Under the FAST Act, funding can be provided to develop model deployment sites for large-scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on investment. Up to $60 million in federal funding has now been announced in grants for eligible entities. More information is available here .

Senior U.S. DOT leaders, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, will discuss the work the Department of Transportation has done to date on equity issues and its open Request for Information (RFI) on Transportation Equity Data at a public information session on Friday, June 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. Register here.

We're happy to note that more than a third of President Joe Biden's appointees to key U.S. Department of Transportation leadership positions have volunteered their service to or have engaged with TRB in the past. See the full list of appointees.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) is seeking a Supervisory Librarian (Managing Director of the National Transportation Library). This position is part of OST-R’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The NTL, established under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, is responsible for collaborating with federal and other transportation libraries to identify, collect, preserve, and maintain access to transportation data and information, as well as making ...

2016 Safety Research Demonstration (SRD) Independent Evaluation, Interim Report , released by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration

FTA Covid-19 Resource Tool , released by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Reliability and Endurance Testing of Locomotive Waste Heat Recovery System , released by the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration

Questions regarding lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are addressed in Battery Second Life: Frequently Asked Questions , a fact sheet from the Argonne National Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy. For lithium-ion batteries that have outlived their automotive value, second-life applications show promise for the provision of energy, which supports sustainability.

Developments in federal highway policies, programs, and research and technology are examined in the latest edition of Public Roads, a magazine from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. This edition features information about: Maintenance after natural disasters Mainstreaming transportation systems management and operations Electricity production and concrete

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its bi-monthly Innovator newsletter , which is designed to help advance widespread implementation of innovations and technologies in the highway community and help chronicle a nationwide movement to improve the way highways are built. Articles in this issue feature: Crowdsourcing to improve weather response Weather-responsive management strategies Accelerated bridge construction in seismic applications