Develop Green Roads into an implementable standard at the state DOT level. The State Pavement Technology Consortium (SPTC) provides an ideal forum of engaged state DOTs to collaborate on one overarching standard applicable to all. This research would fund collaboration among all five SPTC states to create a draft Green Roads standard acceptable to all five states.

Work on the study is proceeding on schedule. Interest in the project as there is much interest being displayed in this project. Presentations and papers (including audience, location, venue, etc.) are tracked at: http://www.greenroads.us/12/resources.html

Papers written this period (2)

Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J. and Soderlund, M. (Submitted June 2009). Greenroads: a sustainability performance metric for roadways. Submitted to Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Muench, S.T. and Anderson, J. (Submitted June 2009). Weighting a sustainability performance metric for roadways: Greenroads. Submitted to Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (2)

Anderson, J.; Muench, S.T. and Soderlund, M. (2009). Greenroads: A Sustainability Rating System for Roadways. Engineering Sustainability 2009: Innovations that Span Boundaries, 19-21 April 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J.1 and Soderlund, M.1 (2009). Greenroads: Development of a Sustainability Rating System for Roadways. Presentation at the Transportation Research Board’s 2009 Annual Meeting, 11-15 January 2009, Washington, DC.

Presentations (8)

Booth, M.; Muench, S.T. and Wiselogle, B. “The Green Road to Urban Design – Revitalization Meets Sustainability in Bothell, Washington�?, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 25-29, 2009.

Muench, S. T., “Sustainable Roadways: Greenroads�?, American Publics Works Association (APWA) Washington Chapter Spring Conference, Tacoma, WA, April 7-10, 2009.

Muench, S.T., “Greenroads�?, Road Builder’s Clinic, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 3-5 March 2009.

Muench, S.T., Anderson, J.L. and Soderlund, M., “Greenroads: a rating system that distinguishes high performance sustainable new, reconstructed or rehabilitated roads�?, Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference & Equipment Show, Denver, CO, 18-20 February 2009.

Muench, S.T. and Chan, C., “Greenroads�?, Roads to Green 2009 Conference sponsored by the Consulting Engineers of British Columbia (CEBC), Vancouver, B.C., 3 February 2009.

Muench, S.T. and Croft, C., Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD) Sustainability Best Practices and Greenroads. WFLHD Winter Conference, Portland, OR, 27 January 2009.

Muench, S.T., “Greenroads�?, Transportation Research Board 2009 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 11-15 January 2009.

Muench, S.T., “Rating your road for sustainability: Greenroads and construction activities�?, Transportation Research Board 2009 Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 11-15 January 2009.

Also, Greenroads has been presented to the City of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

The entire study to date and current rating system is posted at www.greenroads.us. This is a project-specific website. There is a link here to Café Press where you may purchase Greenroads merchandise.

Continue with Pilot Projects for WSDOT (perhaps SR 520) and Caltrans (I-80 in concert with Granite Construction). Find a Pilot Project for MnDOT.

None.

Working on pilot projects with WSDOT, Caltrans/Granite, City of Bothell/Perteet and City of Denver/PB. Website at www.greenroads.us is up and running.