FEDERAL ACTION
USDOT Streamlines Community Infrastructure Programs -AASHTO Journal
As Downtowns Struggle, Businesses Learn to Love Bike Lanes –Bloomberg
The Little-Known Provision That Could Revolutionize Highway Travel -New York Times (essay)
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Washington State DOT’s Stormwater Management Innovations -AASHTO’s ETAP Podcast
NOAA Using Drones to Improve Hurricane Forecasting -AASHTO Journal
Making Offshore Wind Transmission Work for Communities -Regional Plan Association
California lawmakers OK governor’s push to build energy, water and transportation projects faster -KCRA-TV
EPA announces $3M grant for climate mitigation planning in Hawaiʻi -Maui News
Swiss project places solar panels along railroad tracks -Sustainability Times
Is America’s Infrastructure Turning A Corner? -Thinking Transportation (podcast)
Pandemic-era ‘slow streets’ offer an opportunity to improve road safety –Smart City Dive
AIR QUALITY
Europe Targets Missing Emissions That Could Bust Climate Goals –Bloomberg
EPA methane rules need flexibility, balance to achieve lower emissions -The Hill (opinion)
EPA Proposes Updates to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Requirements for the Oil and Gas Sector -EPA (media release)
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Will Environmental Justice Programs Be Affected by SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decisions? -National Law Review (opinion)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Building California: How will the infrastructure deal affect development, wildlife? -Lompoc Record
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Massachusetts Rolls Out Interactive Rail-Trail Map For Users -Daily Hampshire Gazette
Motorcyclist discovering West Virginia featured on West Virginia DOT’s “WV on the DOT” 150th podcast episode -West Virginia DOT (media release)
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Transportation plan seeks to make Rochester safer for pedestrians and cyclists -WXXI Radio
The Untapped Power of E-Bike Rebates –CityLab
The Rise In Pedestrian Fatalities -CBS Sunday Morning (video)
Salt Lake City’s wide streets are a pedestrian problem, but also an opportunity -KUER Radio
Seattle DOT getting closer to more accessible waterfront with new bike lane design -KIRO-TV
Could new Israeli technology prevent bicycle accidents? -Jerusalem Post
TRB RESOURCES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition -National Academies
Electric Vehicle Charging: Strategies and Programs –NCHRP
Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Inspection of Stormwater Best Management Practices –NCHRP
Ridesharing Institute Conversation July 2023: A Tale of Two US Washingtons -Ridesharing Institute (link to webinar registration)
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Announcement of Fiscal Year 2023 Low or No Emission Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Project Selections -FTA (Notice; Announcement of Project Selections)
Evaluation of Alabama State Coastal Management Program; Notice of Public Meeting; Request for Comment -NOAA (Notice)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council -FEMA (Request for applicants)
Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for the Eastern Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (GEG460000); Availability of Draft National Environmental Policy (NEPA) Categorial Exclusion… -EPA (Notice of proposed reissuance of NPDES general permit; extension of public comment period)
Decommissioning and Disposition of the National Historic Landmark Nuclear Ship Savannah; Notice of Public Meeting -Maritime Administration (Notice)