This is a reminder that registration is still available for the November 15, 2017 Talking Freight Seminar. Please feel free to forward this to others who might be interested. If you have already registered, please disregard this message.

 

 

Please note that the registration process for these seminars has changed. Non-USDOT employees must have an FHWA external collaboration account to register. If you do not already have an account please visit https://collaboration.fhwa.dot.gov/FBA/Register.aspx to request one. Once you have an account you can register through the registration links below.

 

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Date/Time: November 15, 2017  1:00 – 2:30 pm ET

Topic: International Urban Freight (I-NUF) Conference Presentations – Examining and Addressing Urban Goods Movement Needs

 

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

 

Description and Presentations: Freight transportation issues and needs often have a particularly significant impact in urban areas.  Urban areas are often the locations for manufacturing, distribution, or commercial retail-related freight generators.  Perhaps even more significantly, urban areas are almost always significant freight transportation destination locations, due to the high volume of freight products used and consumed in those areas.  The high volumes of freight transportation activity that takes place in urban areas and the need to better understand the needs and impacts of urban freight movements has inspired a significant amount of research on urban freight transportation.  One of the leading centers for urban freight transportation research, the METRANS Transportation Center in southern California, sponsors an every-other year international conference focused on presenting research in the urban freight transportation field.  This webinar will include three presentations given at the 2017 METRANS International Urban Freight Conference.  The three presentations will particularly focus on challenges with urban freight transportation and delivery challenges and how better understanding attributes such as business freight delivery needs, municipal parking and zoning regulations, and urban street design can better allow transportation planners to address urban goods movements within their communities.

 

“Industry Impacts of Urban Area Freight Access”

This presentation will examine some of the challenges freight companies, particularly carriers, face that reduce accessibility for urban area freight access, and discuss how addressing these issues can benefit both freight companies and the regional and/or national economy as a whole.

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“Urban Freight Initiatives: State of the Art and State of the Practice”

This presentation will discuss some of the methods that can be used to enhance urban freight movements, including some recent research examining which of these methods are most utilized and most beneficial.

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“The Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery System”

This presentation will talk about the issues and needs associated with actual freight deliveries in urban areas, i.e. the last 50 feet, particularly curbside deliveries to commercial businesses and of e-commerce shipments.

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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.

 

In addition, FHWA is now offering PDH certificates for those who are interested.

 

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].  If you have any questions about the technology aspects of the webinar, please contact Jennifer Symoun, Toxcel, 703-754-0248, [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Symoun, PMP | toXcel
Director, Transportation Technology

Office: 703.754.0248 (x8208)
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