Bike lanes and complete streets create a safer environment for every roadway user. It's difficult to see where there is a commitment to enforcing the 'highest standards of safety' with actions like this. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/12/b...

ICF recently convened a roundtable in DC with leaders from government, utilities, and the private sector about extreme weather, disaster mitigation, and resilience. Check out the key takeaways here: forwrd.it/r/6M8e/eyJlb...

This report is damning, y’all. Housing and transportation are also essential to economic mobility. If we’re serious about addressing this issue, the Region as a whole will have to change how we approach zoning and our transportation investments. saportareport.com/metro-atlant...

My ICF colleagues put together a great summary on recent and potential upcoming NEPA changes. www.icf.com/insights/env...

We have rail ridership data through 2024 now and it’s down compared to 2023. But MARTA says the drop doesn’t reflect actual ridership, only continued issues with fare gates that are either a) broken in the open position b) aren’t recording Breeze taps as a ride www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

Atlanta narrowed three blocks of Peachtree Street in 2021 and installed a crosswalk. Then after opposition, the city converted the road back - partly: The crosswalk wasn’t removed, just left it to fade. Last month, a man was hit by a car in the crosswalk and killed. www.ajc.com/news/health-...

Trump Administration ‘Reviews’ Threaten to Delay Transportation Projects Nationwide - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/26/t...

Great Orange Slices interview with my ICF colleague John Rabin about his career in emergency management, including as a former FEMA Assistant Administrator, and his insights into current disaster management priorities. forwrd.it/r/6IaG/eyJlb...

Time for the periodic reminder that the gas tax hasn’t been raised since 1993 and does not cover the cost to build and maintain highways. Transit users, however, are expected to pay fares for each use. Good to keep in mind when discussing what’s fair in infrastructure financing.

"Of the approximately $21 billion of funding that could be clawed back by the Department of Transportation, almost $7 billion is directed for projects in states that voted for Trump in 2024." @corrigansalerno.bsky.social for @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

“Any disruption to the ACS — or Census data more broadly — would be massively disruptive to the U.S. economy. I hope that people understand that,” Walker told us. “These data power insights in every corner of the U.S. economy." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Interesting read from my ICF colleague Maggie Poyant about how recent regulatory changes in Oregon could benefit both project developers and conservation efforts. bit.ly/3CUdMAJ

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost” - Thomas Jefferson, 1786

"Farmers who signed contracts with the USDA under those programs paid up front to build fencing, plant new crops and install renewable energy systems.... Now, with that money frozen, they’re on the hook." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Government crackdowns on the church’s ability to serve our refugee and immigrant neighbors is where actual anti-Christian bias is occurring.

Dismantling USAID doesn’t just have impacts abroad. It has impacts on Georgia Farmer’s as well. www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...

Being a scattered team up and down the East Coast may limit our chances to meet in person, but it is a lot of fun when we have opportunities to do that!

ICF’s team of experts share four key focus areas for state DOTs and MPOs to consider when applying for grants, and highlight the key benefits and features of community-based transportation plans. Check it out. bit.ly/42JLOlN

As President Trump opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the U.S.

Do Americans really want to live in car-centric suburbs, or are they forced to because that's where most of the housing is built?

With car prices already near all-time highs, tariffs are making vehicle ownership all the more expensive. Now more than ever, investing in public transportation is essential to providing affordable mobility options. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Starting a trade war with our three biggest trading partners.

From the coldest January that I remember in a while, to shorts and a T-Shirt the first day of February. Welcome to winter in the South.

“It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant. Don’t give into the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold onto the truth and hope.”Jim Acosta

The ICF team helped USDA estimate the potential GHG impact of farmers adopting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices in biofuel production. This helped inform USDA's new interim rule on technical guidelines for CSA crops used as biofuel feedstocks! bit.ly/42wcuqe

To my white evangelical friends, this is what the trampling of religious freedom actually looks like.

It is wild to watch people show up on social media accounts ran by climate scientists, make some claim without providing any evidence to support it, and then demand others to provide evidence to disprove said wild claims when they have zero evidence to support it.

So, reality is starting to set in with consumers of the things that economists warned them about all during the election last year. www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...

Proud to see that my ICF colleagues are supporting several towns, counties, and utilities across North and South Carolina with disaster assessments and recovery support in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. bit.ly/4hoov4U

NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

We want all New Yorkers to feel safe in our transit system. That's why we're partnering with Governor Kathy Hochul on several new safety initiatives ⬇️

I don’t know if you can find a better example that shows the vulnerability of a city that builds everything around the car.

Check out this breakdown of the BRIC NOFO from my ICF colleagues Aubrey Germ, Taylor Esco, and Jessica Scudella to find out the key changes from last year and recommendations for navigating the program. bit.ly/3Efw6Va

The roads are still pretty icy this morning Atlanta. Use caution if you are out.

You guys, today has not quite been Snowmageddon, but an inch of snow caused an absolute mess again this evening for Atlanta traffic!

In a time when public transportation is at a crossroads and needs to evolve, there’s much that we can learn from our Dutch friends. Our public transit systems needs to focus on compete trip concepts rather than just a network of routes.

“A man of true gravity sees others as whole, integrated persons and not as single labels. As a result, he respects others and builds connections. Under his leadership, people from seemingly opposing identities discover they have more in common than the world would have them believe.“

Great to see ICF-supported work with CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and laboratory data at CDC referenced in this article by Scott Gottlieb and Mark B. McClellan. bit.ly/3DZzrYC

Meteorologist who are tracking winter weather and having to post updates of maps with county names because the majority of residents cannot recognize the county they live in, shows how why Geography needs to be an essential part of the public education curriculum.

The vast majority of federal workers are experts in their field, and they simply want to use their expertise to serve their country in peace. They deserve our respect instead of being drugged into political crossfire.

3 Big Concerns With Looming Deep South Winter Storm www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

One of the by products of the American Dream is an epidemic of loneliness. Social media allows for more connection than ever before, yet loneliness is higher than it’s ever been. Car centric ‘communities’ also contribute to this issue. apnews.com/article/lone...

‘Transportation, disconnected from housing and land use, will never be able to tackle all the things that we all want to tackle’. - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/17/t...

Interesting Utility Dive article on the U.S. electric power sector issues to watch in 2025. Great to see ICF's report on the rise of demand growth referenced. bit.ly/4hh91Q9

The bar for winter weather preparedness and transportation in Georgia will forever be ‘do not let what happened in 2014 happen again’, apparently.

Interesting read in Latitude Media by my ICF colleagues Patty Cook and Maria Scheller on why utilities integrating customer-centered programs will be vital for balancing demand growth, affordability, sustainability, and reliability. bit.ly/40oujF0

It’s great to see ICF expand our energy technology stack with the acquisition of AEG! Together, we will help our clients drive real value with their customers and stakeholders and help them promote reliable and affordable power. bit.ly/3PxktLM

A very much needed complete streets project for Scott Blvd! decaturish.com/2024/07/deca...

This is likely due to my Southern Baptist upbringing, but I am highly sensitive to any belief system, political or religious, right, left, or otherwise, that demands conformity, is too certain of its own correctness, does not allow for reasoned dissent, and refuses to consider other points of view.