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Space is still available to register for the August 18 Talking Freight seminar on Freight Performance Measures. Please visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm to register. Date: August 18, 2010 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Topic: Freight Performance Measures Description: Federal and state governments are increasingly looking toward performance measure to improve the functioning of the transportation system and optimize their investment strategies. How are beneficial cargo owners and carriers using performance measures, what are applications for the public sector, and what are measures the private side believes are important for the public sector? What does the public sector look to the private sector for with regard to performance measures? Presenters: * Bill Gardner, Minnesota DOT * Gordon Proctor, Gordon Proctor & Associates, Inc. * Jeff Short, ATRI Talking Freight seminars are eligible for 1.5 AICP Certification Maintenance Credits (for AICP members). In order to receive credit, you must attend the full seminar and login to the seminar with your full name or type your full name into the chat area during the seminar if you are in a room with a group of people. Visit the AICP web site <http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.planning.org/cm/> for more information about AICP Certification Maintenance Credits. If you have not yet participated in Talking Freight, I encourage you to do so. These monthly seminars, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, are held via web conference, which means that you view the PowerPoint presentations over the Internet while listening to the presenters over your computer or the telephone. There is no cost involved and you do not have to leave your desk to participate. More information about Talking Freight is available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm Links to past presentations and recordings are available on http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning/talking.htm. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Symoun, SAIC, 703-676-6849 or [log in to unmask] Jennifer Symoun | Deputy Program Manager/Analyst Science Applications International Corporation | 8301 Greensboro Drive, McLean, VA 22102 Office: 703.676.6849 | Fax: 703.676.6823