Formal Comments

Greenroads strives to make roadway sustainability an open and interactive forum and growing body of knowledge. This means that public input is very valuable to us and we continually offer the opportunity to provide comments on the Greenroads Manual. We have taken the time to solicit comments from several organizations that are key stakeholders in roadway design and construction as we develop the next version of the rating system.

We have contacted the executive in charge of the organizations listed below requesting formal comments on the current version of the Greenroads Manual. Formal comments can be provided to us by an individual representative of the organization (or any individual) through our online commenting tool or, as is more common for large organizations, through a single document of consolidated comments. We also provide responses to comments after due consideration.

Comments Received

Formal comments have been received by the following organizations:

Individual comments have been posted on the Online Manual from these organizations:

U.S. Department of Interior: National Parks Service
Complete Streets Coalition

Comments Solicited

Requests for comments sent in June 2011.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Transit Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation: Livability
U.S. Department of Transportation: Research and Innovative Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Interior
National Highway Transportation Safety Board
United Nationals Environment Programme
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CalRecycle)
U.S. Green Building Council
Cascadia Green Building Council
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
American Society of Civil Engineers: Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers: Construction Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers: Environmental & Water Resources Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers: GeoInstitute
American Society of Civil Engineers: Structural Engineers Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers: Transportation and Development Institute
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Society of Landscape Architects
Association of General Contractors
Institute of Transportation Engineers
American Public Works Association
American Public Works Association: Center for Sustainability
Sierra Club
National Resources Defense Council
World Resources Institute
Nature Conservancy
Conservation International
Environmental Defense Fund

Requests for comments sent in August 2011.

National Asphalt Pavement Association
Asphalt Institute
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Portland Cement Association
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
American Concrete Pavement Association
National Ready Mix Concrete Association
National Stone Sand and Gravel Association
Interlocking Concrete Pavers Institute
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
Utility and Transportation Contractors of America
National Association of Regional Councils
American Planning Association
Smart Growth America
Complete Streets Coalition
National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation
International Road Federation
Construction Materials Recycling Association
Building Materials Recycling Association
U.S. Department of Commerce: EDA
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
American Center for Life Cycle Assessment

More Information

If your organization would like to participate, please send us a note at info@greenroads.org or call 888.693.2012.

If you see your organization listed above, but we have not received comments from it and you want to participate, please talk to the executive in charge. Otherwise, you can submit your own individual comments by registering as a Reviewer.