Kevin Adderly, Federal Highway Administration, at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference.

1. National RPO Council of Peers Meeting
April 25, 2012
FHWA Office of Planning, Environment,
& Realty Activity Update
Kevin
Adderly, kevin.adderly@dot.gov
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2. Performance Workshops
Regional Workshops on Performance Management &
Performance Based Planning and Programming
• Centered around discussion and examples of using
transportation system performance measures as part of
the planning process.
• The 1st Regional workshop was in the SE on March 29th
• 4 to 5 additional workshops will be held around the
country
• Preliminary plans for NE states in June and Midwest in
September
Contact: Harlan Miller, Harlan.Miller@DOT.GOV

3. Livability
Awareness Building
Webinars
• CSS Clearinghouse Sponsored Livability Webinar
(September 2009)
• CTE Livability Webcast (November 2009)
Capacity Building
• FHWA/FTA Livability Initiative Training
• Transportation and Land Use Webinar
• Freight and Livability Planning on the Web Session
• How to Work with Partners to Advance Livability
Webinar
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4. Livability
Capacity Building
• Livability in Transportation Guidebook
• Livable Communities Strategic Initiative
-The Role of FHWA Programs in Livability: State of the
Practice Summary
-Regional Livability Workshops
-Tool kit of materials (fact sheets, livability principles
videos)
- Creating Livable Communities Booklet
• Developing Performance Measures Guidebook

5. Livability
Capacity Building
• Fostering Livable Communities Newsletter
• The first edition is posted
• Published quarterly
• An option to subscribe will be available soon.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/livability/
Report to Congress
• Non-motorized Transportation Pilot Program
• Shows how 4 communities of varying sizes improved their
improved their walking and bicycling systems.
• Also quantifies the benefits of the improvements
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/ntpp.htm

6. INVEST
IN-VEST - Infrastructure Voluntary
Evaluation Sustainability Tool
A web-based self-evaluation tool for
measuring sustainability over the life
cycle of a transportation project or
program — from system and project
planning through design and
construction, to operations and
maintenance

7. INVEST Goals
 Encourage sustainable highway practices
 Internal improvement
 External recognition
 Help agencies measure sustainability and quantify tradeoffs
 Provide a framework for communicating with stakeholders
about sustainability
 Establish a method for evaluating sustainable highway
systems, projects, programs

8. Next Steps
For Sustainable Highways For INVEST
Program • Pilot Testing
 Continue strong • PD – completed
coordination within • OM – completed
FHWA and with partners • SP – completed
and stakeholders • Weighting & Scoring Review -
 Create program ongoing
structure, partner on key • Updates to Website - ongoing
program/research gaps • Version 1.0 Release – Summer 2012

9. www.sustainablehighways.org
www.sustainablehighways.dot.gov
Michael Culp Connie Hill Heather Holsinger
Michael.culp@dot.gov Connie.hill@dot.gov Heather.holsinger@dot.gov