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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

• State DOTs Win Awards for Drone-Based Hurricane Response, Launching an Innovative Bus Rapid Transit Program, and Preserving a Century-Old Bridge (8-20-19)

America Walks

• 11 Webinar: Active and Engaged: Community Outreach Strategies for Health
• 14 Webinar Recording: Connected and Engaged: Community Outreach Strategies for Transportation

American Society of Landscape Architects

• Urban Landscapes as Building Blocks of Cities’ Resilience (8-15-19)
• ASLA Publishes Guide to Universal Design (8-20-19)

Association of State Wetland Managers

• Wetland Breaking News (8-20-19)

Department of Energy

• DOE Announces $59 Million and 43 projects to Accelerate Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research (8-16-19)

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

• Climate Change Solutions Newsletter (8-6-19)

FEHRL National Road Research Centres in Partnership

• FORx4 - Multi modal transport research roadmap LAUNCHED (8-19-19)

Federal Highway Administration

• Every Day Counts Initiative (EDC) News (8-15-19)
• 17 Webinar: Sustainable Pavement Systems Webinar Series: Pavement Sustainability Basics
• 28 Webinar: Talking Freight: Using Real Time Information to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
• April 2019 Webinar Summary – Data Governance: A Federal Perspective (8-21-19)

Federal Transit Administration

• Sept 4, 2019: Transit Asset Management Roundtable for Bus Agencies

National Governors Association

• NGA Issues Recommendations to Help States Prepare for and Recover From Disasters (8-19-19)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• July 2019 was hottest month on record for the planet
• NOAA increases chance for above-normal hurricane season
• 50 years after Hurricane Camille, NOAA satellites are keeping the nation weather-ready

University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

• Catalyst Newsletter (August 2019)

State Smart Transportation Initiative

• New mindset needed to address congestion, says MassDOT (8-19-19)
• Use of multimodal accessibility metrics in project prioritization and investment (8-19-19)
• E-bikes mean longer, more frequent bike trips (8-19-19)
• Autonomous boat “bridge” proposed in Amsterdam (8-19-19)

Transportation for America

• The good, the bad, and the ugly in the Senate’s long-term transportation bill (8-19-19)

World Resources Institute

• New Protocol Equips US Communities to Include Benefits of Trees within Climate Action Plans (8-19-19)