TRB Webinar: Building a Twenty-First Century Transportation Planning Workforce

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that discussed the challenges transportation agencies have with attracting, developing, training, developing and retaining the planning workforce for the twenty-first century. This webinar highlighted case studies agencies used to develop their future planning workforce. Presenters demonstrated approaches to developing internal and external partnerships and implementing strategies related to hiring, mentoring, training, employee retention, marketing, and communications. This webinar draws upon ideas from NCHRP Research Report 798: The Role of Planning in a 21st Century State Department of Transportation – Supporting Strategic Decisionmaking.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committees Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning.

The slides are available. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for a copy of the recorded webinar.
 
Webinar Presenters

• Dianne Falls, California Department of Transportation
• Siri Simmons, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Marygrace Parker, I-95 Corridor Coalition

Moderated by: John Kaliski, Cambridge Systematics

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance

This webinar is approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

Please visit the Certification Maintenance section of APA’s website, Certification Maintenance webpage at https://www.planning.org/cm to claim your credits. You may use the following steps:

1. Log in using your ID# and password.
2. Select View my CM log.
3. Select Add CM-Registered Credits.
4. Using the CM Search option, type in the name of the event or event number (e.g. 21064) and click "Go".
Please note: If searching for an event by Provider, use the search option, type in the name of the provider and click “Go”. From the results below, select by clicking on the name of the provider.
5. From the results below, find your event and select "Add to My Log." If this is a multi-part event, you will have the option to select from a list of activity sessions.
6. Please rate the event, add a comment (optional), and click on the Ethics statement and check the box to confirm. Note: you should see a message indicating the CM reporting period year that you are logging.
7. Click submit and the CM credits should appear in your CM log.

If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.