ADC60 Research Resources TRB's varied activities annually draw on more than 5,000 engineers, scientists, and other transportation researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors and academia, all of whom contribute their expertise in the public interest by participating on TRB committees, panels, and task forces. The program is supported by state transportation departments, the various administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies, industry associations, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation.   TRB Committee ADC60 shares the latest knowledge, expertise, and experience in development and integration of proactive environmental management systems and sustainability concepts into transportation programs in the industry's evolution from a solid and hazardous waste remediation and management approach to a resource efficiency approach. The committee focuses on systems-based solutions and research associated with resource efficiency-and contamination-related technical areas such as toxic and hazardous materials tracking, pollution prevention, product substitution and green designs, recycling and reuse of materials, advances in environmental site assessment technologies and methodologies, and brownfields programs.   The literature and results of the research that is being conducted are spread out across different agencies, organization and institutions. In an effort to centralize some of this literature that is available on the web, the following list and links have been compiled. With easier access to this literature, researchers, consultants or regulators can make use of the information provided.   Research Links:   Transportation Research Board (TRB)   TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) system is now freely available as TRIS Online at http://ntl.bts.gov/tris/ and Research in Progress can be found at http://rip.trb.org/search/.   Research findings are published in the NCHRP Reports series and the NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice series. The reporting format is designed specifically to accommodate the transportation administrator and practicing engineer. In addition, to provide the earliest possible awareness and use of the research findings, NCHRP Research Results Digests and NCHRP Legal Research Digests are issued as warranted. All of these reports are available at the TRB Bookstore. Copies of all published reports are issued to the chief administrative officer of each highway and transportation department and widely within TRB circles.   TRB Committee ADC60 – Committee for Resource Management and Efficiency in Transportation. http://www.trb-adc60.org/links.html Internet link to other sites on the Web that address issues of Waste Management in Transportation (federal agencies, state/local agencies and other national organizations).   International Transport Research Documents (ITRD) – http://www.itrd.org/   The ITRD database reflects the transport research literature of 23 countries including most of the European countries, Australia, Latin America, Canada, China, and Japan. It also includes abstracts of transport literature published by other organizations/associations such as the US Transportation Research Board (TRB), the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) and the World Road Association (PIARC). Each record contains an informative abstract in one of the four official ITRD languages represented in the database: English, French, German and Spanish. The ITRD quadric-lingual thesaurus allows searching by the term code which is the same whatever the language of abstract. Subject Coverage -Accident studies -Construction of pavements, bridges, and tunnels -Design of roads and releated structures -Drainage of soils -Earthworks -Environment -Highway financing and administration -Materials & Maintenance -Road Safety, accidents -Soils and rock mechanics -Traffic & Transport -Vehicles Sources -Journals (>500 journals covered) -Series -Books -Conference contributions -Company publications -Dissertations -Patents -Reports -Standards and Specifications -Non-conventional literature File Data -1972 to the present -More than 350,000 citations -Updated monthly with about 1000 records   ITRD ONLINE Via the STN host system - ·         Some 350,000 abstracts are available covering both publications (journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, books) and ongoing and completed research. ·         Updated monthly when approx. 1000 new records are added. ·         Searchable via the STN Express software. ·         Available on the Internet using STN Easy. ·         For details of the local STN agent in your country, contact Fiz Karlsruhe   Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Publication Catalogue http://www.astswmo.org/   The ASTSWMO is an organization supporting the environmental agencies of the States and trust territories. ASTSWMO focuses on the needs of State hazardous waste programs; non-hazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste programs; recycling, waste minimization, and reduction programs; Superfund and State cleanup programs; waste management and cleanup activities at federal facilities, and underground storage tank and leaking underground storage tank programs. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) http://www.transportation.org/   AASHTO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It represents all five transportation modes: air, highways, public transportation, rail, and water. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system.   AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence: http://environment.transportation.org/   The AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence has been developed in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration to promote environmental stewardship and to encourage innovative ways to streamline the transportation delivery process. The Center is designed to serve as a resource for transportation professionals seeking technical assistance, training, information exchange, partnership-building opportunities, and quick and easy access to environmental tools.   