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Registration is still available for the November 16 Talking Freight Seminar. Please visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm to register.

Date: November 16, 2011

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET

Topic: Measuring Freight Performance

Description: Performance measurement is currently at the forefront of the national transportation discussion. Transportation agencies at all levels of government are seeking to monitor existing system performance, identify investment needs and quantify the costs and benefits of improvement. This session focuses on initiatives being undertaken to provide tools for measuring the performance of freight and freight significant infrastructure on the transportation system.

Presenters:

• Dr. Ned Mitchell, Coastal Hydraulic Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
• Esther Hitzfelder, Texas DOT
• Juan Carlos Villa, Texas Transportation Institute
• Debbie Bowden, Maryland Department of Transportation

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.

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 for more information about AICP Certification Maintenance Credits.

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Symoun, SAIC, 703-676-6849 or [log in to unmask]

Jennifer Symoun | Deputy Program Manager/Analyst
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