FEDERAL ACTION
USDOT issues $3.33 billion to 132 projects through its Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant programs –USDOT (media release)
AASHTO Participates in USDOT’s Air Mobility Meeting -AASHTO Journal
The Power Of Community Engagement In Transportation -ITE Talks Transportation (podcast)
FHWA Announces Request for Information on Updating Federal Standards for EV Charging -FHWA (media release)
NEPA
NEPA Reform Long Overdue Say Western Tribes, Ranchers, And Local Governments -Western Wire
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Oregon court rejects cities’ request to toss climate rules -Oregon Public Broadcasting
Ensuring Climate-Smart Transportation Planning -National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (blog)
Governor discusses progress in Rhode Island’s EV charging infrastructure effort -WJAR-TV
USDA invests nearly $66M to improve roads, trails, and water quality as part of Investing in America Agenda -Forest Service (media release)
AIR QUALITY
Air quality in AZ is already bad, but Republicans want to end most vehicle emissions testing -AZ Mirror
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY
Caltrans Launches Equity Tool to Help All Communities Benefit from Transportation Projects –Caltrans (media release)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Georgia DOT Forges Historic Bat Conservation Agreement -AASHTO Journal
Snowy days often lead to salty streams. Ohio’s trying to fix that -WYSO Radio
FAQs: Air Quality in National Parks -National Parks Conservation Association
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Red Covered Bridge: Illinois DOT Fixing an Antique –Illinois DOT (blog)
Ambassadors for active transportation, honoring women in flight –KUAF Radio
Arkansas governor, agency heads lay out plans for April 8 solar eclipse -KARK-TV
A Vote for Safer Streets from the Heart of Car Culture –Governing
Sioux Falls, South Dakota opens trail system to more motorized bicycles -Dakota Scout
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Pittsburgh wants to make streets safer with Vision Zero -KDKA-TV
Hawaii’s e-bike dilemma: Safety, laws, confusion -KHON-TV
Silencing the Roar: Noise Pollution in Aviation –Airways
Los Angeles voters approve ‘Safe Streets’ Measure HLA -KTLA-TV
A new approach to transportation: Pairing off-street parking with electric scooters -Argonne National Laboratory
WisDOT joins nationwide effort to prevent traffic deaths -Wisconsin DOT (media release)
TRB RESOURCES/RESEARCH/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lessons of Agency Resilience During Periods of Disruption -TRB (webinar)
Concrete Pavement Preservation -TRB (webinar)
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Request for Information on the J3400 Connector and Potential Options for Performance-Based Charging Standards -FHWA (Notice)
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public Meeting -Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (Notice of public meeting)
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public Meeting -Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (Notice of public meeting)
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public Meeting -Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (Notice of public meeting)
Electric Vehicle Working Group -Department of Energy (Notice of open meeting)
Request for Information; Extension of Comment Period (Vessel Response Plans) -Coast Guard (Notice)
National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting; April 2024 Meeting -Coast Guard (Notice)
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for the Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project Offshore Rhode Island -Army Corps of Engineers (Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Florida Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental Assessment: Water Quality -EPA (Notice of availability; request for public comments)
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Clean Watersheds Needs Survey (CWNS) (Renewal) -EPA (Notice)