Sustainability Subcommittee

What is Sustainability?

The definition of sustainability used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United Nations comes from a 1987 report by the UN Commission on the Environment and Development. According to the report, sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The report establishes three pillars for sustainability and the areas that they encompass:

• Environmental: Ecosystem services, green engineering and chemistry, air quality, water quality, stressors and resource integrity.
• Social: Environmental justice, human health, participation, education, resource security and sustainable communities.
• Economic​: Jobs, incentives, supply and demand, natural resource accounting, costs and prices.

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Mission Statement
To provide transportation professionals and the public with the tools and education to
facilitate a safer and more inclusive sustainable transportation system.

​Vision Statement
Our vision is to advance equitable, economical, and environmental transportation across Oregon
​through knowledge sharing and supporting individuals, organizations, and projects.

Core Values
         Safety
         Equity
         Community
         Innovation
​         ​Integration
         Education

Contact

Vanitha Murthy, AICP, PTP
Sustainability Subcommittee Chair

Resources

What is Greenroads?

• a rating system for building sustainable transportation projects
• an education platform for training seminars, online learning, and professional credentials to become a certified "Sustainable Transportation Professional" (STP)
• an elite global community of transportation professionals, public agencies, and other organizations to connect with