Registration is now available for the May 21 Talking Freight Seminar.

 

Topic: Freight Movements in Complete Streets Settings

 

Date/Time: May 21, 2014  1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT

 

Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm

 

Description: The concept of “complete streets” is becoming an important part of planning and design in urban and community planning across the country.  Projects to design and re-engineer streets to accommodate all users in a more safe and equitable manner have been pursued in large and small cities, with tangible benefits for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users.  The complete streets improvements have also enhanced community quality of life in many locations.  However, freight movement mobility needs are not usually highlighted as a consideration in complete streets planning and implementation.  Freight movements, primarily in the form of truck deliveries and pickups, are integral to serving the businesses that enhance the benefits of walking, bicycling, and public transit use in communities with complete streets.

 

This webinar examines how complete streets approaches and projects have addressed freight movement needs, and whether there are opportunities for more fully integrating these freight transportation needs into complete streets designs within large and small urban areas.

 

Complete Streets and Goods Movement: Options and Considerations

This presentation will provide an overview of how goods movements can be incorporated into complete streets designs in a way that enhances walking, bicycling, and public transit as well as freight transportation while minimizing the negative impacts of goods movements on communities and tight street designs on goods movements.

SPEAKER:

• Peter Plumeau, Resource Systems Group, Inc.

 

Business Perspective of Accommodating Goods Movements in Complete Streets Settings

This presentation will discuss businesses’ goods movement transportation needs and customer needs when they are located in large or small urban areas with complete streets.

SPEAKER:

• Chris Steele, Investment Consulting Associates

 

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, Leidos, 703-318-4267 or [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Symoun  | Leidos
Deputy Program Manager | Transportation Solutions and Technology Applications Division
phone: 703.318.4267
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