Links to webpages covering different environmental issues (ie, Waste Recycling: http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/waste_recycling/docs_reports.aspx#bookmark0)   Links to webpages covering different environment related TRB committees (ie ADC60/Waste Management in transportation) http://environment.transportation.org/resources/research_news/   AASHTO Bookstore https://bookstore.transportation.org/Home.aspx   Recycled Materials Resource Center (RMRC) http://www.rmrc.unh.edu/default.asp   Mission Statement -To systematically test, evaluate, develop appropriate guidelines for and demonstrate environmentally acceptable increased use of recycled materials in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance, -To make information available to State transportation departments, the Federal Highway Administration, the construction industry, and other interested parties, -To encourage the increased use of recycled materials by using sound science to analyze potential long-term considerations that affect the physical and environmental performance, and -To work cooperatively with Federal and State officials to reduce the institutional barriers that limit widespread use recycled materials and to ensure that such increased use is consistent with the sustained environmental and physical integrity. The Center has a special interest in the long-term physical and environmental consequences of recycled material use.   Focus areas: · (i) testing and evaluation guidelines and specifications; · (ii) material specific research and development; · (iii) economics of secondary materials; · (iv) new materials and innovative technologies; · (v) field trials of secondary materials; · (vi) technical services; and · (vii) technology deployment and delivery, and training.   Fifteen research projects have been completed to date. A completed research project is one where all the research, reports and end products have been finished and accepted by the RMRC. Once a project is finished, the RMRC Outreach Program focuses on dissemination of the project results and products through the RMRC website, newsletter, conferences, and workshops. Most of the results and products from the completed projects can be downloaded from the RMRC website.   Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center – http://www.tfhrc.gov   TFHRC provides FHWA and the world highway community with the most advanced research and development related to new highway technologies. The research focuses on providing solutions to complex technical problems through the development of more economical, environmentally sensitive designs; more efficient, quality controlled constructions practices; and more durable materials. The end result is a safer, more reliable highway transportation system.   Recycled Materials in the Highway Environment / Publications: http://www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/pubs.htm   Library of Publications & Research Material http://www.tfhrc.gov/library/library.htm   Periodicals http://www.tfhrc.gov/periodicals.htm   Shingle Recycling http://www.shinglerecycling.org/literature.asp While asphalt shingle recycling may not be common place in many areas of the U.S., this technology has been researched and practiced for many years. The results of many of these efforts have been written up in a variety of different technical reports and papers. A number of web resources such as fact sheets are also available. The following provide the user to lists of these documents. Where possible, a source for obtaining the document is provided (e.g. a Web site or company).   Northeast-Midwest Institute http://www.nemw.org/ The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, non-profit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.   U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) http://www.dot.gov/citizen_services/libraries/index.html Links to various transportation related libraries, on-line publications and databases   National Transportation Library (NTL) http://ntl.bts.gov/ Charged with improving the availability of transportation-related information needed by Federal, state, and local decision-makers, the National Transportation Library's (NTL) mission is to increase timely access to the information that supports transportation policy, research, operations, and technology transfer activities. The NTL was established in 1998 through the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and serves as a repository of materials from public, academic and private organizations.   The Bureau of Transportation statistics administers the National Transportation Library in cooperation with its federal, state, and local partners.   USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pubstats.html Electronic Reading Room   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) – Office of Research & Development (ORD) http://www.epa.gov/ord/ The USEPA relies on sound science to safeguard both human health and the environment. The ORD is the scientific research arm of EPA. ORD's leading-edge research helps provide the solid underpinning of science and technology for the Agency. ORD conducts research on ways to prevent pollution, protect human health, and reduce risk. The work at ORD laboratories, research centers, and offices across the country helps improve the quality of air, water, soil, and the way we use resources. Applied science at ORD builds our understanding of how to protect and enhance the relationship between humans and the ecosystems of Earth.   Research Publications List: http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_pubquery.cfm?detype=document&ref_site=ORD This page lists research publications meeting your criteria, organized alphabetically by publication title. Scroll down the list to find the publication for your choice in the alphabetical title listing.     National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/index.htm The National Service Center for Environmental Publications maintains and distributes EPA publications in hardcopy, CD ROM and other multi-media formats. The current publication inventory includes over 7,000 titles. NSCEP also develops and distributes the annual EPA National Publications Catalog   National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) http://nepis.epa.gov/ NSPIS is EPA's largest electronic documents site which allows you to search view and print, including full images of all original pages and full-text, from a collection of over 10,000 archival and current documents.  This collection may include documents that are no longer available in print form.  ORD publications are listed at "Publication Title List - 600 Series."   EPA Publications Source: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm Provides information on other sources of EPA publications.