AASHTO
This episode of the “The Stream by AASHTO” podcast features Russell McMurry – commissioner of Georgia Department of Transportation – discussing his emphasis areas as 2025-2026 president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; emphasis areas focused on safety, ways to improve project delivery, and federal surface transportation funding reauthorization. [Above image More
Infrastructure
The Arizona Department of Transportation recently unveiled plans for a highway lighting project in Flagstaff that supports roadway safety and the city’s commitment to “dark skies” – an effort to use full-cutoff fixtures that cast little or no light upward in public areas to help protect nocturnal animals from light pollution. [Above photo by Arizona More
USDOT, FHWA Launch ‘Freedom to Drive’ Initiative (AASHTO Journal)
The Last Exit: Options for Fixing the Highway Trust Fund While Solvency is Still Solvable (Eno Foundation)
The forest needs a hand (Forest Service (media release))
LAX People Mover begins testing (KNX Radio)
FAA Intensifies Oversight of Agricultural Drones Nationwide (Hoosier Ag Today)
Parking Reform Is Reshaping Housing Policy (Governing)
Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Ecosystem: Assessment of Electric Vehicle and Charging Infrastructure Uptake and Future Charging Infrastructure Needs to Meet State Goals (International Council on Clean Transportation)
Addressing disparities through more equitable transportation planning (Center for Transportation Studies-University of Minnesota)
EPA is out to redefine environmental protections for wetlands. It’s a narrower definition with broader consequences (Berkshire Eagle)
'Screaming collaboration' drives Montana wildlife crossing efforts (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3,000 dumpsters a year: The scale of Connecticut’s roadside trash problem (CT Insider (video))
Get rid of unwanted forest vegetation (River Reporter)
How MDOT is protecting people, animals and plants on Earth Day 2026 (Talking Michigan Transportation (podcast))
City Installs Oklahoma’s First Musical Road on Route 66 Featuring Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” (City of Tulsa (media release))
Economics of Bicycling/Walking (Colorado Department of Transportation)
Decades of increased emissions from forest-fueled BECCS (Nature Sustainability)
User-Centered Smart Traffic Sign Development Implementation Study (Minnesota Department of Transportation)
Trails as Social Infrastructure: Practical Strategies to Build Connection in a Disconnected World (Rails to Trails Conservancy (video))
Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program (USDOT Build America Bureau (Notice of availability of proposed guidance document; request for comments))
National Forests and Grasslands in Texas; Oil and Gas Leasing Availability Analysis Environmental Impact Statement; Revised (Forest Service (Notice; revised))