State DOTs will provide short presentations highlighting innovative and interesting challenges and/or successful practices in a “lightning round” format.

• Moderator: Tim Sexton, Minnesota DOT
• Oklahoma DOT: Click here
• Maryland DOT: Click here
• California DOT: Click here
• Pennsylvania DOT: Click here
• Ohio DOT: Click here
• South Carolina DOT: Click here
• Texas DOT: Click here
• Washington State DOT: Click here

This session will provide attendees the opportunity to hear the latest about transportation reauthorization and AASHTO’s FAST Act Reauthorization process, as well as receive the latest information from FHWA regarding environmental policy, including One Federal Decision (OFD), SEP-16, and fiscal constraint.

• Shannon Eggleston, AASHTO
• Shari Schaftlein, Director, Office of Human Environment, FHWA
• Heather Holsinger, Office of Natural Environment, FHWA
• Emily Biondi, Director, Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, FHWA
• Presentation: Click here

The Ray—located on 18 miles of West Georgia’s I-85—is a proving ground for evolving ideas and technologies that will transform the transportation infrastructure of the future. Allie Kelly, The Ray Executive Director, will discuss the innovative pilots underway along an 18-mile transportation corridor and what the future holds for transportation infrastructure.

• Allie Kelly, Executive Director, The Ray
• Presentation: Click here

Representatives from various DOTs, Universities, and Consultants will be presenting on recent projects, case studies, innovative solutions, and emerging environmental topics

• Arizona DOT
• California DOT
• Colorado DOT
• Colorado DOT
• Georgia DOT
• Georgia DOT
• Iowa DOT
• Maryland DOT
• Mississippi DOT 
• New Jersey DOT
• Nevada DOT 
• Nevada DOT 
• North Carolina DOT
• Pennlynia DOT 
• Washington State DOT 

• NCHRP Update: Ann Hartell, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
• CES Research Update and Hot Topics: Tony Opperman, Research Task Force Chair, Virginia DOT
• Presentation: Click here

FHWA will present the winners of 2019 Environmental Excellence Awards (EEA) to leaders across the country who make outstanding contributions to environmental stewardship and partnerships above and beyond traditional transportation project outcomes.

• Shari Schaftlein, Director, Office of Human Environment, FHWA
• Heather Holsinger, Office of Natural Environment, FHWA
• Emily Biondi, Director, Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, FHWA
• Damaris Santiago, Team Leader, Project Mitigation Team, FHWA
• Presentation: Click here

This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to hear about innovative solutions related to NEPA CEs being used by Caltrans and the South Carolina DOT.

• Improvements to CEs and Permitting, Jennifer Gillies, California DOT
• NEPA Box, Chad Long, South Carolina DOT
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This session will provide an overview of the highlights from the 2018 TRB, AASHTO, and FHWA Resilience Innovations Exchange & Summit as well as information about the upcoming 2019 International Conference on Transportation System Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Events.

• Carol Lee Roalkvam, Subcommittee Chair, Washington State DOT
• Paula Hammond, WSP
• Melissa Savage, AASHTO
• Presentation: Click here

Many state DOTs have instituted new successful methods for public engagement. This session will provide examples from Iowa DOT on ways they are modernizing public engagement.

• Brad Hofer, Iowa DOT
• Valerie Brewer, Iowa DOT
• Presentation: Click here

As post World War II housing “comes of age,” states are exploring ways to streamline historic property surveys. Presentations include an overview of an NCHRP 25-25 study that evaluated efficient survey methods as well as perspectives from two states.

• NCHRP Task 110 Results, Tony Opperman, Subcommittee Research Coordinator, Virginia DOT
• A Perspective from Ohio, Erica Schneider, Ohio DOT
• A Perspective from Georgia, Gail D’Avino, Georgia DOT
• Presentation: Click here

This session will provide an overview of the highlights from the 2018 TRB, AASHTO, and FHWA Resilience Innovations Exchange & Summit as well as information about the upcoming 2019 International Conference on Transportation System Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Events.

