FEDERAL ACTION

FHWA Issues $623M in Charging/Fueling Grants -AASHTO Journal

$32.5 Million in Funding to Advance Transportation Electrification in USA –CleanTechnica

What you need to know to access the $14 billion from the EPA’s National Clean Investment Fund –GreenBiz

INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Idaho governor sets school buildings, water infrastructure and transportation as top priorities –AP

LA on a Mission to Electrify Transportation By the 2028 Olympics -Government Technology

California Pushes Electric Trucks as the Future of Freight -New York Times

Maryland Governor Joins U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Partners to Announce $15 Million in Funding for New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Across Maryland -State of Maryland (media release)

 

AIR QUALITY

How 3 states are attacking carbon emissions from transportation -Smart Cities Dive

Embracing the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, or Not? -Advanced Clean Tech News

Ohio Law Bans State Adoption of California Emission Rules -Transport Topics

Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children –Grist

Separating myth from reality on climate change -Aspen Daily News

 

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY

Colorado’s environmental justice efforts need a boost from lawmakers, advocates say -KCDO-TV

Hawaiʻi Seaglider Initiative hopes to provide low cost, accessible kamaʻāina transportation -Kauai Now

 

NATURAL RESOURCES

How clean is the upper Mississippi River? New report finds signs of improvement and emerging threats -Milwuakee Journal Sentinel

CULTURAL RESOURCES

No joke: Feds are banning humorous electronic messages on highways –AP

HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

NYCDOT’s “Smart Curbs” Test on Upper West Side Will Pit Car Owners Against Bikes and Pedestrians -West Side Spirit

Chicago panel gets earful about need for greater bicycle safety -WBBM Radio

Richmond Bridge Bike Path Has an Amazing View – and an Uncertain Future -KQED Radio

TRB RESOURCES/RESEARCH/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public Health Research and Surveillance Priorities from the East Palestine Train Derailment Proceedings of a Workshop – in Brief -National Academies

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee; February 2024 Meeting -United States Coast Guard (Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting)

Request for Nominations for the Working Group on Covered Resources to the Federal Highway Administration -FHWA (Notice)

Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final Restoration Plan 4 and Environmental Assessment: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint Source); and Provide and Enhance … -Natural Resources Conservation Service (Notice of availability)

Solicitation for Annual Combating Human Trafficking in Transportation Impact Award -Office of the Secretary of Transportation (Notice)

Restoration Planning To Address 1999 Oregon-Washington Coast Mystery Oil Spill -Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice of intent to conduct restoration planning)



Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Notice; request for comments)

Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia -Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (Notice; request for comments)

Environmental Management Advisory Board -Office of Environmental Management, DOE (Notice of renewal)