AASHTO to Examine Election Impact on Transportation at Annual Meeting ( AASHTO Journal)

Congressional Policymakers Propose Infrastructure Resilience Review Board ( Transport Topics)

Alan S. Boyd, Nation’s First Transportation Chief, Dies at 98 ( New York Times)

House Transportation leader in the race of his life ( Politico)

On Infrastructure, Trump Touts Regulatory Streamlining, Biden Eyes Clean Energy ( Transport Topics)

Biden says he would if elected mandate masks in interstate transportation ( Reuters)

Emissions Exposure May Increase COVID-19 Mortality ( Stateline)

The Pandemic Kick-Started an Urban Motorcycle Boom. Are Cities Ready? ( CityLab)

Interim Guidance: Wearing of face masks while on public conveyances and at stations, ports, and similar transportation hubs ( Centers for Disease Control)

The Supreme Court’s Environmental Legacy Was Tarnished Even Before Barrett ( Jewish Journal (Commentary))

A Green Way Forward: Can we lead with nature in addressing NYC’s climate crisis? ( Regional Plan Association (Webinar))

Interacting Infrastructure Disruptions Due to Environmental Events and Long‐Term Climate Change ( Earth’s Focus)

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs $1.9 billion public works bill ( Star Tribune)

Virginia releases sweeping plan to prepare for sea level rise, increased flooding (VirginianPilot)

Wildfire shuts down major US transportation corridor, signaling yet more climate disruption ( PRI’s Living on Earth)

Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office (Popular Science)

Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution ( Brookings Institution)

Caltrans Resumes Litter Cleanup on California Highways ( Caltrans (Press release))

Iowa finds new tools to control stormwater erosion and sediment at construction sites ( Iowa DOT (Blog))

HDOT Harbors Division Announces Award for Critical Improvements Project ( Hawaii Department of Transportation (News release))

Georgia Department of Transportation Aims to Combat Litter Statewide with Launch of Keep It Clean Georgia ( Georgia DOT (Press release))

Process to regulate electric bikes, scooters underway in Colorado Springs ( KRDO-TV)

Tahoe transportation plan means more trails over 25 years ( KCRA-TV)

Research Report 669 Transport impacts on wellbeing and liveability ( NZ Transport Agency)

Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled, Encouraging Walk Trips, and Facilitating Efficient Trip Chains Through Polycentric Development (University of Utah (Registration required))

Fun, safe transportation: Artist creates active transportation toolkit for WCI ( Fergus Falls Daily Journal)

Expanded pedestrian area around Town Square to be removed ( Jackson Hole News & Guide)

CVAG approves nearly $53 million for CV Link construction ( KESQ-TV (Coachella Valley))

Flight Plan to Recovery: Preparing Airports for the Return of the Traveling Public ( TRB (Report))

TRB Offers a Running Start to Transportation’s Next Generation ( TRB (Press release))

TRB Webinar: Keep on Truckin’- Using Simulators for CDL Testing During COVID-19 ( TRB)

Comparing the Promise and Reality of E-Scooters: A Critical Assessment of Equity Improvements and Mode-Shift ( Portland State University)

Off-Road Vehicle Use ( Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Final rule))

Anchorage Grounds; Atlantic Ocean, Jacksonville, FL (Coast Guard (Final rule))

Agency Information Collection Activities; The National Map Corps (TNMCorps)—Volunteered Geographic Information Project ( Geological Survey (Notice of information collection; request for comment))

Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce; Notice of Opportunity To Apply for Training and Education Designation ( Maritime Administration (Notice))

Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance ( EPA (Proposed rule))

Security Training for Surface Transportation Employees; Compliance Dates; Amendment ( TSA (Final rule))

Rep. Rodney Davis Introduces Highway Funding Measure ( Transport Topics )

A Regulatory Rush by Federal Agencies to Secure Trump’s Legacy ( New York Times )

Administration wants to exclude ‘anarchist jurisdictions’ from coronavirus safety grant ( Washington Post)

FTA COVID-19 Recovery Listening Sessions ( FTA)

Gov. Baker says public transit safe to ride amid pandemic: ‘People have done a lot of work to make it safe.’ ( Boston Globe )

Fear of Crowds May End Up Haunting U.S. Transit Agencies ( CityLab )

