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Chuck Schumer and Sherrod Brown

Senators Unveil $73B ‘Clean Transit for America’ Plan

By ahardingMay 11, 2021

Two key Senate Democrats introduced a $73 billion plan on May 4 to transition the nation’s transit buses and vans to Zero Emission Vehicle or ZEV platforms. [Above photo: Sens.…

Construction equipment working on building

Transportation ‘Equity’ Focus of Proposed Highway Legislation

By ahardingMay 5, 2021

Legislation recently proposed by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works would seek to “reconnect and revitalize” areas harmed by the construction of…

Skyline of Minnesota city

Video: Every Day is Earth Day for State DOTs

By ahardingApril 28, 2021

Founded 51 years ago, Earth Day is now a global celebration that is raising public awareness and support for the protection of the environment. One of the objectives of this…

Exhibit at aquarium about not littering

Tennessee DOT Helps Fund Two Trash Exhibits at Aquarium

By ahardingApril 28, 2021

A pair of new exhibits at the Tennessee Aquarium funded by the grants from the Tennessee Department of Transportation illustrate how microplastics and other roadside trash can negatively affect the…

People biking in North Carolina city

NCDOT Seeks 2021 Bicycle/Pedestrian Grant Applications

By ahardingApril 21, 2021

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is now accepting applications from municipalities across the state for its 2021 Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant Initiative, which seeks to support the development…

Truck on highway

Louisiana DOTD Studying How to Tackle GHG Emissions

By ahardingApril 14, 2021

The Louisiana state government, which collects about $1.3 billion a year in taxes from the oil and gas industry, is studying whether alternative fuels and other environmental measures can help…

Kentucky roadway with weeds

KYTC Treating for ‘Noxious Weeds’ Along State Roadways

By ahardingApril 14, 2021

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews began treating for noxious and nuisance weeds along state roadways in March, with those treatments designed to help control the spread of “undesirable plants” along state…

Electric ferry in Alabama

Small Alabama Town Overcomes Barriers to Establish All-Electric Ferry

By ahardingApril 7, 2021

For two years, the Alabama Department of Transportation has quietly run an all-electric passenger and vehicle ferry, giving a tiny African-American community the distinction of having the only such vessel…

Shoshana Lew

ETAP Podcast: Managing the Transition to Electric Vehicles

By ahardingApril 7, 2021

In this episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast, Shoshana Lew – executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation – discusses the critical role state DOTs…

River with deer in it

ITD Shares Award for Eco-Friendly Bridge Work

By ahardingApril 7, 2021

The construction of the new Rock Creek Bridge to replace a culvert on US-20 recently won an engineering excellence award from the American Civil Engineers Council of Idaho – an…

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