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Guidance on Using Corridor and Subarea Planning to Inform NEPA

Federal Highway Administration, April 5, 2011

Categorized Under: Transportation

This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidance, developed with support of ICF, is provided to assist transportation planners and environmental practitioners in the use of corridor and subarea planning to inform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process. This document responds to the need for additional guidance on how best to use corridor and subarea planning to bridge the transportation planning and NEPA processes, so that the results of a multimodal, systems-level corridor or subarea planning study may be used as part of the overall project development process consistent with NEPA and FHWA regulations.

Authored By

Harrison Rue
PrincipalICF International

Harrison Rue has expertise in sustainability and climate change, integrating transportation and land use, green building and infrastructure, and public participation. He is leading interagency outreach for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Gulf Coast Phase 2 Climate Adaptation Study and developing Livability in Transportation and Environmental Justice Guidebooks for FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration.

Mr. Rue was Vice President of the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, served three terms on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology, and served as a member of the Virginia Governor's Commission on Climate Change. He authored EPA's Growing Smarter, Living Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active Aging.