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There are several global centers for the study of road ecology: 1) The Road Ecology Center [3] at the University of California, Davis, which was the first of its kind in the world; 2) the Centro Brasileiro de Estudos em Ecologia de Estradas at the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil; [4] 3) The Center for Transportation and the Environment ...
Other environmental impacts of transport systems include traffic congestion and automobile-oriented urban sprawl, which can consume natural habitat and agricultural lands. By reducing transport emissions globally, it is predicted that there will be significant positive effects on Earth's air quality, acid rain, smog, and climate change. [6]
Road construction and usage can serve as a significant source of mortality for wildlife. [5] [6] Roads can affect animal movements either by acting as a barrier or allowing easier movement. [7] [6] [8] [9] Habitat fragmentation caused by road expansion can impact the movement and migration of species, as well as breeding and genetic structure.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a pilot project that would allow a company to build a small road made out of a radioactive fertilizer byproduct — drawing environmentalist ire.
Roadless area conservation is a conservation policy limiting road construction and the resulting environmental impact on designated areas of public land. In the United States, roadless area conservation has centered on U.S. Forest Service areas known as inventoried roadless areas. The most significant effort to support the conservation of these ...
Supporters of the Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway who have been pushing to minimize the impact of road construction through the linear park did not leave Leon County Commission chambers happy on ...
Reduction of road capacity to force traffic onto other travel modes. Methods include traffic calming and the shared space concept. Road pricing, charging money for access onto a road/specific area at certain times, congestion levels or for certain road users "Cap and trade", in which only licensed cars are allowed on the roads. [45]