USDOT, FHWA Launch ‘Freedom to Drive’ Initiative (AASHTO Journal)

HEATS Act To Streamline Geothermal Permitting Passes House (Legis1)

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 Expands Weather Camera Network To Help Alaska Pilots Fly Safer (KTUU-TV)

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)

Who Decides How to Decarbonize? Environmental Justice and Democratic Decision-making in California Climate Regulations (Harvard Law Review (essay))

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)

Los Angeles Drivers Brace for Change, as Bridge for Mountain Lions on 101 Freeway Opens This December (Guessing Headlights)

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)

As E-Bikes Proliferate, Regulations (and Misunderstandings) Abound (Governing)

The Road Ahead: Active Transportation Program (KOLO-TV)

DC judge puts the brakes on removing 15th Street bike lanes (WTOP Radio)

New Kansas City pedestrian bridge was open over the weekend. It wasn’t supposed to be. (Kansas City Star)

Cyclists continue push for path along western span of Bay Bridge despite high price tag (CBS San Francisco)

Transportation Planning in Non-Metropolitan/Rural Areas 2026 (NCHRP)

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))

Public transit throughout Pittsburgh region emerges as star of NFL Draft (TribLive)

Los Angeles DOT 2028 Games plan shared, with added traffic officers and equipment needed (Sports Examiner)

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))

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the PA Turnpike (I–276)/ I–95 Interchange Project Stage 3 Delaware River Bridge: Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Burlington County, New Jersey (FHWA (Notice))