Talking Freight Seminar Series
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of Freight Management and Operations and the Office of Planning host the "Talking Freight" seminars. The seminars are part of a broader Freight Professional Development Program aimed at providing technical assistance, training, tools, and information to help the freight and planning workforce meet the transportation challenges of tomorrow. Seminars are held on a monthly basis throughout the year and are open at no cost to all interested parties in both the public and private sectors.
Register for Upcoming Seminars
To register for a seminar, select the seminar topic in the table below. You will be taken to a registration form on the National Highway Institute Web site. You must register individually for each seminar in which you are interested. When registering you will be asked to enter your name, organization, phone number, and email address. This information will only be used to keep track of seminar participation and will not be shared with others. Please make sure you enter your email address correctly, as you will be sent login information via email. If you register for a seminar and later find out you can no longer attend, please inform Laura Feast (SAIC) via email at laura.h.feast@saic.com.
| Date & Time | Topic | Description of Topic | Speakers, Affiliations and Topics |
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| July 15, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Credit Crunch and Impacts on Freight Transportation | The session will focus on how the current, tight credit market is impacting freight carrier operations and freight real estate development. Hear what bearing the short and long-term impacts of the credit crunch are having on freight transportation. |
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| August 19, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Highway Networks and their Relationship to Freight | The role of the federal government in our nation's highway system has evolved over the decades. At various points in time Congress has authorized the federal government to create programs for a number of national highway systems. Hear the genesis of and rational for the National Network, the National Highway System, the Interstate System, and LCV locations. |
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| September 16, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Institutional Arrangements | Public and private entities engaged with the nation's freight system have a strong desire to create effective mechanisms for planning, financing, and implementing freight projects. The ability to bridge the public and private sectors and address freight needs that stretch across regions and states have emerged as significant factors in developing effective mechanisms. Hear about recent efforts to identify structures the public sector can employ to administer and fund the implementation of multi-state/multi-jurisdictional freight transportation projects and about a set of tools being created for use by the freight community when advancing institutional arrangements for freight projects. |
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| October 21, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Situational Awareness | Important industry issue with freight transportation implications. |
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| November 18, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Security | In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government began building a new multimodal approach to cargo security. The freight transportation industry continues to face unprecedented challenges from new security directives, such as TWIC and 10+2, designed to make the movement of goods more secure and safer from terrorist attacks. What would happen if the system were impacted by an incident, natural or man-made, that caused a disruption or brought fright transportation to a halt. What protocols may be needed to resume transportation and trade. Hear how security directives are impacting performance of the freight transportation system and what is needed to recover from a system disruption. | |
| December 16, 2009 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET |
Freight Fee Structures | Hear about fee structures that are in place, their intent, and whether or not they have been successful. How do they connect to the State DOT/MPO functions and what role should they play? |
Past Seminars
All Talking Freight seminars are recorded and are available for viewing online after the seminar has past. An archive of presentations, recordings, podcasts, and transcripts from all past Talking Freight Seminars is available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning/talking.htm.
Freight Planning LISTSERV
Information about the Talking Freight Seminar Series, including upcoming topics and registration availability, is distributed through the Freight Planning LISTSERV. The LISTSERV also provides a venue for exchanging information about freight planning among public and private sector professionals. There are over 400 subscribers, comprised of transportation professionals from State DOTs, MPOs, professional associations, businesses, the academic community, and others.
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