House T&I Releases Five-Year $494B Surface Transportation Bill (AASHTO Journal)

AASHTO’s Statement on House Surface Transportation Bill (AASHTO Journal )

Proposed Rule: Increasing Consistency in Considering Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process (EPA (Announcement) )

Trump seeks to scale back environmental reviews for projects (Associated Press (see Federal Register Notices below))

Gateway Tunnel opposed by Trump could get funding from new House bill (NJ.com )

Conservation bill clears one Senate hurdle, but more remain (Roll Call)

Transportation Industry Asks President to Support COVID-19 Funding Relief for State DOTs (AASHTO Journal)

RTD taps national medical researcher for insights on recovering from COVID-19 (Regional Transportation District (Press release) )

How COVID-19 could speed up smart-city visions (Deutsche Welle)

The pandemic response slashed traffic; what did it teach us about transportation planning? (Wisconsin State Journal)

What Trump's permit order means for NEPA, energy and race (E&E News )

Outdated NEPA needs modernizing. Just ask Warren Buffett (Utility Dive (Opinion))

Michigan DOT Assesses Needs, Starts Repairs After Extensive Flooding (Transport Topics)

North Texas Innovation Alliance Consortium Launches to Create the Most Connected, Smart and Resilient Region in the Country (North Texas Innovation Alliance (Press release))

Environment Report: Climate Plans Across the Region Are Hitting Roadblocks (Voice of San Diego)

U.S. Water Infrastructure Has One Dam Big Problem (Triple Pundit)

Siting Board Approves Its Largest Wind Farm to Date (New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Press release))

With Fewer People in the Way, Transportation Projects Speed Ahead (New York Times (subscription))

Issues Of The Environment: Prioritizing Urban Planning In Combatting Impacts Of Climate Change (WEMU)

Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Investments Are Necessities, Not Luxuries (Earth Institute/Columbia University (Opinion))

Carbon Neutral vs Carbon Negative: What’s the Difference? (Business News Wales)

EPW Hearing: Infrastructure Vital to Economic Recovery, Social Equity (AASHTO Journal)

Why communities fighting for fair policing also demand environmental justice (Los Angeles Times (subscription))

Planners who want to restore East Bay marshland seek public input (East Bay Times)

Australia’s Water Is Vanishing (Bloomberg)

Amid Protest and Pandemic, Urban Parks Show Their Worth (CityLab)

Trails for two-wheelers: A look at the United States Bicycle Route System (MultiBriefs)

Michigan moves to overhaul its waste industry to favor recycling over landfills (Lansing State Journal)

Cities criticized for shutting down bikeshare amid protests, pandemic (CNN)

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: "INVEST in America Act" Goes Far To Deliver the Transportation Infrastructure America Needs (Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (Press release))

House draft transportation bill contains $6.3B for biking and walking infrastructure (Bicycle Retailer)

“Tell Us ‘Our’ Story”: "What is your vision for the Transportation Research Board 100 years from now?" (TRB)

TRB 2021 Annual Meeting: Paper submissions due August 1 (TRB (Announcement))

TR News: Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness (TRB (Publication Announcement))

Asset Management Approaches to Identifying and Evaluating Assets Damaged Due to Emergency Events (NCHRP (Publication Announcement))

EO on Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities (White House (Executive Order))

Bighorn National Forest; Wyoming; Invasive and Other Select Plant Management (Forest Service (Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement))

Forest Service Manual 2750; Special Uses Management Manual; Leasing Forest Service Administrative Sites (Forest Service (Notice of availability) )