Talking Freight Seminars
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Come hear the latest on freight transportation trends and challenges in the 21st Century.
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of Freight Management and Operations and the Office of Planning host the "Talking Freight" seminars. The seminars are part of a broader Freight Professional Development Program aimed at providing technical assistance, training, tools, and information to help the freight and planning workforce meet the transportation challenges of tomorrow. Seminars are held on a monthly basis throughout the year and are open to all interested parties in both the public and private sectors. The schedule of planned seminars is on the reverse. To register for the "Talking Freight" seminars, please go to http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight.htm. If you have questions, please call or email Jennifer Symoun, SAIC, at 703-676-6849, Jennifer.E.Symoun@saic.com.
Why dial in?
With limited travel budgets and busy work schedules, it has become increasingly more difficult for freight and freight planning practitioners to get needed information, training, and education to keep up to date with the latest trends, tools, and noteworthy practices in freight transportation. The seminars provide a convenient and no-cost way for transportation practitioners to broaden their knowledge base and develop new skills to help them do their jobs better. Topics are chosen based on suggestions made at various freight outreach events and during conversations with freight stakeholders. Participants are also invited to register for the Freight Planning Listserv (www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning) and visit the Peer-to-Peer Program Web site (www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/p2p). Both sites provide opportunities to exchange information and learn more about freight issues and trends.
How it works
The seminars are interactive and are held via teleconference and the Internet. All that is needed is a telephone and a 56K Internet connection. This format allows for extensive participation of freight stakeholders from across the country. Each seminar lasts 90 minutes, with 60 minutes allocated for presentations, and 30 minutes for audience Q&As. Through the use of Web conferencing, participants can view the speaker’s presentation on their personal computer and hear the audio portion of the presentation by dialing into the assigned teleconference number.
The "Talking Freight" Web site provides details about each of the seminars and information about registration. Seminars are recorded and archived on the "Talking Freight" Web site as well. Once participants register for a particular seminar, they will receive an email with directions for logging on to the seminars.
We look forward to your participation and hope you find the "Talking Freight" seminars beneficial to your professional needs.
| Date & Time | Topic | Description of Topic | Speakers |
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July 18, 2007 |
Freight Technology Assessment Tool |
Learn about this tool and how it enables transportation planners and decisionmakers in both the public and private sectors to bring the power of qualitative as well as quantitative analysis to their technology assessment and selection. |
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| August 15, 2007 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET | Virtual Weigh Stations |
Learn how virtual weigh station technologies are being implemented and hear about how they are advancing the management and enforcement of size and weight programs and improving system performance. |
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| September 19 , 2007 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET | Freight Transportation and Safety |
Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks or T.A.C.T. is a program that was initiated by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to create safer highways for trucks and cars in the state. This project has been a partnership among: the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Washington State Patrol, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, the Washington Trucking Association, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration. Hear from three of the leaders of this effort how this project was conceived and how it worked to improve safety on the Nation's highways. |
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| October 17 , 2007
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Urban Congestion and Freight |
Congestion in urban areas affects the efficient flow of freight into, out of, and through these centers. Finding solutions to this congestion is a challenge. This seminar will discuss three examples of different approaches tailored to different settings, from the Port of Tacoma, Atlanta, Georgia, and Kansas City. |
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| November 21, 2007
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Freight Analysis Framework Forecasts and 2005 Provisional Estimates |
Learn about performance measures that public transportation agencies can use to gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of the freight transportation system and commercial vehicle operations. The seminar will cover FHWA's national effort to collect data to monitor freight system performance, measures State DOTs are using to monitor system performance and evaluate their commercial vehicle operations, and the trucking industry's perspective on key performance indicators that can be changed or influenced by public sector transportation agencies. |
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| December 12, 2007
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Accounting for Freight Benefits in Transportation Projects |
This seminar will address methods of capturing the freight related economic benefits of transportation projects. Learn about FHWA's tool to more fully estimate freight benefits from highway improvement projects and USDOT's work on an economic analysis framework to assess the benefits and costs of potential freight investments.
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Web Conferencing Contact
Jennifer Symoun
Jennifer.E.Symoun@saic.com
703-676-6849
Technical Contact
Carol Keenan
Carol.Keenan@fhwa.dot.gov
202-366-6993
"Talking Freight" Web Site:
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight.htm
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA-HOP-07-135
Office of Freight Management and Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
FPD Web site: www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd
