Greetings,
We are pleased to announce that Talking Freight will return<https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ijvJzgeNRWWl9UTnsn-YlA> on Tuesday, May 9th at 1pm EST via Zoom.
Talking Freight, a series hosted by FHWA's Office of Freight Management and Operations, provides technical assistance, training, tools, and information to help the freight and planning workforce meet the transportation challenges of tomorrow. This upcoming Talking Freight webinar will include presentations on freight planning tools, including:
* Institute of Transportation Engineer's Curbside Management Tool<https://github.com/ITE-Curbside/curbside-management-tool>
* Speaker: Larry Marcus, Founder, Forward Progress
* University of Washington's Urban Goods Delivery System Toolkit<https://depts.washington.edu/toolkit/>
* Speaker: Kelly Rula, Director, Urban Freight Lab, University of Washington
* Volpe National Transportation System Center's Resilience and Disaster Recovery Tool Suite<https://www.volpe.dot.gov/news/developing-tool-suite-address-resilience-return-investment-transportation-infrastructure>
* Speaker: Scott Smith, Operations Research Analyst, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (V336 - Technology, Innovation, and Policy)
There will be plenty of opportunities to engage in Q&A with your fellow freight practitioners through an open forum discussion.
Register here: https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ijvJzgeNRWWl9UTnsn-YlA<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusdot.zoomgov.com%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_ijvJzgeNRWWl9UTnsn-YlA&data=05%7C01%7CKate.Flaherty%40dot.gov%7C451de2209f1c4fac8d6e08db3ac18f61%7Cc4cd245b44f04395a1aa3848d258f78b%7C0%7C0%7C638168375240604505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZF2INMGo52lqjycVSx2ZJeE9wQLFnf6xT94WicJU9i4%3D&reserved=0>
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If you have not yet participated in Talking Freight, I encourage you to do so. These seminars, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, are held via Zoom web conference. More information about Talking Freight is available at Talking Freight Seminars - Freight Professional Development Program - FHWA Freight Management and Operations (dot.gov)<https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm>
Links to past presentations and recordings are available on Talking Freight - Freight Planning - Planning - FHWA (dot.gov)<https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/freight_planning/talking_freight/index.cfm>
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 Tiffany Julien, FHWA's Office of Freight Management and Operations, at (202) 366-9241 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> If you have any questions about the technology aspects of the webinar, please contact Kate Flaherty, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (617) 494-2475, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
[http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/85/US-DeptOfTransportation-Seal.png]Tiffany Julien | Transportation Specialist| Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management and Operations| 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, E84-473
Washington, DC 20590 |Ph: 202.366-9241| [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/
