H1: Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Annual Report H2: Executive Summary
STEP Emphasis Areas Text Version
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Planning, Environment and Realty's (HEP) Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP) ended on September 30, 2012. For current HEP research information, please see HEP's research web site.
Environment
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Water/Wetlands/Vegetation/Wildlive/Habitat
- Historic Preservation
- Livability
- Bicycles/Pedestrians
- Noise
- Environmental Streamlining/Stewardship
- Context Sensitive Solutions
Real Estate Services
- Real Estate Program Stewardship
- Outdoor Advertising Control
Planning
- Congestion
- Safety Planning
- Freight Planning
- Public Involvement, Visualization in Planning/Environmental Justice
- Other Activities that Support State/Local/Tribal Planning Capacity Building
- U.S./Canada & U.S./Mexico Border Planning
- National Security, Defense, & Interstate Planning
Tools to Support Planning and Environment
- GIS/Spatial Information for Improved Decision Making
- Travel Modeling
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