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Registration is still available for the May 18 Talking Freight Webinar. Please visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm to register. Date: May 18, 2011 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Topic: Clean Ports Description: A number of ports around the country are seeking to institute programs that reduce truck emissions at their port. The twin ports of LA and Long Beach started the Clean Ports program. There are many sides to this issue, this webinar will provide perspectives from the key constituencies affected by a program like this. Presenters: * Arman Tanman, Environmental Protection Agency * James Jack, Jack Advocacy Group * Carter Atkins, Port of Los Angeles 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