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Recent Internet postings of interest to transportation and environmental professionals.
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

• USDOT Stresses Need to Reserve 5.9 GHz Channel at TRB (1-17-20)
• USDOT’s Chao Highlights New Vehicle Safety Initiatives at TRB (1-17-20)
• State DOTs Renew Focus on Ways to Reduce Traffic Fatalities (1-17-20)
• State DOT Roundtable Highlights Asset Management Needs (1-17-20)

American Council on Historic Preservation

• ACHP Adopts New Strategic Plan (1-21-20)

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

• ARTBA Says Final “Waters of the United States” Rule Brings Clarity to Transportation Project Reviews (1-23-20)

American Trucking Association

• ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 3.3% in 2019 (1-21-20)

Association of General Contractors

• Administration’s New Waters Rule Will Protect Vital Waterways While Eliminating Confusion That Threatened To Stifle Many Projects (1-23-20)

BlueGreen Alliance

• EPA’s Clean Water Rule Replacement is Indefensible (1-23-20)

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Report: As Climate Change Threatens Cities, Mayors are Taking Action (1-23-20)

Center for Transportation Studies

• Catalyst (January 2020)

Colorado DOT

• New CDOT Pollinator Videos and Plan (1-23-20)

Department of Energy

• Department of Energy Announces Nearly $300 Million for Sustainable Transportation Research (1-23-20)

Department of Transportation

• Connections Blog: Modernizing the Infrastructure Permitting Process (1-23-20)

Environmental Law Institute

• New Book: Remarkable Cities and the Fight Against Climate Change: 43 Recommendations to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and the Communities That Adopted Them

Federal Highway Administration

• Human Environment Digest (1-17-20)
• Public Roads (1-21-20)
• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million for Emergency Repairs to Earthquake-Damaged Roads in Puerto Rico (1-16-20)
• EDC News - January 23, 2020
• Feb 12: Freight Matters Webinar: Toward Greener Supply Chain: How The Home Depot Reduces Its Environmental Footprint and Costs
• FHWA Awards $8 Million to 10 States for Innovative Highway Projects (1-21-20)
• HEP Research Quarterly Newsletter (1-23-20)
• Case Study: Improving Access and Safety for Shared Micromobility Users in Santa Monica, CA (1-22-20)
• FHWA R&T Now - - November/December 2019 (1-23-20)

Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories

• May 7: Mobility Management Meeting 2020

International Road Federation

• Safe Roads By Design™: Making Roads Safe for all Users (1-21-20)

League of American Bicyclists

• Encouraging physical activity with safer streets (1-16-20)

Mineta Transportation Institute

• Design of a Feedback-Controlled Wireless Converter for Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Applications (December 2019)

National Center for Sustainable Transportation

• The California Sustainable Freight Action Plan Requires Consideration of Economic Competitiveness of the Freight Sector (1-21-20)
• Development of a Network of Accurate Ozone Sensing Nodes for Parallel Monitoring in a Site Relocation Study (1-20-20)

National Complete Streets Coalition

• Complete Streets partner spotlight: Burton Planning Services (1-22-20)

National Governors Association

• State Energy Toolkit (December 2019)

PIARC World Road Association

• Road Safety - Catalogue Of Case Studies (2019)

Southern Environmental Law Center

• EPA announces move to strip Clean Water Act protections (1-23-20)

Transportation for America

• 13 cities join Transportation for America’s Smart Cities Collaborative (1-23-20)

Transportation Research Board

• Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods: Volume 3: Research Overview , Volume 2:Construction Manager–General Contractor Delivery, Volume 1: Design-Build Delivery (1-21-20)
• Feb. 25 Webinar: Why surface transportation agencies use drones
• Feb. 27 Webinar: Emergency events and their damage to assets
• Presentations from 2020 Annual Meeting available on interactive program (1-23-20)

UC Davis ITS Webinars

• Feb. 3: Making Bicycling Comfortable: Identifying minimum infrastructure needs using a video survey
• Jan. 28: The Importance of Life Cycle Assessment in Evaluating the Environmental Performance of Future Electric Vehicles

World Resources Institute

• Transforming Transportation 2020 Day 1: Connecting People for Sustainable Growth (1-16-20)
• Transforming Transportation 2020 Day 2: Can Mobility Be a Bridge to the New Economy? (1-17-20)