Lunchtime Tech Talk! WEBINAR: Automating the Traffic Signal Performance Measures for NJDOT Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Systems
2021-06-29 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
Join the NJDOT Bureau of Research for this Lunchtime Tech Talk! Webinar on Automating the Traffic Signal Performance Measures for NJDOT Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Systems on June 29th, 2021.
Traffic signal performance measurement and visualization provide insights as operational tools to help transportation agencies get more benefits from infrastructure investment. Traditionally, transportation professionals periodically measure the performance of traffic signal systems and adjust the signal phases and timing to ensure appropriate level of service (LOS) over the changing travel demand patterns. However, this process is often done through time-consuming and costly projects every few years.
Promoted under the FHWA’s Every Day Counts program, Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measure (ATSPM) systems provide a means to proactively manage problems on a signalized roadway on a daily basis. However, the deployment of ATSPM requires systematic upgrading to high-resolution controllers and needs special configurations at each signal cabinet.
Recent and ongoing research funded by NJDOT has sought to identify and develop toolboxes, guidelines, and deployment strategies to implement ATSPM with the existing NJDOT Adaptive Traffic Signal Control (ATSC) systems. By connecting to existing centralized signal event and detector logs of ATSC at the NJDOT Arterial Management Center, the developed NJDOT RT-ATSPM (Realtime-ATSPM) platform will provide all the performance metrics in the original ATSPM without the costly controller upgrading and cabinet-by-cabinet configurations.
In this Lunchtime Tech Talk webinar, Peter Jin, PhD from Rutgers-CAIT and Thomas Brennan, PhD from The College of New Jersey will join with Kelly McVeigh, PE from NJDOT’s Mobility Engineering to discuss the details of the ATSC-to-ATSPM event translators developed, advance detector data reconstruction from Autoscope video, guidelines and deployment strategies of the proposed RT-ATSPM platform.
The event is free, but registration is required to receive the URL link to the webinar. NJ AICP and PE credits are available, but you must be registered for the event.
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TRB Webinar: One Pack to Rule Them All–The Cone Penetration Test Expansion Pack
2021-06-29 18:00 - 19:30
TRB Webinar: One Pack to Rule Them All–The Cone Penetration Test Expansion Pack
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Cone penetration tests (CPT) determine the geotechnical properties of soils. TRB will host a webinar on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern that will identify available CPT sensor modules, tools, and in-situ tests available beyond standard CPT investigations. Presenters will discuss sensors that include seismic and pore-water pressure. They will also highlight case studies that have used non-standard CPT tools to convey these methods’ added value.
1. CPT probe modules for site characterization: Diane Moug, Portland State University
2. Case example of improving field practice: Gerald Verbeek, Eijkelkamp North America
3. Use cases beyond the “typical” application of the CPTu: Diane Moug, Portland State University
4. Question and answer session: Derrick Dasenbrock, Federal Highway Administration
Attendance is free for members of TRB cooperating organizations and Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are offered for attendance.

Adventures in Crowdsourcing: Vehicle Video Analytics and Connected Vehicle Data for Operations and Planning
2021-07-13 17:30 - 19:00
This webinar spotlights the use of two newer data sources: vehicle-based video analytics and connected vehicle data. Featured are practitioners from the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and the Maricopa Association of Governments in Arizona. Complementing the practitioner perspectives will be representatives from their data and analytics providers, Nexar and Wejo, respectively.
Moderator
Greg Jones, FHWA Office of Operations and EDC-6 Crowdsourcing Initiative Co-lead
Presenters
* Using Nexar Data for Real-Time Work Zone Management — John Peñuelas, Jr., Senior Director of Engineering at Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada, will spotlight how they use this data for work zone and lane closure detection.
* Nexar Overview — Brandon Long, Public Sector Director at Nexar, will provide broader information on their data sources, features, and uses.
* Using Wejo Data for Monitoring, Safety, and Planning — Wang Zhang, Transportation Data Program Manager at Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), will spotlight how they use this data for travel and congestion studies, performance measures, model validation, and other uses.
* Wejo Overview — Andrew Wollet and Garth Evans will provide broader information on their data sources, features, and uses.
Target Audience
* Transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) executives, managers, and practitioners
* Work Zone Management professionals
* Traffic Incident Management professionals
* Transportation Planners and Modelers
* Performance-focused operations personnel
* Traffic Management Center (TMC) managers
Learning Objectives
* Learn how public agencies are leveraging new crowdsourced data to improve operations, safety, and planning.
* Learn about new resources and support available through the FHWA EDC-6 Crowdsourcing innovation to help agencies derive even greater safety, reliability, and cost-savings benefits from crowdsourced data.
Register Here https://nocoe.adobeconnect.com/edc6-7132021/event/registration.html

