Freight Transportation Professionals and Advocates:

 

Due to high interest, a second webinar focused on freight scenario planning will be held by the FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations and the FHWA Office of Planning.  More information is shown below.  Registration for the first webinar scheduled for July 30th from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET is already full, so people interested in attending the Freight Scenario Planning webinar who have not already registered for the July 30th webinar should register for this webinar.  The presentation content for both webinars is identical; registrants only need to attend one of the webinars.

 

Topic: Scenario Planning Applications for Freight Transportation

Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET

Registration for 9/11/14 webinar: https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=27771

 

Description: Professionals in many fields, including freight transportation, often try to make future projections in order to gain a better understanding about what the future will look like and how to better plan for that future.  However, in many cases future projections prove to be inaccurate, due to unforeseen events that alter the projected growth patterns.  These events occur in various forms, including macro-scale natural or human-induced disasters or incidents, macro-scale economic changes, demographic changes, political and/or regulatory changes, technological developments, or other significant events that alter previously established patterns of human activities.  The unforeseen disruptive events can make it difficult to plan for desired future transportation scenarios, though at the same time they can facilitate more flexible transportation planning, including freight transportation planning, if the attributes that are associated with disruptive events are identified and understood before they happen.

 

This webinar, led by the FHWA Office of Freight Management & Operations and the FHWA Office of Planning, will explore the use of scenario planning as a way to inform freight infrastructure and supply chain management activities and investments. Scenario planning is an analytical process that can help public and private sector transportation professionals plan for the future and better understand what changes might happen in the future. Agencies are increasingly finding value in applying the principles of scenario planning to freight transportation planning and decision-making.

 

Scenario Planning Applications for Freight Transportation

This presentation will discuss how scenario planning can be used to enhance transportation planning and more specifically how it can enhance freight transportation planning.

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Freight Transportation Scenario Planning Overview – Understanding the Possible Impact Factors

This presentation will examine some of the types of challenges that can arise when trying to make projections about the future based on past trends.  It will also discuss how identifying and examining hypothetical future scenarios can lead to insights about future freight transportation needs.

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Understanding Hypothetical Future Scenarios to Enhance Freight Transportation Planning – State DOT Perspective

This presentation will discuss how a state Department of Transportation can examine hypothetical future scenarios to inform its freight transportation planning efforts within the state and with bordering states, and gain a better understanding about likely freight needs that are consistent across the various scenarios examined.

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Understanding Hypothetical Future Scenarios to Enhance Freight Transportation Planning – MPO Perspective

This presentation will discuss how a Metropolitan Planning Organization can examine hypothetical future scenarios to enhance its freight transportation planning efforts in its metropolitan area and with its state DOT and nearby MPO partners, and gain a better understanding about likely freight needs that are consistent across the various scenarios examined.

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The presentations, which will take approximately 60 minutes, will be followed by a roughly 30 minute question and answer session through the chat pod and live over the phone. If you have any specific questions you would like to submit to the presenters in advance of the webinar or any other questions about the webinar content, please send them to Chip Millard at 202-366-4415 or [log in to unmask] or Rae Keasler at 202-366-0329 or [log in to unmask].  If you have questions about the technical aspects of the webinar, please contact Jennifer Symoun, Leidos at 703-318-4267 or [log in to unmask].

 

FHWA Freight Transportation webinars:

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 the Talking Freight webinars 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.

 

This webinar is 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.

 

FHWA Scenario Planning webinars:

If you have any questions, suggested future topics, would like to participate in a webinar session, or would like receive technical assistance on scenario planning, please refer to the TPCB Scenario Planning Website, or contact Rae Keasler in the FHWA Office of Planning at [log in to unmask] or 202-366-0329 or Jeff Price in the FTA Office of Planning and Environment at [log in to unmask] or 202-366-0843.

 

Carl L. "Chip" Millard III

Federal Highway Administration

Office of Freight Management and Operations

Program Delivery Team

U.S. DOT Headquarters Building

Room E84-471

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

Phone: 202-366-4415

Fax: 202-366-3225

E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]