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    • NEPA Assignment
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    • Communities of Practice
    • Practitioner Interviews
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      • Air Quality
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      • Environmental Justice
      • Invasive Species/Vegetation
      • Stormwater
      • Sustainability
      • Traffic Noise
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Video: New Jersey DOT’s Use of Foamed Glass Aggregate

By May 11, 2023

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently released a video detailing how its use of “foamed glass aggregate” provides a multitude of green benefits to the state – especially as…

Sacramento Kings, Caltrans Work on Local Waterway Cleanup

By March 16, 2023

The Sacramento Kings basketball team, the California Department of Transportation, and more than 35 volunteers recently joined forces to collect and remove litter from Robert T. Matsui Park along the…

Oklahoma DOT Crafting First-Ever Active Transportation Plan

By March 16, 2023

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is working on its first-ever active transportation plan – a policy toolkit that can be used internally and by Oklahoma counties and towns as engineers…

Maryland DOT Begins Statewide Litter, Mowing Effort

By Amber GarnettMarch 8, 2023

The Maryland Department of Transportation recently launched “Operation Clean Sweep Maryland,” a new initiative that will nearly double the frequency of litter pickup and mowing efforts along state roads. [Above…

ETAP Podcast: Georgia’s Transportation Investment Act

By Amber GarnettMarch 3, 2023

The latest episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast examines the impact of Georgia’s Transportation Investment Act or TIA a decade after its passage – a voter-approved…

Buttigieg: We Are ‘Rebuilding’ the Foundation of Transportation

By Amber GarnettMarch 3, 2023

Pete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (above), says his agency and the nation’s mobility community are currently involved in “one of the most exciting, productive, and challenging…

RIDOT Fully Converts to Energy-Efficient LED Lights

By Amber GarnettFebruary 15, 2023

Governor Dan McKee (D) recently saluted the Rhode Island Department of Transportation for being the first state agency to fully convert its lighting resources to energy-efficient light-emitting diode or LED…

FHWA Launches Seventh ‘Every Day Counts’ Initiative

By December 15, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration recently kicked off the latest round of transportation innovations through its Every Day Counts or EDC program. [Above image by FHWA] The agency noted that EDC is a…

Example of the installation of silt fencing, drainage channel protection, along with seeding and straw to prevent the erosion of soil during construction of our roadways.

Ohio DOT Environmental Commitments System

By Amber GarnettJuly 5, 2022

Introduction  Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) established a detailed process for environmental commitment development and tracking. ODOT’s Environmental Commitment Manual, originally prepared by the Office of Environmental Services in 2017…

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Two Governors Unveil ‘Clean Transportation’ Executive Orders

By January 13, 2022

The governors of North Carolina and Connecticut recently issued executive orders that mandate the formation of “clean transportation” plans to reduce greenhouse gas or GHG emissions in their respective states.…

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