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Today the COG Board approved its 2025 legislative priorities, setting the pace for regional collaboration around shared goals for transportation, housing, the environment, public safety, and more. Details: https://bit.ly/3C16Mlk

Delivering reliable, effective, and efficient public transport is a key priority for our Government.

Our policy playbook aka Cal Cities Summary of Existing Policy and Guiding Principles was recently updated! Cities can use the document to better understand Cal Cities' positions on pending legislation or adopt their own policy guidelines. https://lnkd.in/gcdQ2xix

Thomas "Alec" More, AICP and the SRF Consulting Group team are working with the Lower Savannah Council of Governments to create a more useable and safe public transportation system! Check out the local coverage. Alec says, “We’ve really learned that there is a market for public transportation services in Aiken County. But we’ve also certainly learned that there are opportunities that we can improve the performance of the service, the efficiency of the service, and just make it a more useful service overall to Aiken and North Augusta." https://lnkd.in/g2fXGBcx

Public Transport and its importance https://lnkd.in/gpkPaMv4

Belfast Harbour was among a number of organisations which met with Scottish First Minister John Swinney this week to discuss the need for upgrades to the A75 road in South-West Scotland.   The A75 is a key economic corridor for trade between NI and the wider island, into Scotland and the rest of GB. Many of our port customers depend on it as a route to market, but it is in urgent need of upgrading – to improve safety, reduce congestion and improve the flow of goods and services. We were pleased to share our insights into the necessity of upgrades on this important highway with Mr Swinney and his team.   The First Minister said he found the meeting “helpful and informative” and would identify with the Transport Secretary the best course of action to address the issues discussed.

Share your transportation priorities and experiences on the Pima Association of Governments (PAG) “Shape Your Transportation Future” survey. Tell PAG where you believe it should apply its transportation funding resources for the next 30 years. www.PAGregion.com/2055 #Tucson #transportation

I’m on the ‘Big Thinking Stage’ at Highways UK tomorrow (17th Oct) at 12.25pm. Our panel will discuss ‘safe roads for all: HGV and freight traffic to protect vulnerable road users’ The collisions keep coming; and so the death, trauma and grief. Relentlessly, tragically, avoidably. Those who pose the risk are best placed to manage it. I’ll be talking about how to apply #riskmanagement to road danger with a world first standard CLOCS, Construction Logistics & Community Safety. Come ask a question, join the discussion, create change. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eYQJbKpu #highwaysuk #safetyleadership #sustainablestreets

Bill Alert! US House Bill HR 5446 - Pedestrian Safety and Transit Preservation Act Policy: Transportation and Public Works Status: Bill Introduced Full Details: https://lnkd.in/eAwCDaTU Bill 117 HR 5446, also known as the Pedestrian Safety and Transit Preservation Act, aims to address issues related to pedestrian safety and public transportation infrastructure in the United States. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on March 15, 2021, by Representative John Smith. The main goals of the bill are to improve pedestrian safety by implementing measures such as increasing funding for pedestrian infrastructure pro...

Our book chapter is out: Multiple publics, disjunctures, and hybrid systems: how marginalised groups stake their claims to transport infrastructure by Lindsay Blair Howe, Margot Rubin, Sarah Charlton, Muhammed Suleman, Alexandra Parker, and Anselmo Cani in Handbook of Infrastructures and Cities edited by the fabulous Olivier Coutard,and Daniel Florentin.