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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION-ENVIRONMENT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Program Purpose

The Secretary is required to establish and carry out a surface transportation-environment cooperative research program (STECRP), and to establish an Advisory Board to make recommendations on environmental and energy conservation research, technology, and technology transfer activities related to surface transportation. [5107]

Funding

To be funded from Surface Transportation Research funds authorized under Section 5001(a)(1).

Program Activities

The research activities conducted under the STECRP are designed to:

• develop more accurate models for the evaluation of transportation control measures and transportation system designs that are appropriate for use by States and localities.

• to improve understanding of the factors that contribute to the demand for transportation.

• develop indicators of economic, social, and environmental performance of transportation systems to facilitate analysis of potential alternatives.

• study the relationship between highway density and ecosystem integrity.

• develop a rapid assessment methodology for use by transportation and regulatory agencies in determining the relationship between highway density and ecosystem integrity.

• meet additional priorities and recommendations as determined by an STECRP Advisory Board and by the National Research Council in the Environmental Research Needs in Transportation report.

STECRP Advisory Board

Requires the establishment of an Advisory Board, comprised of representatives of public and private transportation and environmental organizations, to make recommendations for additional research priorities.

National Academy of Sciences

The Secretary may make grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct activities relating to transportation-environmental research.

These activities may include research, technology, and technology transfer.

September 14, 1998