FEDERAL ACTION
Port Infrastructure Projects Get $653M in Federal Funds -AASHTO Journal
A New Environmental Justice Playbook for Federal Agencies -The White House
U.S. cities consider banning “right on red” laws amid rise in pedestrian deaths -CBS News
Shipping industry could lose $10 billion a year battling climate change by 2050 –CNBC
An archeologist shortage could stifle the climate law -E&E News
Port Leaders Push Wind Power as Long-Term Solution -Transport Topics
COVID-19
Americans Are Walking 36% Less Since Covid –CityLab
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
How the country’s largest ferry system is going green –Axios
Build the Bike Lanes and the Delivery Bikes Will Follow -Government Technology
NYC seeks suggestions for moving freight traffic off of roads onto the rivers -Daily News
How do you prevent New York City subway flooding in extreme rain? –Marketplace
AIR QUALITY
Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe? -Colorado Public Radio
EPA grant will encourage small California airports, pilots to switch from leaded to unleaded fuel -KNTV-TV
California may require railroads to eliminate pollution, EPA rules -Nation World
Los Angeles aiming for vast greenhouse gas reductions before 2028 Olympics with new plan -Inside the Games
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/EQUITY
Flying Is Becoming More Accessible For Passengers With Disabilities –Forbes
New Mississippi program to transport patients to appointments -WJTV-TV
Metrolinx is joining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program -Metrolinx (media release)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Tennessee DOT’s ‘No Trash November’ aims to remove 50,000 pounds of litter from roadways -WATE-TV
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Why is Houston so car centric? -EnergyPortal.eu
Young Photographer Gives New View Of Planes -ABC News (link to video)
MTA, New York Comedy Festival Team Up to Bring Top Comedic Voices to the Subway System -Metropolitan Transportation Authority (media release)
HEALTH AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Questions remain as Richmond-San Rafael bike lane pilot program ends -KPIX-TV
Drivers make noise about Chicago proposal targeting and fining loud cars -WBBM-TV
Abandoned hire bikes and e-scooters in London can now be reported via FixMyStreet -Highway News
FDOT, Partners Celebrate Eighth Annual Mobility Week -Florida DOT (media release)
Kansas Mobility Week encourages multimodal transportation choices -Kansas DOT (media release)
TRB RESOURCES/RESEARCH/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Webinar: Let’s Catch a Bus – Understanding Health Impacts and Public Transit Equity –TRB
Paths to Biking, Walking Improvements Supported by Wealth of Research –NCHRP
Assessing the Impacts of Right-Turn Lanes on Rural and Suburban Highways –NCHRP
Accessing America’s Great Outdoors: Forecasting Recreational Travel Demand –NCHRP
Communicating Safe Behavior Practices to Vulnerable Road Users -Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program
UVA and VDOT celebrate 75th anniversary of state transportation research council -Augusta Free Press
Exploring decarbonization pathways for USA passenger and freight mobility -Nature Communications
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES
Transportation Services for Individuals With Disabilities: ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities -USDOT (Request for information on accessibility improvements for transportation facilities)
Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public Meeting -Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (Notice)
Determination To Defer Sanctions; California; California Air Resources Board -EPA (Interim final determination)
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vehicle Miles Traveled Emissions Offset Demonstrations for the 2015 Ozone Standards; California -EPA (Final rule)
Notice of Availability of Preliminary Designation of Certain Stormwater Discharges Within Two Watersheds in Los Angeles County, California Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of the Clean Water Act -EPA (Notice of availability)
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2024 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report -Delaware River Basin Commission (Notice)
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; Florida, Georgia,Louisiana, Maine, and New York; Draft 5-Year Review Boundaries -Fish and Wildlife Service (Notice of availability; request for comments)
Land Uses; Special Uses; Carbon Capture and Storage Exemption -Forest Service (Proposed rule; request for public comment)
Notice of Availability of a Joint Record of Decision for the Proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project -Bureau of Ocean Energy and National Marine Fisheries Service (Notice)