Transportation Resources

Innovative Materials and Good Practices

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination

• Fact Sheet - Outfall Inventory Overview.doc (pdf) (394.03 KB)

Maintenance of Best Management Practices

• Caltrans BMP Field Manual Troubleshooting Guide (pdf) (1.34 MB)

Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping

• Environmental Stewardship Practices, Procedures, and Policies for Highway Construction and Maintenance (pdf) (4.86 MB)

Site-Specific

• Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities (pdf) (9.04 MB)

Selecting Best Management Practices

• Stormwater Quality Benefits of a Porous Asphalt Overlay (pdf) (308.48 KB)
• Tennessee State DOT Post-Construction Stormwater Best Management Practices Research Report (pdf) (19.78 MB)

Specific Pollutants

• Preliminary Environmental Investigation of Heavy Metals in Highway Runoff (pdf) (453.73 KB)

Case Studies and Projects

Highway/Interstate

• Compost Use on State Highway Applications: Current Compost Usage by State DOTs (pdf) (1.5 MB)

Local Roads/Streets

• Street Reconstruction with Pervious Pavers in Westmoreland neighborhood of Portland, Oregon (pdf) (210.47 KB)

Alleys

• The Chicago Green Alley Handbook (pdf) (3.72 MB)

Shared Use Paths

• Connections - The National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse Newsletter - Fall 2007 (pdf) (565.1 KB)