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FHWA Planning Grant Management Workshop
FHWA Resource Center – Financial Services Team
FHWA Office of Planning
May 14-15, 2019
8:30 AM-4:30 PM
RSVP by May 3rd
limited seating available
UT-Austin Thompson Conference Center (Room 3.102)
2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX 78712
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION and to RSVP
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Registration is now open for the Value Capture Webinar Series beginning on June 20th, 2019.
Value Capture refers to a toolbox of strategies used by public agencies to capture a portion of the value generated by public infrastructure investment. These are powerful funding tools that can help address funding gaps, can be part of the mix of funding sources for transportation improvement solutions, and can accelerate project delivery, save time and money, and enhance safety when done properly. Click HERE for more information, schedule and links to register.
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New FHWA Environmental Justice (EJ) State of the Practice Resources:
Addressing Changing Demographics in EJ Analysis; and EJ Analysis in Transportation Planning and Programming
The purpose of this message is to announce the release of two new FHWA publications and training opportunity on environmental justice (EJ) analysis. The first publication, Addressing Changing Demographics in Environmental Justice Analysis, State of the Practice provides information on national demographic trends and notable EJ analysis practices to help transportation practitioners better understand and respond to rapid community change while improving methods to meaningfully involve EJ populations in transportation decision making. The research highlights strategies to accelerate project delivery using innovative data driven approaches, and equity analysis methods to support economic growth and improve quality of life. A webinar was held January 30, 2019 on this resource, and a recording of that webinar can be found here.
The second publication, Environmental Justice Analysis in Transportation Planning and Programming, State of the Practice, provides strategies and techniques during transportation planning and programming for identifying EJ populations, conducting targeted public involvement; assessing EJ population transportation needs; understanding benefits and burdens of proposed transportation plans; determining whether transportation plans may result in disproportionately high and adverse effects; and deploying strategies to address such effects. The report synthesizes notable EJ analysis practices documented in transportation agencies’ Long Range Statewide Transportation Plans, Metropolitan Transportation Plans, Transportation Improvement Programs at the state and regional level, and other elements of the transportation planning process such as public participation plans, unified planning work programs, and EJ program documents.
Additionally, the National Highway Institute (NHI) is now offering a new 2-day instructor-led Environmental Justice Analysis Course. The course builds on an existing NHI Web-Based Course that covers the Fundamentals of EJ and provides an intermediate-level training on the process of conducting an EJ analysis during transportation planning and environmental review; including practical strategies, approaches, and tools.
Complementing these resources, the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) recently released a new case study on: “Using Social Media to Reach Environmental Justice Communities.”
Posted 4/8/19
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