FEDERAL ACTION
Congress approves measure to toss Biden’s water protections
– AP
US unveils stricter EV tax credit rules, effective April 18
– Reuters
Planning And Engineering Professionals – Fostering Collaboration For Great Communities
– ITE Talks Transportation (podcast)
Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program FY 2023 Notice of Funding –
FTA (media release)
– USDOT (media release)
NEPA
Center for Biological Diversity, Save Holland Lake, allege USFS violating NEPA
– Daily Montanan
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Georgia electric vehicle tax bill heads to governor
– WMAZ-TV
California’s new environmental mandates may sink Balboa Island ferry
– KCRW Radio
How a Century of Transit Choices Courted ‘Disaster’
– Governing
AIR QUALITY
California to require half of all heavy trucks sales to be electric by 2035
– CNBC
– KIRO-TV
Planes, Shipping Lanes, and Automobiles: Surprising Ways Climate Change Can Affect Transportation
– NASA
– US Department of Justice (media release)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
How to get more women on bikes? Better biking infrastructure, designed by women
– The Conversation
Metro Tulsa Transit Authority addresses public transit deserts
– KTUL-TV
NATURAL RESOURCES
Florida environmental agency asks for new rule to cut water pollution from new housing
– Bradenton Times
Wilmington partnering with NC State to ‘retrofit’ a stormwater pond into wetlands
– Wilmington Star-News
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Arizona DOT Plans Upgrades For State Rest Areas
– AASHTO Journal
BNSF knowingly violated easement agreement with Swinomish Tribe, judge rules
– KOMO News
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Oklahoma DOT Launches New Mobility Program
– KOTV-TV
New Study Finds Traffic Noise May Raise Blood Pressure
– Prevention
Truck Parking a Priority for Administration, Buttigieg Says
– Transport Topics
Groups working to convert old railroad line in Paradise Valley, Montana to public trail
– Bozeman Daily Chronicle
New Kansas City Airport Incorporates Dementia-Friendly Features
– University of Kansas Medical Center (media release)
TRB RESOURCES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Review of the Draft Fifth National Climate Assessment
– National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Transforming EPA Science to Meet Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges
– National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Promoting Older Driver Safety: Guide for State Practices
– BTSCRP
UMD Survey Indicates ‘New Normal’ for Maryland’s Daily Commute
– University of Maryland (media release)
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Coast Guard (Notice; correction and extension of comment period)
Recertification of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council –
Coast Guard (Notice)
Air Plan Approval; NC; Transportation Conformity
– EPA (Final rule)
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Request for Nominations
– EPA (Notice)
Tribal Transportation Facility Bridge Program –
FHWA (Notice of proposed rulemaking)
Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Meeting
– Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice)
Call for Nominations to the Missouri Basin and Western Montana Resource Advisory Councils
– Bureau of Land Management (Notice)
Conservation and Landscape Health
– Bureau of Land Management (Proposed rule)
Renewable Energy Modernization Rule
– Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment period)