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Recent Internet postings of interest to transportation and environmental professionals.
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America Walks

• New Webinar: Partnering for Engagement: Accessibility of Public Spaces (July 17, 2019) (6-13-19)

American Planning Association

• Partnerships + Data: The Keys to Creating Change and Opportunity (6-13-19)

American Public Health Association

• Taking action on climate change to improve public health (6-12-19)

American Society of Landscape Architects

• Island Life: New Communities Form off the Coast of San Francisco (6-13-19)
• Pavers: Advantages, Manufacturing Process and Environmental Advantages (6-13-19)

American Trucking Association

• ATA Calls for Data Driven Approach to Transportation Reauthorization (6-12-19)

Association of State Wetland Managers

• Mapping Thirty Years of Wetland Surface Water Dynamics Using Landsat Satellite Imagery: Implications for Climate Change and Species Management (6-13-19)

Brookings

• Aligning G-20 infrastructure investment with climate goals and the 2030 Agenda (6-13-19)

Congressional Research Service

• Vehicle Electrification: Federal and State Issues Affecting Deployment (6-3-19)

Department of Energy

• Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report (April 2019)
• Clean Cities Coalitions: Advancing Affordable, Domestic Transportation Fuels and Technologies Across the Country (June 2019)

Department of Transportation

• S. Department of Transportation Launches Port Infrastructure Development Program (6-12-19)

E3G

• Disruptive impacts of electric vehicles should be focus at upcoming G20 (6-13-19)

Environmental Protection Agency

• EPA Revises Policy to Help Redevelopment at Federal Facility Superfund Sites (5-17-19)
• EPA Prepares the Public for the 2019 Hurricane Season by Focusing on Waste Mitigation (6-7-19)
• EPA announces FY 2020-2023 Priorities for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (6-13-19)

Federal Highway Administration

• Air Quality and Sustainability Highlights (6-7-19)
• HEP Research Quarterly Newsletter (6-7-19)
• Human Environment Digest (6-7-19)
• TechBrief: The Use of Thin Asphalt Overlays for Pavement Preservation (PDF 6-11-19)
• EDC News (6-13-19)
• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $60 Million for Advanced Transportation Technologies Grants (6-12-19)

Federal Transit Administration

• Driver Assist System Technology to Support Bus-on-Shoulder Operations (6-13-19)

International City/County Management Association

• The Data Behind the Disaster (6-10-19)

International Road Federation

• July 8-12 Training: PPPs in the Road Sector (6-11-19)
• 23-27 Training: The Use of Recycled Materials in Roadways (6-11-19)

International Transport Forum

• Benchmarking Accessibility in Cities: Measuring the Impact of Proximity and Transport Performance (6-6-19)
• Is the Public-Private Partnership business booming? (6-11-19)
• New Directions for Data-Driven Transport Safety (6-13-19)

Institute of Transportation Engineers

• Preemption of Traffic Signals Near Railroad Crossings (6-11-19)

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

• Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation (Completed) (6-11-19)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• NOAA upgrades the U.S. global weather forecast model (6-12-19)

National Resource Defense Council

• To Become a Less Car-Centric City, San Diego Takes Aim at Parking Lot Quotas (6-5-19)

Route Fifty

• Transforming a City by Reconsidering a Highway (6-10-19)

Shared Use Mobility Center

• Four Modes, Two Legs and Shared Wheels (6-13-19)

Smart Growth America

• Economic mobility drives Charlotte’s new TOD zoning (6-7-19)
• Form-based codes: A means to equity in a compassionate city (6-13-19)
• Passenger rail a lynchpin of smart, walkable development (6-12-19)

Texas Transportation Institute

• Transportation Technology Conference Highlights Opportunities and Challenges with Connected and Automated Vehicles (5-30-19)

TRL

• Smart Electric Vehicle Charging: What Do Drivers and Businesses Find Acceptable? (6-13-19)

Transportation for America

• Gulf Coast passenger rail receives $33 million in federal funding (6-7-19)

Transportation Research Board

• TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility: Mini-Workshop on the Importance and Role of Connectivity (6-7-19)

Transportation for America

• A major obstacle cleared for bringing new passenger rail service to the Deep South (6-10-19)

Transportation Research Board

• TRB Webinar: Research and Lessons Learned Implementing Diverging Diamond Interchanges (6-11-19)
• June 27 TRB Webinar: How Agency Culture Is Transforming with the Use of Performance Measures

University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies

• Catalyst Newsletter (June 2019)

Virginia Transportation Research Council

• Improving the Identification and Characterization of Arterial Congestion Bottlenecks (6-13-19)

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

• 6-13-19 Event: Creating Autonomous Vehicles and Travel Advisors That Are Risk-Aware

World Resources Institute

• For a 1.5 C World, Cities Must Go Carbon Neutral. They Can’t Do It Alone. (6-10-19)

World Resources Institute: The City Fix

• People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way (6-12-19)