Professional Organizations and National Recognition

Professional Organizations

Anne Morris and Associates, LLC staff are actively involved in national professional organizations and serve in the following positions:

Transportation Research Board – Co-chair of the Environmental Justice Committee

Transportation Research Board – Member of the Public Involvement Committee

Transportation Research Board – Founding member of the Community Impact Assessment Sub-committee

Transportation Research Board – Founding member of the Context Sensitive Solutions Taskforce

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – Center for Environmental Excellence expert in environmental justice, community impacts, and public involvement/agency coordination

American Public Transportation Association – Member of the Environmental Justice Sub-committee

FHWA Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer workshops – human environment and public involvement expert

National Recognition

Anne Morris and Associates, LLC staff projects were recognized by FHWA and included in the following five publications and placed on FHWA’s website:

Transportation & Environmental Justice, Case Studies

South Carolina Route 72 Environmental Assessment
Categories - Community Impact Assessment, Environmental Justice and
Public Involvement
Sponsor – South Carolina DOT http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/case_
studies/case10.cfm

Transportation & Environmental Justice, Effective Practices

Reaching Communities through Schools
Category –Environmental Justice and Public Involvement
Sponsor – North Carolina DOT
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12100/12173/booklet.pdf

Environmental Justice: Emerging Trends and Best Practices

Buford Highway
Categories – Environmental Justice, Public Involvement, and Context
Sensitive Solutions
Sponsor – DeKalb County and Georgia DOT
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/
resources/guidebook/guidebook02.cfm#Toc307929079

Lessons Learned in Preparing the US 17 Community Impact Assessment

Community Impact Assessment
Category – Community Impact Assessment, Environmental Justice and
Public Involvement
Sponsor – North Carolina DOT
http://www.ciatrans.net/cia_resources.html
(go to “other online resources”, go to “reports”, and click on “Lessons Learned in Preparing the US 17 Community Impact Assessment” pdf)

Environmental Justice and NEPA, Case Studies

Extraordinary Outreach Guides Project Decisions and Avoids Environmental
Justice Issues
Categories – Public Involvement and Environmental Justice
Sponsor – North Carolina DOT
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/ej_and_nepa/case_studies/case09.cfm