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Recent Internet postings of interest to transportation and environmental professionals.
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Alaska DOT&PF

• Alaska DOT&PF Earthquake Response Update (12-3-18)
• Essential Travel Routes Restored to State Highways (12-5-18)

America Walks

• Nov. 29 Webinar Recording: Active Transportation for Healthy Communities (12-3-18)

American Planning Association

• Disaster Recovery Resource Guide: Episode 2 of the Resilience Roundtable podcast (12-3-18)

American Society of Landscape Architects

• Interview with Ignacio Bunster-Ossa: Philadelphia’s Progress on Green Infrastructure (12-4-18)

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals

• Dec. 12 Webinar: What Do You Do? Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Skills (12-5-18)

American Public Transportation Association

• APTA’s Comments on AV 3.0 Identify the Importance of Public Transportation in the Evolving Mobility Landscape (12-5-18)

Brookings

• Sustainable infrastructure investment, climate change, and global development (12-3-18)

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• C2ES Welcomes Honda to Business Environmental Leadership Council (12-6-18)

Climate Central

• Billion-Dollar Disasters Trending Up (12-5-18)

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

• Climate Change News - December 3, 2018

Environmental Law Institute

• New Book Arms Policymakers, Lawyers, Private Sector With Tools to Combat Climate Change in the United States (12-6-18)

Environmental Protection Agency

• State Inventory and Projection Tool (Updated) (12-6-18)

Federal Transit Administration

• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $149 Million Funding Agreement with Orange County Transportation Authority (11-30-18)

Federal Highway Administration

• Human Environment Digest (11-30-18)
• U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million for Emergency Repairs to Roads and Bridges Damaged by Alaska Earthquake (12-1-18)
• EDC News - December 6, 2018

Funders’ Network

• Dec. 11 Webinar: Is SB 375 Reaching Its Potential For Climate And For Communities?
• Partners for Places: New grant opportunities for sustainability & stormwater projects (12-5-18)

Future of Transport

• Innovative Active Travel Solutions and their Evaluation (12-6-18)

Illinois Center for Transportation

• Alternative Noise Barrier Approvals (12-6-18)

International City/County Management Association

• ICMA Offers New Tool on Disaster Recovery Essentials (12-4-18)

League of American Bicyclists

• Bicycle Friendly State Progress Report Cards Highlight a Decade of State Actions (11-29-18)
• 20th Annual National Bike Summit (March 9 -12, 2019)
• League of American Bicyclists Announces 61 New and Renewing Bicycle Friendly Communities (12-6-18)

National Association of City Transportation Officials

• NACTO & the USDOT Volpe Center Release Best Practices for Redesigning Large Vehicles in Urban Environments (12-6-18)

National Association of Regional Councils

• NARC Submits Comments on U.S. DOT’s AV 3.0 (12-3-18)

National Center for Sustainable Transportation

• In Progress: Genetic Toolkit for Assessment and Prediction of Population-level Impacts of Bridge Construction on Birds (12-5-18)
• Energy and Environmental Impact of Truck-Only Lanes: A Case Study of Interstate 75 between Macon and McDonough, Georgia (12-6-18)

National Resources & Technical Assistance For Transit-Oriented Development

• Chicago explores community led solutions for equitable TOD (11-30-18)

Mineta Transportation Institute

• Where Do Riders Park Dockless, Shared Electric Scooters? Findings from San Jose, California (November 2018)

Resources for the Future

• How State-Level Action on Carbon Emissions Stacks Up (12-6-18)

Rockefeller Foundation

• Institutionalizing Urban Resilience: A Midterm Monitoring and Evaluation Report of 100 Resilient Cities (12-6-18)

Smart Growth America

• Dec. 11 Webinar: Implementing Context Sensitive Design

SPUR

• Six Principles for Pricing Driving to Reduce Congestion, Pollution and Crashes (11-29-18)

Texas Transportation Institute

• Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium, Feb. 18-20, 2019, Austin

Transportation Research Board

• Committee for a Study of Mobility as a Service - Washington, D.C., Dec. 17-18, 2018

World Resources Institute

• The City Fix: Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities (12-4-18)

Virginia DOT

• VDOT Partners with Environmental Council to Develop Resilient Stream Crossings (12-6-18)

United States Conference of Mayors

• U.S. Conference of Mayors & NYU Launch the Mayors Leadership Institute on Smart Cities (12-6-18)