Defense Department study finds low risk of coronavirus infection through air on a packed airline flight (The Washington Post )

Metro-North Railroad tests new air filtration to combat coronavirus ( Stamford Advocate)

Graves’ bill delivers solutions to rural communities and the environment (Livingston Parish News (Opinion))

Mayor Baraka Launches Planning Process For Newark’s Port-Industrial District ( City of Newark (Press release) )

New solar parking canopy at EVV complete, will produce half of terminal’s power (Courier & Press )

Geolocation Data Could Help Planners Design Communities that Require Less Driving (Route Fifty )

Port of San Francisco study warns of $30 billion damage from earthquake & sea level rise (American Journal of Transportation )

Minnesota Senate passes $1.9 billion infrastructure bill loaded with local projects ( Pioneer Press)

Vermont leadership releases bold proposal to reduce carbon emissions from the largest source: transportation (Mountain Times )

Funds to aid Kentucky transportation initiatives (Transportation Today)

EPA awards $200,000 grant to DHEC for environmental justice in North Charleston ( WCIV -TV )

The Equity Case For Caltrain’s Measure RR ( San Jose Inside (Op-ed) )

Why highways were designed to run through Black communities. SC faces historic dilemma again (Post and Courier )

The road to transportation equity ( Roads and Bridges (Commentary))

Report: Animal-Vehicle Crashes Jump in North Carolina ( AASHTO Journal )

Pitkin County’s highway pot signs serve cleaner purpose; sponsorship helps one of Colorado’s dirtiest sections of road (Aspen Times)

Refining Right-of-Way Management with IVM ( North American Oil & Gas Pipelines )

Swatting litterbugs: North Carolina lets people report trash tossers caught in the act (CitizenTimes )

Mn/DOT abruptly pulls no-spray signs (Winona Post)

Boston seeks partners for $500,000 ‘urban forest’ plan ( Cities Today)

IIHS Report Focuses on E-Scooter Safety Issues ( AASHTO Journal)

Washington law allows bikes to use stop signs as yield signs ( Associated Press )

Caltrans Highlights Efforts to Reduce Pedestrian Injury and Death ( Caltrans (Press release) )

UDOT touts biking and walking to improve family well-being, relieve traffic congestion ( KSL-TV)

TRB Webinar: Protection Detection – Making Roads Safe for Drivers and Wildlife ( TRB)

Release of Waybill Data ( Surface Transportation Board (Notice) )

EPA Guidance; Administrative Procedures for Issuance and Public Petitions ( EPA (Final rule) )

Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR); Scientific Integrity (EPA (Final rule))

Elaine Chao: Long-Term Plan Needed for US Infrastructure (Transport Topics )

White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation (New York Times)

New York Transit Authority Taps Into Federal Reserve Borrowing Program ( Pew )

Where the 2020 Election Is a Referendum on Public Transit (CityLab )

EPA Authority Over Power Sector’s Climate Impacts Heads to Court ( Bloomberg Law)

Mobility Analytics in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic ( AASHTO Journal )

Study: COVID-19 Changing Commuter Traffic Patterns ( AASHTO Journal )

Covid, science and urban legend – an interview with Greg Winfree ( Traffic Technology International (Podcast) )

Second phase of VDOT commuter survey open to help gauge coronavirus impact on travels (WAVY-TV)

Philadelphia’s traffic congestion was bad before the pandemic. It could get worse (. Philadelphia Inquirer)

Washington DC airport operator unveils new sustainability plan ( Airport World )

Amazon to deploy 10K electric last-mile vans en route to net-zero carbon (Retail Dive)

Studies Examine Benefits, Hurdles of ‘Decarbonization’ Strategies (AASHTO Journal )

San Diego Utility Company Launches Program to Build Charging Infrastructure (Transport Topics )

Why Is the EPA Really Repealing Methane Emissions Regulations? ( Sierra )

Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents ( Bloomberg Green)

On equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice in transportation ( Roads & Bridges (Column) )

For Some Near the Cross Bronx Expressway, COVID-19 is an Environmental Justice Issue, Too ( The City)

NJDEP Issues Environmental Justice Guidance for Entire New Jersey Executive Branch ( Lexology)

