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** This message is being sent to the Freight Planning LISTSERV. If you have already registered for this seminar please disregard.** Registration is still available for the April 15 Talking Freight Seminar. Topic: Measuring the Lifecycle Impacts of Freight Transportation Emissions Date/Time: April 15, 2015 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm *Please note registration is now occurring through Adobe Connect. If you register using an email address that is linked to an Adobe Connect account, you will be prompted to log in using your Adobe Connect password. If you do not have an Adobe Connect account, you will be able to register by simply entering your information in the required fields. Description: Freight transportation activities often generate significant emissions, both gas and particulate, that negatively impact air quality. Both governments, through implementing regulations that require reduced emissions to protect the public good, and freight transportation operators, through meeting the regulatory requirements and implementing innovative approaches that increase fuel and energy efficiency and decrease emissions while also lowering costs, have made significant strides in recent years to cut gas and particulate emissions and diminish freight transportation's impacts on air quality. However, with freight volumes continuing to grow, particularly when the U.S. and global economies grow, minimizing freight transportation's impact on air quality remains a challenge. Additionally, though many infrastructure and operational projects that are implemented can provide shorter-term air quality benefits, it is sometimes unclear what the lifecycle-length air quality impacts are for many freight transportation projects. Getting a better handle on the lifecycle impacts of gas and particulate emissions will help both public and private sector organizations more clearly understand the true benefits and costs of transportation projects from both an air quality and overall transportation perspective. This webinar will examine how the lifecycle impacts of freight transportation emissions for infrastructure, operational, and other types of transportation projects can be more comprehensively measured and assessed. Topics and Presenters: Measuring the Lifecycle Impacts of Freight Transportation Emissions - Overview This presentation will discuss some of the various ways the lifecycle of freight transportation-related emissions can be measured and assessed. SPEAKER: * Mike Chester, Arizona State University FHWA Infrastructure Carbon Estimator Tool This presentation will discuss the recently-developed FHWA Infrastructure Carbon Estimator Tool, which attempts to more comprehensively measure the lifecycle emissions impacts of various larger and smaller-scale transportation projects. SPEAKERS: * John Davies, FHWA Office of Natural Environment * Jeff Houk, FHWA Resource Center * Frank Gallivan, ICF International Freight Vehicles Lifecycle Emissions Assessment This presentation will examine various ways the lifecycle of freight vehicle emissions can be measured and mitigated. SPEAKER: * Chris Porter, Cambridge Systematics 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 about the webinar content, please contact Chip Millard, FHWA Freight Office, at 202-366-4415 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you have any questions about registration or the technology aspects of the webinar, please contact Nicole Coene, Leidos, at 703-318-4267 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>