Canadian Guide for Greener Roads Released

Thursday, April 2, 2015

A new publication promoting smart growth and multi-modal transportation solutions is now available for sale in the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Bookstore.

Priced at $109 for TAC members and $149 for non-members (order code PTM-CGGR-E), the Canadian Guide for Greener Roads (2015) (CGGR) also promotes safe, enduring roadway infrastructure and more sustainable construction and maintenance principles.

The CGGR helps users self-evaluate and strengthen the benefits of integrating sustainability principles into Canadian roadway projects.  It is intended for technical laypersons such as environmental planners and transportation engineers with some technical understanding who may not be subject-matter experts.

The CGGR also helps decision-makers reduce the less desirable social, economic and environmental impacts of roads while encouraging processes, practices and products that will yield more sustainable outcomes. Not a design document, it encourages users to consult applicable jurisdictional requirements, technical standards and guidance documents, and to obtain professional advice as required.  

The Canadian Guide for Greener Roads – User Manual includes:

  • CHAPTER 1: goals and scope, and links to other environmental processes
  • CHAPTER 2: how to use the guide to self-evaluate road projects, strengthen their sustainability benefits, and support agency plans and programs
  • CHAPTER 3: the guide’s development process
  • APPENDIX A: sustainability objectives that describe the sustainability benefits related to a road project
  • APPENDIX B: sustainability practices (such as ‘Bicycle Access’ or ‘Habitat Retention’) that can be addressed in a project in order to achieve the sustainability objectives
  • APPENDIX C: sustainability questions related to the practices that can be used to self-evaluate a road project

The user manual is accompanied by an interactive tool, which can be opened with Microsoft Access (version 2010 or later) or Microsoft Runtime.  The tool filters and links the sustainability practices to sustainability questions and objectives.  It helps users access relevant information easily and in a variety of ways, and allows them to choose between finding practices and undertaking the self-evaluation. A PDF-version of the user manual is included in the interactive tool, as are instructional videos via the ‘Help’ button.

Users can access the CGGR in their choice of two formats:

  • a printed user manual, accompanied by a CD ROM, which contains: the interactive tool as described above; and PDF versions of each sustainability practice
  • a CD ROM which contains: the interactive tool as described above; and PDF versions of each sustainability practice

The French version of this publication is currently in the works. 

 


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