FEDERAL ACTION
AASHTO’s New President to Emphasize Resilience – AASHTO Journal
States Divided on Setting Targets for Curbing Highway Emissions – Route Fifty
50 Years After the Clean Water Act – Gauging Progress – GAO
Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – White House (media release)
COVID-19
Trump administration blocked CDC transit mask mandate, report shows – Reuters
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Colorado DOT may be slowing highway expansions, but don’t expect any highway removals – Colorado Public Radio News
The Race to Save a Scenic California Train From Rising Seas – CityLab
Michigan’s Future Mobility Relies on EV Charging Expansion – Morning Sun
Biden advisor says Syracuse’s I-81 plan is “a beautiful project” being replicated across U.S. – Syracuse.com
Game theory could boost access to EV charging stations – Futurity
Reducing noise pollution with acoustic walls and rubberised roads – Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine
RIDOT Chosen for Climate Challenge Award for Permeable Pavement Project – Rhode Island DOT (media release)
HDOT to Receive Climate Challenge Initiative Funding for Plastic Recycling Research – Hawai’i DOT (media release)
AIR QUALITY
California bill aligning climate goals with transportation funding vetoed – Land Line
Getting to ‘net-zero’ emissions: How energy leaders envision countering climate change in the future – The Conversation
Carbon auctions will bring WA more money than predicted. Transportation could benefit – Seattle Times
Can charging frequent flyers for their carbon solve aviation’s climate problem? – Anthropocene
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
TxDOT I-45 expansion: Houston project on pause, but activists and neighbors still fighting to save remaining homes – KTRK-TV
Lacuna Tech Powers L.A. Pilot for Taxi Ride Equity – Government Technology
Infrastructure Investments Should Be Evidence Informed and Equity Focused – Pew
NATURAL RESOURCES
What to Know About the $350M in New Funding for Wildlife Crossings – Route Fifty
At Minnesota Capitol, goat caucus meets for lunch, fights invaders – Minnesota Public Radio
TVA will open dams to help navigation on Mississippi River – WREG-TV
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Expansion of trail system through North Omaha making headway – WOWT-TV
Ban Cars on Halloween – Slate.com
New electric car ride-share program aims to connect rural communities in Fresno County – Fresno Bee
Revamped ‘NewEngland511’ Aims To Reduce Congestion, Pollution – Public News Service
Baltimore officials have a plan to keep scooters out of the water of the Inner Harbor – WBFF-TV
Bend, Oregon ‘mobility hubs’ project aims to offer one-stop array of transportation services, have fewer cars on the road – KTVZ-TV
City of Omaha seeks community input on plan to improve walking, bicycling conditions – Omaha World-Herald
TRB RESOURCES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Resilience for Compounding and Cascading Disasters – TRB
Federal Vehicle Fleets: Observations on the Transition to Electric Vehicles – GAO
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Notice of Funding Opportunity To Establish Cooperative Agreements With Technical Assistance Providers for the Fiscal Year 2022 Thriving Communities Program – Office of the Secretary of
Transportation
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program; Diesel Opacity Cutpoints – EPA (Proposed rule)
Local Government Advisory Committee’s Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee Meeting – EPA (Notification of public meeting)
Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) Meeting – EPA (Notification of public meeting)
U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting – Maritime Administration (Notice)
Notice of Availability for Proposed Voluntary Agreement at Statue of Liberty National Monument and Governors Island National Monument – FAA (Notice)
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada – Bureau of Land Management (Notice; request for comments)
Pacific Wind Lease Sale 1 (PACW–1) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf in California – Final Sale Notice – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Notice)