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*Note: This is being sent through the Freight Planning LISTSERV. If you have already registered for this seminar please disregard. Spaces are still available for the April 17 Talking Freight seminar on Completed TIGER Program Freight Projects: Reports from the Project Sponsors. Date/Time: April 17, 2013 1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm Description The TIGER Discretionary Grant Program has provided over $3 billion in funding to over 100 different projects since it was first introduced as part of the Recovery Act in 2009. Many of the projects selected to receive funding in the program have been freight-focused projects. Some of the TIGER grants have focused on smaller-scale facilities or more localized improvements, while others have helped larger-scale projects that are important components of the national supply chain. Many of the projects from the early iterations of the TIGER programs are nearing completion, allowing everyone to see the benefits the TIGER funds provided to the freight projects. This webinar will allow the project sponsors for three different freight-oriented TIGER projects that are nearly complete to discuss the freight benefits provided by their projects and their experiences with receiving TIGER funds and working within the TIGER grant program. ・ CSX National Gateway TIGER I project: This presentation will provide an overview of the CSX national Gateway TIGER I project, a freight rail improvement project on a major rail corridor connecting the Mid-Atlantic with the Midwest. ・ Port of Vancouver, WA TIGER II project: This presentation will provide an overview of the Port of Vancouver's West Vancouver Freight Access project, which includes both TIGER-funded components and non-TIGER funded components. ・ Quonset Development Corporation (Port of Davisville, RI) TIGER I project: This presentation will provide an overview of the improvements implemented by the Quonset Development Corporation at and near the Port of Davisville, RI, one of the transportation assets managed by the Corporation. Presenters: * Megan McClory, Ohio Rail Development Commission (project sponsor for the CSX National Gateway project) * Katy Brooks, Port of Vancouver, WA * Katherine Trapani, Quonset Development Corporation 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 <http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.planning.org/cm/> for more information about AICP Certification Maintenance Credits. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Symoun, SAIC, 703-318-4267 or [log in to unmask] Jennifer E. Symoun | SAIC Deputy Program Manager | Transportation Solutions and Technology Applications Division phone: 703-318-4267 | fax: 703-318-4762 [log in to unmask] | saic.com <http://www.saic.com/> Science Applications International Corporation 11251 Roger Bacon Drive, E.12.3 Reston, VA 20190 NATIONAL SECURITY ● ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT ● HEALTH ● CYBERSECURITY This email and any attachments to it are intended only for the identified recipients. It may contain proprietary or otherwise legally protected information of SAIC. Any unauthorized use or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete or otherwise destroy the email and all attachments immediately.