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Recent Internet postings of interest to transportation and environmental professionals.
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AASHTO

• State DOTs Push Protective Measures During Pedestrian Safety Month (10-16-20)
• ETAP Weekly Newsletter (10-14-20)

American Public Transportation Association

• APTA Strongly Opposes Restrictive Project Eligibility Criteria for COVID-19 Transit Research Demonstration Grants (10-14-20)

American Trails

Webinar Summary: Solutions to Homelessness on Trails

Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

• $10m on offer for US public transport agencies to boost COVID-19 safety and rider confidence (10-14-20)

Bloomberg Philanthropies

• Thirty U.S. Cities to Tackle Budget Crises and Advance Equity with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies (10-14-20)

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Getting to Zero Newsletters: October 2020

Climate Central

• More Frequent and Pervasive Coastal Flooding (10-14-20)

Council on Environmental Quality

• President Donald J. Trump is Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Infrastructure (10-14-20)

Department of Energy

Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report, July 2020 (October 2020)

Environmental Defense Fund

• EDF, Allies Defend States’ Clean Car Authority to D.C. Circuit (10-14-20)

Forest Service

• Trillion Trees program gets White House Support (10-15-20)

Georgetown Climate Center

• Louisiana Executive Order Number JBE 2020-19 on Coastal Resilience

National Complete Streets Coalition

• We’ll never address climate change without making it possible for people to drive less (10-14-20)

National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

• Oct. 27-30: PastForward Virtual Conference

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• September 2020: Another record setting month for global heat (10-16-20)

North Dakota DOT

• NDDOT demonstrates its first autonomous impact protection vehicle (10-8-20)

Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

• PBIC Messenger Newsletter October 2020

Project for Public Spaces

• Walk/Bike/Places 2020 Online, Conference Report

Rails to Trails Conservancy

• New Report Finds 35-Mile Citywide Trail System Can Generate Millions in Economic Opportunity and Inclusive Growth in Baltimore (10-15-20)

Safe Routes to School National Partnership

• Boosting Active Transportation Through Regional Transportation Plans (10-16-20)

State Smart Transportation Initiative

• U.S. Cannot Rely Solely on EVs to Reduce Climate Pollution (10-12-20)

Texas Transportation Institute

• May 17-19: 2nd Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium

Transportation Research Board

• 13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management - Abstract deadline extended to October 30

U.S. Conference of Mayors

• U.S. Conference of Mayors Responds to Supreme Court Decision to End Census Count Early (10-14-20)

Volpe Center

• BUILD Discretionary Grant Program: Technical, Cost-Effectiveness, and Readiness Evaluations

The White House

• Executive Order on Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council (10-13-20)

Wisconsin DOT

• More than $14 million approved for transportation alternatives​ (10-14-20)

World Resources Institute: The City Fix

• 4 Reasons to Prioritize Electric Vehicles After COVID-19 (10-13-20)