TRB’s SHRP 2 Tuesdays Webinar: Integrating Freight Considerations into Collaborative Decision Making for Additions to Highway Capacity (C15)

As part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar Series, TRB conducted a webinar on December 17, 2013 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET that explored the project, Integrating Freight Considerations into Collaborative Decision Making for Additions to Highway Capacity (C15), which describes a process for addressing both local community capacity needs and national shipping needs in highway capacity enhancement projects.

View the recorded webinar.

Efficient freight movement is essential to the economic competitiveness and vitality of communities and regions. Freight operations also have a significant impact on air quality, land use, sustainability, and environmental conditions. Understanding how freight providers will use the transportation system may help practitioners consider reasonable future scenarios, sound investment decisions, and public safety. Effective freight planning requires multi-jurisdictional and multi-agency collaboration across local and state boundaries. The intended audience for this webinar is transportation planners at state DOTs and MPOs.

Webinar Presenters:

• Matt Hardy, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• Spencer Stevens, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Crystal Jones, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Donald B. Ludlow, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Moderated by: David Plazak, Transportation Research Board

Webinar Outline:

• Part 1: Overview of SHRP 2 mission, objectives of Capacity focus area, and SHRP 2 research program.
• Part 2: Description of the Freight Planning Guide.
• Part 3: Related FHWA research and planned implementation activities for this SHRP 2 project.
• Part 4: Question and answer session.

The first 60 minutes of the webinar was for presentations and the final 30 minutes was reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objective:

• To understand how transportation agencies may use the freight planning guide to better meet the needs of freight shippers and receivers so as to improve planning of highway capacity projects.

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Registration Information:
This webinar is sponsored by SHRP 2, and no fee is associated with registering for this webinar.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Professional Development Hour information:
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) was provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registered and attended the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number.

This webinar was developed in October 2013. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website: www.RCEP.net.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits:
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.

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