Planning for Transportation Facilities and Wildlife

Files related to Transportation Planning, Design and Management to Support Wildlife.

Wildlife Habitat Planning Strategies, Design Features and Best Management Practices for Florida Communities and Landowners

Chapter 8 - Planning for Transportation Facilities and Wildlife

Transportation Planning and Wildlife

  Wildlife Crossing along Highway 29, Fakahatchee Strand - Has a secondary wildlife bridge (white sand area) that crosses a canal leading to the underpass with fencing.   Roads as a barrier ...

Wildlife and Transportation Articles

Relevant articles addressing Transportation Planning and Design - Wildlife Conservation ConsiderationsWildlife Habitat Connectivity Across European HighwaysWILDLIFE CROSSINGS IN NORTH AMERICA: THE ...

Principles for Planning/Designing Transportation Infrastructure Through or Near Sensitive Areas

Summary: A number of guidelines for planning transportation infrastructurethrough or near sensitive areas  Guiding Principles for Planning Transportation Infrastructure Through or Near ...

Code of Practice for the Introduction of Biological and Landscape Diversity Considerations

Switzerland, The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, and the Russian Federation developed a code that addresses wildlife and the transporation network in Europe. The Code relates to linear transport systems, comprising roads, railways and inland navigation along waterways, such as canals and rivers. It aims to assist elected representatives, decision makers, and practitioners as well as nature conservation bodies in the understanding of the main issues and solutions associated with the planning,design and use of linear transportation networks i.e. roads, railways and inland navigation channels, in relation to the landscape and biological diversity.

Nordic Road

This article discusses wildlife crossings in Scandinavia and contains some dramatic photos pertaining to the crossings, but also has some interesting engineering discussion regarding roads, trains, and bridges. Worth a look.

Wildlife Connectivity Across European Highways

They've been at it longer than we have, and have set international policy to address habitat and transportation issues. Lots of photos showing many types of structures.

Where the Wildlife Meet the Road

This article from the Federal Highway Administration discusses the successes of two states, Vermont and Arizona, in conducting scans for wildlife and sensitive habitat based on Europe's existing policies. It shows the value of several agencies and non-governmental organizations in developing context-sensitive roadways.

Roads and their Major Ecological Effects, by Richard T.T. Forman & Lauren E. Alexander

Gaping holes in our knowledge of road ecology represent research opportunities with a short lag between theory and application. Current ecological knowledge clusters around five major topics: (a) roadsides and adjacent strips; (b) road and vehicle effects on populations; (c) water, sediment, chemicals, and streams; (d ) the road network; and (e) transportation policy and planning.

Highways and Habitat, from the Pacific Northwest Research Station

From the Snoqualmie Pass area in Washington state, scientists study wildlife impacts along roadways, and discuss solutions.

Wildlife Crossings Toolkit

This toolkit contains many links and examples of responsible roadway planning for wildlife.

Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects

This Federal Highway Administration article cites several examples of accomplishing multiple objectives, going beyond traditional project specific approaches.

A Strategy for Mitigating Highway Impacts on Wildlife, by Scott D. Jackson and Curtice R. Griffin

this work, by Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts, Amherst details understandings of how wildlife crossings work for certain species and how they have to be tailored for more sensitive.

Center for Transportation and the Environment Website

Contains lots of links to work already being done with wildlife crossings, etc.

WILDLIFE CROSSINGS IN NORTH AMERICA: THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE.

WILDLIFE CROSSINGS IN NORTH AMERICA: THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. By Dr. P. C. Cramer, Research Associate, and Dr. John A. Bissonette, Research Scientist, USGS Utah Coop Unit, Utah State University. In this paper we present results from a telephone survey as part of a National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project, Evaluation of the Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings (NCHRP 25-27). Specifically, we present a summary of North American efforts to mitigate road effects for wildlife. We stress the need to provide multiple wildlife passages along transportation corridors to begin to accommodate the movement of the full complement of species in an area.

Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Across European Highways

FHWA-PL-02-011 Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Across European Highways The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) sponsored an international technology scan to learn what actions are being taken in Europe to address habitat and wildlife issues