Environmental Justice
The Hawaii Department of Transportation recently released its first ever statewide Energy Security and Waste Reduction Plan; a document that agency calls a “bold roadmap” for reducing transportation emissions and expanding affordable transportation options for all residents. [Above photo by Hawaii DOT] The Hawaii DOT said this new plan provides strategies for the transportation sector More
Active Transportation
In 2018, the Washington State Department of Transportation improved two intersections along State Road 500 in Vancouver, WA, reducing crashes by 70 percent – but those safety changes left some people with no way to cross the busy road. That’s when the need for a new pedestrian bridge became clear. [Above photo by WSDOT] Part More
USDOT Unveils Sweeping NEPA Updates to Fast Track Roads, Bridges, and Other Key Infrastructure (USDOT (media release))
FHWA and TxDOT Propose Updating NEPA Agreement (AASHTO Journal)
What Regulated Businesses Should Know About the Supreme Court’s Recent NEPA Decision (ArentFox Schiff LLP (opinion))
NEPA: The Accepted Lies and Mistakes About This Critical Environmental Law (The Revelator (opinion))
West Hartford, Connecticut gets state funding for mobility hubs as town center construction continues (Middletown Press)
WSDOT studies transportation impact of potential Lower Snake River dam removal (Apple Valley News Now)
GIS Tool Helps Washington State Plan for EV Infrastructure (Government Technology)
Electric Vehicles as Renewable Energy in Transportation (About Insider)
Unbound by Statute: The U.S. Senate, California’s Emissions Waivers, and the Congressional Review Act (Yale Journal of Regulation)
The legacy of the U.S. Clean Air Act at a crossroads (npj Clean Air)
Tennessee DOT’s Project Milkweed Notches Year Three (AASHTO Journal)
The world’s largest wildlife crossing is entering Stage 2: What’s that mean for traffic? (Los Angeles Times)
UDOT Uses Drones, Lidar to Monitor 100-Year-Old Southern Utah Arches Over SR-12 (Utah DOT (media release))
New Bike Lanes, Walkways To Connect DFW Transit And Schools (Dallas Express)
New Bike Path Coming to Ogden, Utah (Cycling West)
Alabama is the strictest state for cyclists, new study finds (Montgomery Advertiser)
Meet the ‘Bicycle Mayors’ Making Cities Around the World More Bike-Friendly (Reasons to be Cheerful)
Seville, Spain’s Bold Bike Lane Strategy – Manuel Calvo, Sustainability Consultant (ITE Talks Transportation podcast)
Noise pollution monitoring at pedestrian level by autonomous vehicles in urban areas (Science of the Total Environment)
United States Department of Transportation Advisory Board; Public Meeting (Office of the Secretary of Transportation (Notice of public meeting))
Department of Defense Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (Office of the Secretary of Defense (Public notice})
