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[External Email] Registration is now available for the January<x-apple-data-detectors://0> 13 Talking Freight Seminar. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Date/Time: January 13, 2021 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET<x-apple-data-detectors://1> Topic: Current Developments in Connected and Automated Trucks Registration: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm Description and Presentations: In recent years, significant research has been conducted on connected and automated trucks. Public and private organizations have tested trucks using various levels of automation. Some truck carriers have conducted over-the-road tests that evaluated the capabilities of connected and automated truck technologies. Though it remains unclear when connected or eventually autonomous trucks will be deployed more widely, the increasing number and percentage of successful test runs increases the likelihood that various types of semi-autonomous and autonomous trucks will make their way to U.S. roadways in the years to come. This webinar will discuss current research being conducted by government agencies and private truck carriers and examine the state of truck automation within the trucking industry. Overview of the Current State of Truck Automation This presentation will provide an overview of current developments in truck automation from a technological perspective and adoption perspective. SPEAKER: * Richard Bishop, Bishop Consulting Truck Platooning Research Initiatives This presentation will discuss the FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center’s truck platooning project, which has involved testing of truck platoons in testbed and over-the-road environments. SPEAKER: * Hyungjun Park, FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center Trucking Industry Perspective and Insights on Truck Automation Activities This presentation will examine trucking industry initiatives to test connected and automated trucks and introduce those trucks more widely on the U.S. highway network. SPEAKER: * Dan Murray, American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) ******************************************************************************************************************************************* 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. In addition, those who are interested can obtain a certificate for 1.5 PDH hours. If you have any questions about the webinar content, please contact Chip Millard, FHWA Freight Office, at 202-366-4415<tel:202-366-4415> or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you have any questions about the technology aspects of the webinar,please contact Jennifer Symoun, Toxcel, 703-754-0248<tel:703-754-0248>, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Jennifer Symoun, PMP | toXcel Vice President, Engineering and Behavioral Sciences Office: 703-754-0248 (x8208)<tel:703-754-0248;8208> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | toxcel.com<http://www.toxcel.com/>