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AASHTO News

Garrett Eucalitto Assumes AASHTO Presidency (AASHTO)

The AASHTO 2024 Council on Rail Transportation Annual Meeting September 23-26 in Norfolk, VA (AASHTO meetings)

The AASHTO 2024 Agency Administration Conference October 7-10 in Salt Lake City (AASHTO meetings)

The AASHTO 2024 Council on Public Transportation Annual Meeting October 8-9 in Salt Lake City (AASHTO meetings)

The AASHTO 2024 Safety Summit and Peer Exchange October 15-17 in Houston (AASHTO meetings)

NOCoE Newsletter – September 12, 2024 (National Operations Center of Excellence)

State DOT News

New secretary shares vision for Wisconsin’s transportation future (Wisconsin DOT)

The Loop 09.13.24: Work zone safety effort continues, more ODOT crews hit, and technology combating slips. (Ohio DOT news video)

America's Transportation Awards

Arizona’s Loop 303 project makes finals for national honor (Daily Independent)

Federal Budget

Congressional Leaders Work to Avert Oct. 1 Shutdown (Transport Topics)

Highways And Streets

NTSB releases docket into collapse of Key Bridge (WBAL Radio)

Congress

FAA administrator to testify before Senate panel on Boeing oversight (Reuters)

Freight

July 2024 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Down 0.2% from the Previous Month and Down 0.5% from the Same Month Last Year (BTS)

Rail

Nominees to Amtrak board support national network at US Senate hearing (Trains)

Public Transportation

New US DOE research shows investment in transit service would result in more transit use throughout Chicago (Mass Transit)

Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority in crisis as 7 more cities threaten to leave public transit agency (Axios)

Planning

Ports-to-Plains Annual Conference highlights efforts to expand US-85 (KUMV-TV)

Environment And Sustainability

Urban trees are litterbugs. Sweeping up after them could reduce stormwater pollution (University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies)

New Jersey legislation intended to reduce carbon intensity of transportation fuels (Land Line)

EV Charging Business Is About More Than Just Electricity (Government Technology)

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Request for Information about EV Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (FHWA)

Aviation

US Airports Face Significant Infrastructure Funding Shortfall, Says ACI-NA CEO (Aviation Week)

NTSB chair told Boeing CEO that planemaker has safety culture problem (Reuters)

June 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 6.7% from the Same Month Last Year (BTS)

Water

Ports assess damage after Francine lashes Louisiana (FreightWaves)

Faces Behind the Ferries (PNW Bainbridge)

Security And Resilience

TSA Proposes Regulation For Phased REAL ID Agency Enforcement Next Year (Simple Flying)

Active Transportation

Vermont Transportation Agency awards $7.2M for pedestrian, bike projects (WFFF/WVNY-TV)

Safe streets for all: How can we create better conditions for cyclists and pedestrians? (World Bank blog)

US Department of Transportation

Buttigieg On Fixing America’s Travel Woes (Bloomberg’s Big Take DC podcast)

Federal Register Information
Coast Guard
Notices

National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies

74972 - 74973 [2024-20804] PDF TXT
Federal Highway Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection

75010 - 75011 [2024-20809] PDF TXT
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Road Test Requirement

75011 - 75012 [2024-20806] PDF TXT
Railroad Retirement Board
Notices

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

74999 - 75003 [2024-20854] PDF TXT
Surface Transportation Board
Notices

Georges Creek Division Railroad, LLC-Lease and Operation Exemption-Eighteen Thirty Group, LLC

75009 - 75009 [2024-20762] PDF TXT

Iowa Northern Railway Company-Lease Renewal Exemption-North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC

75010 [2024-20855] PDF TXT