FEDERAL ACTION

USDOT issues $3.33 billion to 132 projects through its Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant programsUSDOT (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

House Bill Would Reset Connecticut’s Emission-Reduction Goals, Incentivize Businesses to Adopt Environmentally Sustainable Practices –CTNewsJunkie

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 flightKUAF 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

Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments seeking public’s input in 2050 “Active Transportation Plan” survey -KRDO-TV



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)