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Recent Internet postings of interest to transportation and environmental professionals.
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Alternative Fuel Toolkit

• Intermountain Western Alternative Fuel Corridor Convening

American Highway Users Alliance

• Highway Users Urges Construction Industry to be Designated as Essential (3-30-20)

American Public Transportation Association

• APTA Applauds House Democrats and President Trump’s Efforts to Include Infrastructure in Economic Recovery Package (4-1-20)

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

• ARTBA, Construction Industry Allies Develop COVID-19 Guidance Materials (4-1-20)

American Trails

• Thinking of Hitting the Trail During COVID19? Answer These 5 Questions First

Associated General Contractors

• AGC Supports Streamlining Federal Environmental Review Process While Maintaining Rigorous Protections (4-1-20)

Bloomberg Philanthropies

• Bloomberg Philanthropies and NACTO Launch Online Hub for Transportation Officials Responding to COVID-19 Emergency (3-30-20)
• COVID-19: Transportation Response Center (NACTO site)

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Bob Perciasepe on the U.S. vehicle standards rule (3-31-20)

Climate Access

• Climate Communications amid COVID-19 (3-30-20)

Climate Central

• SERIES: Water Ways: Dutch Lessons for a Changing Coast (3-12-20)
• New Coastal Risk Screening Tool Supports Sea Level Rise and Flood Mapping by Year, Water Level, and Elevation Dataset (3-12-20)

Department of Energy

• Department of Energy to Provide $22 Million for Research on Capturing Carbon Dioxide from Air (3-30-20)

Department of Transportation

• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Competitive Grant Solicitation for Nearly $5 Million for Four New University Transportation Research Centers (3-30-20)

Eno Center for Transportation

• COVID-19 Lessons for Congestion Pricing (3-27-20)

Environmental Council of the States

• States Exercise Enforcement Discretion, Provide Other Flexibility amid COVID-19 (4-2-20)

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

• Climate Change Solutions - March 31 2020
• Coastal Resilience in Alaska Webcast, April 21
• Assistance to Fossil Fuel-Dependent Communities Included in Environmental Justice Bill (3-27-20)

Environmental Protection Agency

• U.S. DOT and EPA Put Safety and American Families First with Final Rule on Fuel Economy Standards (3-31-20)
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Federal Highway Administration

• Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights, Jan/Feb 2020 (3-30-20)
• Updated: National Highway System (3-30-20)
• EDC News - April 2, 2020
• HEP Research Quarterly Newsletter - Planning, Environment, And Realty Research (April 2, 2020)

Federal Transit Administration

• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Deadline Extension for Federal Transit Administration Competitive Grant Programs (3-27-20)

Fish and Wildlife Service

• Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule for Electric Bicycle Use on National Wildlife Refuges (4-2-20)

Forest Service

• Going Outdoors While Social Distancing (3-31-20)
• Forest Service Distributes Secure Rural Schools Payments (3-31-20)

Georgetown Climate Center

• GCC hosts virtual roundtable to inform upcoming Equitable Adaptation Toolkit (3-19-20)

League of American Bicyclists

• May is (Still) Bike Month (3-31-20)

National Center for Sustainable Transportation

• Ridehailing, Uncertainty, and Sustainable Transportation: How Transportation Stakeholders are Responding to the Unknowns Surrounding Ridehailing

National Complete Streets Coalition

• Smart growth can provide a guide for recovery (4-1-20)

National Conference of State Legislatures

• NCSL Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for States (3-31-20)
• Current Unmanned Aircraft State Law Landscape (4-1-20)

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

• NCHRP 23-01 [Final]: Assessing and Communicating the Economic and Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure Investment (3-31-20)
• NCHRP 25-25/Task 104 [Completed]: Streamlining Carbon Monoxide Project-Level Air Quality Analyses with Programmatic Agreements (3-27-20)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• New NOAA program to support and expand agency’s use of unmanned systems (3-31-20)

National Scenic Byway Foundation

• Myths and Legends Byway (3-31-20)

Project for Public Spaces

• You Asked, We Answered: How Can Public Space Mangers Help Fight COVID-19? (3-19-20)

Rails to Trails Conservancy

• Closing Streets to Create Space for Walking and Biking (3-27-20)
• Advocates Call for Closing Streets Nationwide to Create Critical Space for Walking and Biking at a Social Distance during Covid-19 Crisis (3/31/20)

Safe Routes Partnership

• Active Transportation Advocates as Allies: What Bike/Ped/Safe Routes to School Advocates Can Do to Support Other Pressing Issues in the Time of Coronavirus (3-30-20)

Shared Use Mobility Center

• Mobility Hub Newsletter: March 27, 2020

Southern Environmental Law Center

• Virginia General Assembly Boosts Clean Transportation (3-30-20)

Texas Transportation Institute

• A Good Time for a Walk? Sure, but Stay Safe (3-31-20)

TransForm

• How to Save Transit in California (3-27-20)

Transportation for America

• 2.8 million essential workers use transit to get to their jobs (3-27-20)

Transportation Research Board

• TRB Webinar: Transportation and COVID-19 – Practices from other disease outbreaks (recording) (3-23-20)
• A message from TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen regarding TRB and COVID-19 (3-30-20)
• TR News: Data's Critical Role in Transportation Decisions (4-2-20)
• Funding for Transit Innovators: TRB Accepting Proposals for 2020 Transit IDEA Funding Cycles  (3-31-20)

Washington State DOT

• Pavement preservation, safety and electric vehicles highlighted in WSDOT report (3-26-20)

World Resources Institute

• The City Fix: Bogotá Company Deploys 400 Free E-Bikes to Help Health Workers Respond to COVID-19 (3-30-20)