. 21(2): pp. 81-160. $10.00. The first of two special issues includes eight case studies where an SIA was actually completed. Settings include among others; mining in Aboriginal areas of Australia, Oil drilling in Canada, Salmon recovery in the US Pacific Northwest, Out of centre shopping malls and water projects in developing countries. View the table of contents on-line.
- The Practice of Social Impact Assessment: Part II. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, Rabel J. Burdge. Guest Editor. 2003. 21(3): pp. 166-250. $10.00. The second of two special issues includes eight case studies focusing on, for example, highway and road developments, restarting nuclear power plants, siting coal fired generators, siting waste disposal facilities and the impacts of reservoir development.
View the table of contents on-line.
These six books may be purchased directly from Rabel by a check drawn on a U.S. bank, Western Union, or international money order (no credit cards) made out and sent to:
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Phone 360-676-9892; FAX: 360-715-0985
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