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

• FHWA to Release Proposed Bridge Inspection Revisions (11-8-19)
• ARTBA Report Highlights Results of Transportation Ballot Measures (11-8-19)
• Video: Winners of the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards (11-8-19)
• AASHTO Initiates 2019 Communications Survey (11-8-19)

Association of State Wetland Managers

• Dec. 3: NWI Data in Support of Conservation Efforts and Habitat Modeling

Center for Neighborhood Technology

• Lightfoot's Rideshare Fee Plan Improves Equity, But Why Not Tax Uber and Lyft Directly? (11-13-19)

Center for Transportation Studies

• Catalyst Newsletter (Nov. 2019)

Department of Transportation

• 2018 Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview (Oct. 2019)

District of Columbia Department of Transportation

• DDOT, curbFlow Research Project Finds High Demand for Pickup, Dropoff Zones (11-13-19)

Environmental Council of the States

• Wheels on Wyoming Buses Go Round and Round, Emissions Go Down and Down (11-8-19)
• Minnesota Revs Up Vehicle Emission Mission (11-14-19)

Environmental Defense Fund

• The hidden cost of faster shipping — and what we can do about it (11-8-19)

Federal Highway Administration

• EDC News (11-7-19)
• EDC News (11-14-19)
• Human Environment Digest (11-14-19)
• Nov. 20: Talking Freight Webinar for November 20, 2019: Highlighted I-NUF Conference Presentations, Part 1: Curbside Delivery Challenges and Opportunities
• Transportation Management Centers: Streaming Video Sharing and Distribution - Final Report (Sept 2019)

Federal Transit Administration

• U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $900 Million Historic Investment in American Infrastructure (11-12-19)

Government Accountability Office

• Federal Transit Administration and FEMA Took Actions to Coordinate, but Steps Are Needed to Address Risk of Duplicate Funding (11-13-19)

Journal of Transportation and Land Use

• Workplace location, polycentricism, and car commuting (11-11-19)

National Center for Sustainable Transportation

• Active Transportation Benefit-Cost Tool (active) (11-13-19)
• Next Generation Electric Vehicle Energy Modeling in Large-scale Transportation Networks (11-13-19)
• Life Cycle-Based Policies Are Required to Achieve Emissions Goals from Light-Duty Vehicles (11-13-19)

National Conference of State Legislatures

• Urgent Infrastructure Needs Are Straining Public Resources (11-14-19)

National Cooperative Highway Research Project

• Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle – Bicycle Conflicts at Controlled Intersections (RFP)
• Topical White Papers for the TRB Forum on Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility (Pending) (11-13-19)
• An Emergency Management Playbook for State Transportation Agencies (Pending) (11-13-19)
• Deploying Transportation Security Practices in State DOTs (Pending) (11-13-19)
• Issues Associated with Providing Customized, Client-Based Transportation Services (Active) (11-13-19)
• 5th E of Safety: Informing the Selection of Countermeasures by Evaluating, Analyzing, and Diagnosing Contributing Factors that Lead to Crashes (RFP) (11-13-19)
• Development of Crash Prediction Models for Short-Term Durations (Anticipated) (11-13-19)
• Next Generation of the USLIMITS2 Speed Limit Setting Expert System (RFP) (11-14-19)
• Integrating Freight Movement into 21st Century Communities' Land Use, Design, and Transportation Systems (RFP) (11-14-19)

Nebraska DOT

• State Transportation Improvement Plan Amendment Announced (11-8-19)

Shared Use Mobility Center

• Mobility Hub Newsletter: November 7, 2019

Smart Growth America

• The U.S. builds death traps, not streets (11-8-19)

Transportation for America

• Jan. 11: TransportationCamp DC is definitely happening! Join us on Saturday, January 11th

Transportation Research Board

• RFP: State Practices Promoting Older Driver Safety (11-13-19)
• RFP: Legal Considerations for Telecommunications at Airports (11-13-19)
• Using Medical X-Ray Machine to Determine the Service Life of Concrete (11-8-19)
• New York University: Regulating e-hail companies (11-7-19)
• Primer on Bridge Load Testing (11-7-19)
• Dec. 11: 2019 Conference on Health and Active Transportation
• Analysis of Recent Public Transit Ridership Trends (11-14-19)