Cargill salt ponds subject to Clean Water Act protections, judge rules. (Climate Online )

USDA Seeks New Partnerships to Safeguard, Restore Wetland Ecosystems ( USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service )

70th Annual Washington State Weed and Invasive Species Conference Going Virtual on November 3-6 (Big Country News )

When it comes to our water quality ‘challenge the messenger’ ( NewsPress (Opinion) )

Homes complicate Arizona wildfire response ( Arizona Public Media)

After 25 years, Houston’s historic preservation law faces Supreme Court test ( Community Impact Newspaper )

New TRECH Project Research Update on Health Benefits of TCI Policy Scenarios (Harvard University )

Missoula planners consider road safety improvements for bicycles, pedestrians ( NBC Montana )

Women have been biking in record numbers during the pandemic. As traffic returns, will they keep riding? (New York Times )

Lime adds Wheels shared e-bikes to its app as it seeks to become a one-stop shop for mobility ( The Verge )

Bicycles And Buses Will Be Future’s Dominant Modes Of Urban Mobility, Predict 346 Transport Experts ( Forbes)

Transportation’s Roles in Equitable Vaccine Allocation ( TRB)

TRB Webinar: Make it Count–Estimating Market Values for Small Airports ( TRB )

TRB Webinar: Wetland Mitigation at Airports ( TRB)

TRB Webinar: Finding the Path–Messaging Before, During, and After Weather Events ( TRB )

TRB Webinar: Advancing Innovative Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Research (TRB )

Competitive Funding Opportunity: Public Transportation COVID–19 Research Demonstration Grant Program (FTA (Notice of funding opportunity))

Port Access Route Study: Seacoast of New Jersey Including Offshore Approaches to the Delaware Bay, Delaware ( Coast Guard )

Request for Comment; Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Ocean Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (NOAA (Notice of public comment) )

Request for Information; Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone ( NOAA (Notice of public comment))

CR Secures Federal Funding, Extends FAST Act for One Year (AASHTO Journal)

FHWA Issuing $574M in Emergency Funds For a Variety of Disasters (AASHTO Journal)

Water case offers a window into Barrett's jurisprudence (E&E News)

New Bill Aims to Make Communities and Infrastructure More Flood-Ready (Pew)

DOT’s Transportation Self-Governance Program for Tribes Takes Effect (Transport Topics)

Supreme Court to Hear Energy Companies’ Appeal in City Climate Change Lawsuit (Route Fifty)

Infrastructure investment is the best idea that never happens: Could 2021 be different? (Roll Call (Opinion))

Study: No Direct Correlation Between COVID-19, Transit System Use (AASHTO Journal )

Public Transportation COVID-19 Research Demonstration Grant Program (FTA )

Gas Tax Spikes in N.J. Because of Pandemic’s Impact (New York Times)

How COVID-19 repurposed city streets (Marketplace )

FAA funds to aid airport safety, infrastructure (Transportation Today )

Indiana Seeking to 'Future-Proof' Infrastructure Investments (Inside INdiana Business)

Public transit agencies can skip long environmental reviews under bill signed by Newsom (San Francisco Chronicle)

Montana Selling Bonds As Part Of Infrastructure Funding Package (Montana Public Radio)

Paradise Is Going Underwater. What Can We do? (Honolulu Civil Beat (Opinion))

Rising Waters Threaten Great Lakes Communities (Stateline )

Pennsylvania Joins 6 States in Commitment to Plan for CO2 Transport Infrastructure (Pennsylvania Governor's Office (Press release) )

How EPA rollbacks evade 1994 environmental justice order (E&E News)

Dickinson College to host virtual panel on environmental justice in Pa. (Patriot-News)

Yale Experts Explain Environmental Justice (Yale University)

Why environmental justice needs to be on the docket in the presidential debates (Union of Concerned Scientists (Blog) )

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality file a lawsuit against the City of Corpus Christi (KIII-TV)

Butterflies are free: Illinois Monarch Action Plan takes flight (The Telegraph)

Judge to Decide If San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds Are Protected US Waters (Courthouse News Service )

Vermont seeks public input on clean water budget priorities by Oct 30 (Vermont Business Magazine )

Historic Preservation Is Great, Except When It Isn’t (Governing (Opinion) )

