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Report to Congress Highlights National Environmental Policy Act Process Success and Improvements
The Biden-Harris Administration has made strides to improve environmental review and permitting to ensure the delivery of well-designed infrastructure projects, including those enabled by BIL. In preparing this report to Congress, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center team conducted interviews with operating...Locomotive Emissions Comparison Tool for Rail Grant Applicants
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center was the lead developer of the LECT, working closely with FRA and its stakeholders in summer 2023 to design the Excel-based tool. The LECT was based on FHWA’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Emissions Calculator Toolkit, also developed by the U.S. DOT Volpe...Strengthening Transit Systems through a Resilience Planning Framework
Efforts to make transit systems more resilient to the impacts of current and future natural hazards are imperative to ensuring transit fulfills the critical role it plays across American communities. By proactively embedding resilience into all aspects of decision-making, transit agencies can...Recap: Panel 3: Project Acceleration for the Public Good
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the final event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. U.S. DOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Mariia Zimmerman delivered opening...