Rodney van der Ree

TL;DR: This large-scale zoning plan seeks to limit the environmental costs of road expansion while maximizing its benefits for human development, by helping to increase agricultural production, which is an urgent priority given that global food demand could double by mid-century.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the need for studies that document the population, community, and ecosystem-level effects of roads and traffic by publishing studies thatdocument these effects, and the current situation, with numerous small-scale projects being undertaken independently of each other, cannot provide the information required to quantify and mitigate the negative effects of road and traffic on higher levels.

TL;DR: It is found that comparatively expensive mitigation measures reduce large mammal road-kill much more than inexpensive measures, and that inexpensive measures such as reflectors should not be used until and unless their effectiveness is tested using a high-quality experimental approach.

TL;DR: The state-of-the-art of ecological connectivity research in urban areas is assessed, trends in study attributes are summarized, and knowledge gaps are highlighted.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of road mitigation evaluations for policy makers and transportation agencies and provide recommendations on how to incorporate such evaluations in road planning practices, and outline the essential elements of a good experimental design for such assessments and prioritize the parameters to be measured.