FEDERAL ACTION
Stop, Look, Listen: Engaging Communities to put Equity into Action -AASHTO’s ETAP Podcast
FTA Offers $343M for Transit Accessibility Projects -AASHTO Journal
AASHTO Comments on FEMA Floodplain Rulemaking -AASHTO Journal
House Panel Advances PIPES Act, Targeting Pipeline Safety -Transport Topics
CEQ Announces New Net-Zero Government Initiative Countries Joining U.S. to Cut Climate Emissions from Government Operations -White House (media release)
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Michigan governor directs state government vehicle fleet to go electric -Detroit News
Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero. -Politico
Massachusetts to Remove 8 Aging Dams for Water Quality, Flood Mitigation, Safety -AP
Colorado Governor releases “Road Map to a Future Colorado 2026” focusing on housing, transportation -CBS News Colorado
New York MTA board approves congestion pricing plan -Spectrum News
As Hertz and Avis adopt EVs, airports like DFW race to expand electric grids -Fast Company
AIR QUALITY
Florida declines $320 million in federal money for emissions program, claims overstepping authority -WOKV Radio
World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation -AP
Tweed New Haven Airport Expansion Takes Heat From Top Federal Health Official -CT Examiner
2 decades of air quality gains in western U.S. wiped out by wildfires -Tucson Sentinel
Joint Statement by the U.S. Department of Transportation and Transport Canada on the Nexus between Transportation and Climate Change -USDOT (media release)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY
Center for Rural Pa. study shows issues getting transportation grants -The Bradford Era
Administration Unveils First-Ever Strategy to Advance Environmental Justice for Communities That Rely on the Ocean and Marine Resources -White House (media release)
CULTURAL RESOURCES
What 400 years of Boston transit history tells us about the MBTA’s future -WGBH Radio
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
New underpass will allow bikers, pedestrians to safely cross popular Oconomowoc, Wisconsin highway -WDJT-TV
Proposal seeks to keep walkers moving, safe on Las Vegas Strip overpasses -Las Vegas Sun
Chicago Mayor, CDOT Cut Ribbon on Central Park Avenue Pedestrian and Bike Safety Improvement Project -City of Chicago
NYC approves new measure for citywide noise cameras to crackdown on loud cars -WABC-TV
TRB RESOURCES/RESEARCH/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Resilience Research Becoming a Bigger Part of Transportation Planning -TRB
Limitations to sustainable renewable jet fuels production attributed to cost than energy-water-food resource availability -Nature Communications
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Travel Management; Administration of the Forest Transportation System; Post-decisional Administrative Review Process for Occupancy or Use of National Forest System Lands and Resources; Land Uses; Special Uses -Forest Service (Final rule)
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council -Forest Service (Notice of meeting)
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC and Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Pelto Area Abandonment Project –Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Notice)