• Carol Lee Roalkvam, Subcommittee Chair, Washington State DOT
• Paula Hammond, WSP
• Melissa Savage, AASHTO
• Presentation: Click here

Programmatic Agreements are an effective streamlining tool. Studies generally focus on program-wide agreements. Less understood are agreements prepared at the project level. This afternoon’s session will include a discussion on efforts to train staff in PA development as well as two project level examples.

• Recent Training on PAs, Carolyn Holthoff, Oregon DOT
• PA for a One Federal Decision Project, Tony Opperman, Virginia DOT
• Project Example from Colorado, Jane Hann, Colorado DOT
• Presentation: Click here

Minnesota DOT Cultural Resource staff will highlight their initiatives including historic bridges and roads, suburbia, and online inventories and portals.

• Kristen Zschomler, Minnesota DOT & MnDOT Cultural Resources Staff
• Presentation: Click here

The AASHTO Board of Directors recently established a Tribal Liaison Community of Practice to address tribal activities. Session attendees will receive an update on their efforts from the CoP chair.

• Rhonda Fair, Oklahoma DOT
• Presentation: Click here

The “It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air” program is a long-standing air quality outreach and education program, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, that provides transportation and air quality agencies free commercial quality marketing materials and resources they can use to reduce emissions from transportation. FHWA is in the process of updating and refreshing the program materials and its website. Information about the program and what state DOTs can do to assist in this effort will be presented.

• John Zamurs, Zamurs and Associates
• Presentation: Click here

The consultant team for the NCHRP 08-117 will provide an overview of the recently completed guidebook. The objective of NCHRP Project 08-117 “Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation” was to provide guidance for DOT and other transportation agency decision-makers on practical ways to assess the likely impact of transformational technologies on future activity centers, land use, and travel demand within their regions.

• Abby Morgan, Kittelson and Associates
• Presentation: Click here

Over late 2018 and early 2019, NGA held a series of regional workshops to discuss electrification opportunities and challenges.
Several state DOTs participated. NGA is releasing a report summarizing the discussions at each of the workshop and will discuss the findings during this session.

• Garrett Eucalitto, Transportation Program Director, NGA
• Presentation: Click here

The TPF was established by Washington State DOT, FHWA, and several state departments of transportation (DOTs), including those from Arizona, California, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia, to help agencies identify and address a broad range of nearroad issues. The contractor will provide a summary of this beneficial and productive multi-year effort.

• Steven Brown, Ph.D., Sonoma Technologies, Inc.
• Presentation: Click here

CARTEEH focuses on the impact of transportation emissions on human health. CARTEEH is a Tier-1 center, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) under the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) leads the CARTEEH consortium consisting of four partner universities: Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and the University of California, Riverside (UCR).

• Joe Zietsman, Ph.D., CARTEEH Director, Agency Assistant Director and Strategic Advisor, Center Director, Texas A&M
  Transportation Institute
• Presentation: Click here

Sharing lessons learned about recently listed species habitat support happening in Minnesota, and possible applications of these lessons regarding this approach for other species.

• Michelle Boone, Minnesota DOT
• Presentation: Click here

Minnesota DOT will share examples of effective management of blowing snow.

• Dan Gullickson, Minnesota DOT
• Presentation: Click here

This session will provide an overview of the award-winning wildlife and safety improvements gained through a landscape-scale approach to habitat connectivity and traffic safety in Elko County.

• Nova Simpson, Nevada DOT
• Presentation: Click here

This session will provide updates on recently completed research on stormwater, bats, and monarch butterfly use of roadsides.

• Kris Gade, Subcommittee Vice-Chair, Arizona DOT
• Presentation: Click here

These assessments are a fairly new requirement that has trials and errors at the beginning. This panel will discuss lessons learned regarding functional stream assessment criteria and how modifications were necessary to make this work.

