The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are sponsoring webinar on "New Tools in Scenario Planning: Denver Region's Metro Vision 2040 Update."  The webinar will be held April 5 from 1:30 to 3pm EST.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Council of Economic Advisers today issued a 36 page report detailing the economic benefits that accrue from infrastructure investments.

A Federal Transit Administration Office of Planning and Environment document from 2008 discussing how FTA might evaluate the potential economic development impacts of projects applying for New Starts funds.

FTA will conduct informational webinars on February 29th and March 1st for applicants to the Fiscal Year 2012 State of Good Repair Initiative, Bus Livability Initiative and Clean Fuels Grant Program funding opportunities. The webinars will provide an introduction to the programs, information on applicant and project eligibility, and a review of the criteria that will be used to select projects. Participants will also receive step-by-step instructions for completing the required forms and submitting their application in www.grants.gov.

The Office of Grants and Deparment will host an EPA Grants Award Process Webinar on Feb. 23 at 2pm EST. The webinar will cover grants management topics, including how to find and apply for grant opportunities; FFATA reporting requirements; and preparing a proper budget detail. In addition, we will be hosting a Q&A session during the second half of the webinar.  More information is available here.

The Federal Transit Administration will hold a free workshop on climate change adaption on March 21-22 in Arlington, Va. "Getting on the Right Track:  Real-world Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation" will be held 1310 North Courthouse Rd, Suite 600, Arlington, Va.

The policy staff at our partner, Transportation for America (T4), have pored over the 600-plus pages of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee transportation bill draft, released on Nov. 4, and come up with an informative summary.

Transportation for America has released a report focusing the deteriorating condition of bridges in the largest 102 metropolitan areas. "The Fix We’re In For: The State of Our Nation’s Busiest Bridges" continues its analysis of the  National Bridge Inventory, which found one in nine U.S. bridges has been rated “structurally deficient.”