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**This email is being sent through the Freight Planning LISTSERV. If you have already registered for this seminar, please disregard. ** Hello, Space is still available to register for the October 20 Talking Freight Seminar. Please visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm to register. Date: October 20, 2010 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Topic: Freight Analysis Framework 3 Description: The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) provides a comprehensive picture of freight flows to, from, and within the United States. Hear about the improvements and updates included in FAF version 3, released in July 2010, which integrates data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey and other sources. New estimates include tonnage and value by commodity type, mode, origin, and destination for 2007. Also due for release in October 2010 are forecasts through the year 2040 and an assignment of truck flows to the highway network. Presenters: * Mike Sprung, FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations * Diane Davidson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory * Maks Alam, Battelle 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