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Public Lands

Quieter Pavements

The National Park Service has 5,500 miles of publicly accessible paved roads in the national parks, and noise due to vehicles traveling on these roads is a significant contributor to anthropogenic noise in the parks. In many cases, emissions can be reduced by utilizing pavement wearing courses...

Forest Service Transit in Parks Archive

The Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks (TRIP) Program was administered by the Federal Transit Administration in consultation with the Department of the Interior and provided roughly $25 million annually to federal land management agencies and partners for alternative transportation implementation...

Forest Service Transportation Assistance Groups (TAGs)

The goal of a TAG is to provide transportation-focused technical assistance to public land agencies. This technical assistance often includes analyzing existing conditions, identifying transportation problems and needs, making recommendations for future transportation planning and solutions, and...