Caltrans' Director Talks Active Transportation (AASHTO ETAP Podcast )

The Murky Case for Mass Telecommuting (CityLab )

Safer with sharrows? (World Highways)

Imagine a statewide network of NC greenway trails. Officials want your ideas. (The News & Observer)

Santa Maria releases plan for biking, pedestrian infrastructure, seeks public feedback (Santa Maria Times)

U.S. Department of Transportation Designates October as National Pedestrian Safety Month (NHTSA )

AASHTO Virtual Annual Meeting Registration Now Open (AASHTO Journal)

Airport Renewable Energy Projects Inventory and Case Examples (TRB/ACRP (Report))

Transportation Resilience 2019: 2nd International Conference on Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather (TRB (Circular))

TR News: Integrating Stormwater Infrastructure into State Department of Transportation Processes (TRB)

2020 Virtual Forum on Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technology (part 1) (TRB)

Good to Go? Assessing the Environmental Performance of New Mobility (International Transportation Forum (link to pdf))

Webinar: Telework During COVID and Beyond: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Improve Virtual Work and the Future of Commuting ( Eno Center for Transportation )

Competitive Funding Opportunity: Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning (FTA (Notice of Funding Opportunity))

Deprecation of the United States Survey Foot (Department of Commerce (Notice; final determination) )

House's Continuing Resolution Would Extend FAST Act (AASHTO Journal)

Ginsburg left a long environmental legacy (Politico)

At a glance: enforcement of environmental law in USA (Lexology )

Pandemic not leading to overflow of medical waste, says waste management company (KMOX)

What We Actually Know About How Americans Are Moving During Covid (CityLab )

House Republicans Unveil NEPA Reform Bill (Transport Topics )

Ugly founding of Shenandoah National Park helps explain NEPA's importance (Daily Sentinel (Op-Ed) )

Study: State DOTs Could Gain Revenue from Solar Arrays (AASHTO Journal)

Chattanooga to trial energy-saving adaptive traffic control systems (CitiesToday )

CU Denver Researcher Analyzes the Use of Solar Energy at U.S. Airports (University of Colorado Denver)

Commentary: A strategy for tactics? (Freight Waves)

Miami has resilience plans in place. Now it’s time to put them into action (Miami Herald (Op-Ed))

Electrifying California Cars Could Crush the Grid, or Save It (Bloomberg Green )

EPA to Defend Clean Air Rule as Compliant With Ozone Limits (Bloomberg Law )

California is ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles (AP)

Walmart Aims to End Emissions From Global Operations by 2040 (Bloomberg Green)

Energy Transitions, Carbon Reduction and Climate Change: Diesel Technology’s Role in the Future (Diesel Technology Forum (Press release) )

Transportation linked to push for equity in San Antonio (KSAT-TV)

A sustainable new normal doesn’t have to cost the earth (Environment Journal )

Social scientists study visitation patterns in Glacier National Park to mitigate environmental damage (KPAX-TV)

A new decision support tool for collaborative adaptive vegetation management in northern Great Plains national parks (UC Berkeley)

Trump Administration Releases Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging (New York Times)

Clean Water Act rewrite may leave popular lakes vulnerable to pollution (Detroit News )

Discover America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2020 (National Trust for Historic Preservation )

Living Sustainably: Green commuting encourages healthier community (Holland Sentinel)

State of Oregon to consider new carfree bridge near Willamette Falls in Oregon City (BikePortland)

Fine for hitting cyclists while opening car door has quadrupled (Daily Hive Vancouver)

Spin app goes live with bike and micromobility lane route optimization (Intelligent Transport)

D.C. Council unanimously approves Vision Zero bill aimed at reducing traffic fatalities (Washington Post )

Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 (TRB (Report Announcement))

TRB Webinar: Balancing the Scales--Equity Analysis in Transportation Planning (TRB)

TRB Webinar: Weathering the Storm - Climate Resilience at Airports (TRB)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $320.6 Million for Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (USDOT (Press release))

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $460,000 for Emergency Repairs to Infrastructure Destroyed by Wildfires in Washington State (USDOT (Press release))

Federal Transit Administration Announces $6.2 Million for Transit Planning in Communities Nationwide (FTA (Press release) )

Guidance Procedures (Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Final rule))