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TECHNICAL REPORT |
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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-036 Date: March 2018 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-036 Date: March 2018 |
This appendix lists questions asked verbatim on October 14–15, 2015 by the evaluation team to peer exchange participants as well as summary responses. The questions were mounted on boards and answered with sticker dots or written in on Post-It notes. Informal conversations with attendees also contributed to data collection.
Improvements | MPO | DOT |
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Faster project delivery | 2Y; 1half/half | 3Y; 1N |
More transparency | 3Y | 4Y |
Better relationships within agency | 1Y; 1N | 3Y; 1 half/half |
Better relationships with partners | 2Y; 1N | 3Y; 1 half/half |
Streamlined data | 3Y | 2Y; 1N; 1 half/half |
Better environmental outcomes | 1Y; 1half/half | 4Y |
+ | MPO | DOT |
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Partner with other organizations | 3Y | 6Y |
Integrate spatial data for natural resources, transportation, and land use | 3Y | 4Y; 2N |
Look at different planning scenarios and outcomes based on current land use and transportation plans, and also alternatives | 3Y | 4Y; 2N |
Evaluate the alternatives and select options with your partners that minimize environmental impacts | 2Y; 1N | 4Y; 1N |
Develop a mitigation plan | 1Y; 2N | 7Y |
Identified areas of land that can be used to mitigate impacts of projects taking into consideration ecosystem conservation/ different habitats | 2Y; 1N | 6Y |
Outlined roles, responsibilities, and agreements at the project level, and performance standards for mitigation | 2N; 1Y | 5Y; 1N |
Track ecological data in the sites that have been set aside for mitigation/ in the project area | 3N | 6Y |
Y = yes and N = no.