• Susannah Kniazewycz, Tennessee DOT
• Darlene Weaver, Oregon DOT
• Erica Schneider, Ohio DOT
• Presentation: Click here

During this session, state DOTs will share stories from the field, surprise encounters and other unusual events. Arizona, Minnesota, and Maine will start the conversation and the audience is encouraged to share their own stories as well.

• Hedgehog Cactus Salvage in Arizona, Kris Gade, Arizona DOT
• Potassium Acetate as an Alternative to Salt and Upcoming Research to Estimate Potential Environmental effects, Nick Tiedeken, Minnesota DOT
• “Fish Surprise” Story, Eric Ham, Maine DOT
• Presentation: Click here

• SCOE/SCOD What’s Hot 2017

• Poster Presentation Handout
• Automated Roadway Design Model Conversion for Driving Simulation
• A Geospatial Wetlands Mitigation Forecasting Model
• Case Analysis of Inherent Programmatic Sustainability Resulting from Application of Context Sensitive Design Principles
• Project Managers Boot Camp
• Iowa DOT_HDR_I-80 Automated Corridors
• How to Consider a Changing Climate in Transportation Project Development
• Partnering to create Delaware’s first pollinator mitigation site
• Put some Mussel into it – Mussel conservation at I-74 Bridge
• Vulnerability Assessment & Coastal Green Infrastructure Solutions
• Public Involvement Management Application (PIMA)

• Topic 1 – Technology and Design in Environmental
• Topic 2 – Project Development and Management
• Topic 3 – Flexible Design
• Topic 4 – Design and Environmental Streamlining

• CC1A Why Did the Person Cross the Road

• CC1B Collaborating with the Netherlands on Climate Resiliency Tools
• CC1B Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Enabling Resiliency
• CC1B Incorporating Resiliency for Existing Infrastructure in Iowa
• CC1B Progression from Assessment to Action
• CC1B Sustainable Drainage Design Strategies in Coastal Regions
• CC1B Transportation System Vulnerability in Ohio

• CC1C Environmental Assessment Utilizing Remote Sensed Data
• CC1C MaPIT—MassDOT’s GIS-driven Project Initiation and Environmental Screening Tool
• CC1C Revamping Public Outreach through Story Maps
• CC1C Coordinating Maintenance and Capital Program

• CC2A Building a Practical Solutions Culture at CDOT
• CC2A Complete Streets and Context-Based Design
• CC2A Kentucky SHIFTS Toward the Future
• CC2A Design Build and NEPA
• CC2A Performance-Based Project Development at ODOT

• CC2B Solar Distillation for Treatment and Reuse of Greywater Generated from Vehicle Washing and Plow Melt Water
• CC2B Oregon’s Stormwater Technology Testing Center
• CC2B Current Topics in FHWA Floodplain, Hydrology, and Hydraulics Activities
• CC2B Fish Passage Design Issues for Climate Resilience and Vulnerability
• CC2B Blood, Sweat, and Tiers—Four Years, Three Agencies, Two Funding Sources, and One Endangered Fish

• CC2C Roadway Lighting – LED lighting concerns related to the AMA statement

• Integrating SHRP2 into New Mexico Projects
• Risk Management for Project Development – The Pennsylvania Approach
• FDOT Statewide Acceleration Transformation (SWAT)
• AASHTOWare Project – What It Can Do for Your Agency

• CC3A Bridging the Gap in Arizona – Communicating Environmental Commitments from Design to Construction
• CC3A Identifying Environmental Commitments and Tracking During Construction
• CC3A Ohio’s Constructability Process
• CC3A Delivering & Developing a Context Sensitive Solution in a Mountain Environment

• CC3B Trends in the Human Environment – Streamlining and Stewardship
• CC3B PennDOT Connects
• CC3B Accelerated Community and Agency Involvement for the Hampton Roads Crossing Study SEIS
• CC3B Community Mitigation and Stewardship aspects associated with Intercounty Connector