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Abstract

Transportation projects may be strengthened through use of advanced materials and system management and operations. Another consideration for transportation projects is that they may have impacts on air, water and noise pollution, habitat disruption and land use alterations, to name a few. As engineers, it is our responsibility to be guardians of public safety and to protect the environment. It is also clear that, to be able to ensure future generations have access to the resources we currently have, enduring practices are critical. Transportation projects have great potential in engaging in and promotion of robust practices such as use of advanced materials, integrated land use planning, and performance-based construction practices. Even though faculty may do an effective job covering the technical concepts, we often miss discussing context-sensitive transportation design methods. This is often due to lack of easily accessible and interactive resources. This project aims to fill this gap, through development of educational multimedia resources that faculty can easily access, adopt and share with their students. The educational resources will include materials (active learning activities, examples, discussion prompts), short informative videos, resources list for related content, interviews with experts in site-specific environmental considerations and contextual decision-making in transportation design. The multimedia materials will be hosted through the website created by the CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.

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