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Association of State Wetland Managers

• Oct 15: Engineering with Nature for Flood Risk Management

Community Transportation Association of America

• CTAA’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization Priorities (Fall 2019) (10-9-19)

Department of Transportation

• U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces Major New Initiative to Support Rural Transportation Needs (10-8-19)

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

• Improving Coastal Resilience in the Northeast, Oct 23

Environmental Protection Agency

• Leading Shippers, Carriers and Logistics Firms Earn EPA Distinction for Efficiency (10-7-19)
• Electric Vehicle Trends and Projections Webinar, Oct. 24

Federal Highway Administration

• FHWA's Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter - October 2019
• Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures Case Studies: Seminole County, Florida (10-8-19)
• Model Systems Engineering Documents for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Systems (10-8-19)
• 2018 Urban Congestion Trends (10-8-19)
• National Work Zone Awareness Week Work Zone Safety: Drive Like You Work Here (10-8-19)
• 2018 Urban Congestion Trends Report Available (10-9-19)
• EDC News - October 10, 2019

Federal Transit Administration

• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $40.4 Million for Virginia Street Bus RAPID Transit Extension Project in Reno, NV (10-9-19)

International Road Federation

• Building the Transport Infrastructure of Tomorrow 19

Missouri DOT

• Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) Workshop - November 13th - Springfield, MO

National Center for Sustainable Transportation

• New Tool Evaluates Health and Equity Impacts of Sacramento’s Regional Transportation Plans (10-8-19)

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

• Bicyclist Facility Preferences and Effects on Increasing Bicycle Trips (Completed) (10-7-19)
• Legal Research Digest 77: Update of Selected Studies in Transportation Law, Volume 8, Section 1: Civil Rights and Transportation Agencies (September 2019)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• NOAA awards $4.4 million for research on sea level rise and flooding (10-8-19)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• NREL Celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day Oct. 8 (10-8-19)

Natural Resources Defense Council

• Stewardship of Wetlands and Soils Has Climate Benefits (9-30-19)

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

• PBIC Messenger, Summer 2019

Project for Public Spaces

• A New Guide to Balancing Mobility and Humanity on Main Street (10-9-19)

Sierra Club

• Can Congestion Pricing Help Americans Break Up With Their Cars? (10-5-19)

Smart Growth America

• A new vision for transportation (10-7-19)

TransForum

• No More Excuses - We Need Complete Streets (10-3-19)

Transportation for America

• Rural areas desperately need a transportation overhaul, too (10-9-19)

Transportation Research Board

• TRB Webinar: Driving Surface Aggregate – Improving Performance and Sustainability 13
• Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic Fatalities in the United States from 2008 to 2012 (10-1-19)
• Featured Centennial Paper - Traffic Signal Systems Research: Past, Present, and Future Trends (10-8-19)
• Nov. 15, 2020: 10th International Conference on Scour and Erosion
• Oct. 18, 2020: 24th National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
• Oct. 4, 2020: ITS World Congress 2020
• July 1, 2020: Third International Traffic Signal Control Forum
• April 27, 2020: Transport Research Arena 2020
• Nov. 20: 7th Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit

UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies

• Moving Freight Sustainably from Here to There: Scenarios for Zero-Emission Trucking Technologies (10-7-19)

University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

• Pressure-based dispatch for shared autonomous vehicles (Aug. 2019)

World Resources Institute

• Forging the Path to a Sustainable Urban Future: WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities 2018-19 Annual Report (10-9-19)