FEDERAL ACTION
Longest Serving USDOT Deputy Secretary Passes Away -AASHTO Journal
White House, Lawmakers Evaluate IIJA on Second Anniversary -Transport Topics
White House Regulation Plan Sets Path for Tougher Climate Rules -Bloomberg Law
Charging Forward: A Toolkit for Planning and Funding Urban Electric Mobility Infrastructure -U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (link to pdf)
Transit’s physical cliff: Climate change -Transportation for America (blog)
COVID-19
CDC expands testing of international air traveler samples to include flu, RSV, and other respiratory viruses -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (media release)
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Indiana DOT Issues $91M in Community Crossings Grants -AASHTO Journal
Cities Experiment With Pedal-Powered Delivery Policies -Government Technology
Bottles to bridges: Glass-based concrete makes for a greener crossing -New Atlas
Parking garages are a huge wasted heat source -Anthropocene
Can Solar Panels in Highway ROW Be the Next Big Step in Renewable Energy? -Thinking Transportation (podcast)
AIR QUALITY
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Transportation Planning -FHWA Innovator
Midwest pollution spiked dramatically this summer because of Canadian wildfires. Now officials may erase those days from the books. -Chicago Tribune
Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects -Texas Tribune
START Lab expansion aims to make aviation greener -Penn State University
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY
North Carolina DOT Official On Using AI And Cloud-Based Apps To Advance Transportation Equity -StateScoop
Illinois RTA provides 25,000 $20 transit passes to be distributed to survivors of domestic violence -Regional Transportation Authority (blog)
Apple And The EPA Take On The Future Of Environmental Policy -Forbes (contributed content)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Alaska Expands Reach of Unmanned Aerial systems in Remote Locations and Extreme Conditions -FHWA Innovator
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Historical Markers To Commemorate Saratoga Springs Cycling History -Saratoga Today
Want to save our cities? Look to San Francisco’s iconic survivor: the Ferry Building -Los Angeles Times
Forest County Potawatomi unveil dual language highway signs in Wisconsin -Wisconsin Law Journal
Does Anyone Know How to Behave on the Subway Anymore? -New York Times
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Officials seek feedback on plan to make Oklahoma streets more friendly for cyclists, walkers -Oklahoma Voice
Tensions Flare as Southern California Surf Communities Fight over E-Bikes –Surfer
Arroyofest returns to advocate active transportation -Talon Marks
Southmont, PA one of nine communities to win state’s ‘active transportation’ grant -Tribune-Democrat
Bike Utah: The e-bike revolution is here. That’s a good thing. -Salt Lake Tribune
TRB RESOURCES/RESEARCH/ANNOUNCEMENTS
What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation? Results from Year Fourteen of a National Survey -Mineta Transportation Institute
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Locomotives and Locomotive Engines; Preemption of State and Local Regulations -EPA (Final rule)
Biannual Request for Information on the Status of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Industry -FHWA (Notice)
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting -EPA (Notice)
Hazardous Materials: Public Meeting Notice for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Research, Development & Technology Virtual Forum -Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (Notice)
Request for Information: National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy -National Science Foundation (Notice)