Value Capture Strategies: Transportation Reinvestment Zones – The Primer
2021-07-14 17:00 - 19:00
Value Capture Strategies: Transportation Reinvestment Zones – The PrimerWednesday, July 14, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT – 3:00:00 PM EDT
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Transportation Reinvestment Zones (TRZs) are a funding mechanism first established by the 80th Texas Legislature in 2007 as a Value Capture strategy that capture and leverage the economic growth that results from a transportation project. A TRZ allows a city or county to designate a geographic area around a proposed transportation project and capture the incremental property tax and/or sales tax revenue generated in the area for use in funding the development of that project. A TRZ is not a tax increase—it merely allows for the dedication of all or a portion of the incremental increase in tax revenues generated within the boundaries of the TRZ to support the funding of the project which influenced the growth in tax revenues. FHWA will roll out the Transportation Reinvestment Zones – The Primer designed to provide information to state and local authorities looking for new and innovative funding sources to help pay urban, suburban, and rural public roads as well as spur economic development and redevelopment. Do you know which economic development tools are available to fund transportation infrastructure projects to attract new development or retain businesses to your community? Do you need infrastructure to accommodate your communities’ anticipated growth or assistance in implementing Incremental Growth Techniques?
Come to the Value Capture Strategies webinar on July 14, 2021 to learn how TRZ can help your state and local authorities. Registration is free but is limited, register now! to reserve your space.
Targeted Audience
The webinar series is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural transportation agencies looking for innovative funding and financial strategies to pay for transportation projects. This would include professionals involved with directing and managing aspects of highway-related programs and projects, such as planning, environment, project development, design, construction, operations, maintenance, and finance.
Additional Information
Since 2019, at least 33 cities have implemented Value Capture techniques to fund new street infrastructure capital, maintenance, and preservation projects that can accommodate growth, support successful economic development/redevelopment, and create jobs and economic growth.
For additional information, please contact:
* Thay Bishop, FHWA Center Innovative Finance Support, 404-562-3695, thay.bishop@dot.gov mailto:thay.bishop@dot.gov
* Stefan Natzke, FHWA National Systems and Economic Development, 202-366-5010, Stefan.Natzke@dot.gov mailto:Stefan.Natzke@dot.gov
Resources: Available Now
* Consult the Value Capture Implementation Manual for information applicable to all Value Capture strategies of roadway projects.
* See the FHWA’s Value Capture website for case studies, best practices, lessons learned, FAQs, and resources.
* Watch a short video https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/value_capture/capacity_building/hot_topics_spotlights.aspx on how Value Capture optimizes agency resources.

60th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law
2021-07-18 00:00 - 2021-07-22 00:00
Convened by TRB, the 60th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law will be held July 18-21, 2021. Each year the workshop attracts 150 to 200 lawyers, engineers, and transportation planners. Participants have the opportunity to meet and hear from federal, state, and local government transportation attorneys and private transportation practitioners from around the country. In-depth sessions on significant legal issues in transportation are presented by leading subject matter practitioners including senior attorneys from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Agency, and Federal Railroad Administration.
Registration is not yet available.
For more information, click here https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/07-18-2021/annual-workshop-on-transportation-law or contact Robert Shea (rshea@nas.edu mailto:rshea@nas.edu )

FHWA Webinar: The Evolution of VPI During the Pandemic: State DOT Practices
2021-07-21 17:00 - 18:30
The webinar will feature: * A short introduction from the FHWA Office of Planning, Environment and Realty;
* A presentation from the Ohio Department of Transportation about how their approach to virtual public involvement has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic;
* A presentation from the Maryland State Highway Administration about how they pivoted to using virtual public meetings for the I-495 and I-270 managed lanes study;
* A presentation from the Maryland Transportation Authority about how they adapted their approach to public involvement for the Chesapeake Bay Crossing study to include virtual public involvement techniques; and
* A questions and answer session.
The webinar will take place via Microsoft Teams Live on Wednesday, July 21, from 1:00-2:30 PM ET.
This webinar is being offered as part of FHWA’s Every Day Counts Initiative on Virtual Public Involvement.
For questions about or assistance registering for this webinar, please contact Benjamin Turpin (Benjamin.Turpin@dot.gov mailto:Benjamin.Turpin@dot.gov ). For questions about the VPI initiative, please contact Carolyn Nelson (Carolyn.Nelson@dot.gov mailto:Carolyn.Nelson@dot.gov ), Lana Lau (Lana.Lau@dot.gov mailto:Lana.Lau@dot.gov ), or Jill Stark (Jill.Stark@dot.gov mailto:Jill.Stark@dot.gov ).
The FHWA is committed to providing equal access to this webinar for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please contact Benjamin Turpin at 617-494-2771 or via email (Benjamin.Turpin@dot.gov mailto:Benjamin.Turpin@dot.gov ) with your request by close of business on July 6, 2021.

The Transportation and Climate Initiative: Multi-State Collaboration to Advance Equitable Low-Carbon Transportation
2021-08-03 16:00 - 17:00
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation account for about 28 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. As we work together to address the profound climate crisis, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s new speaker series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System https://www.volpe.dot.gov/events/innovation-for-sustainable-equitable-transportation , will explore how to transition to a low-/no-carbon transportation system—one that enables disadvantaged communities to gain access to mobility, jobs, and economic opportunity.
James Bradbury, PhD, mitigation program director of Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University Law Center, will present “The Transportation and Climate Initiative: Multi-State Collaboration to Advance Equitable Low-Carbon Transportation” as part of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s 2021 thought leadership series, Innovation for a Sustainable, Equitable Transportation System https://www.volpe.dot.gov/events/innovation-for-sustainable-equitable-transportation , on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 12 p.m. (ET).
Attend the Event
The public is invited to join us by livestream https://volpe-events.webex.com/ec3300/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?confId=194474481716051568&theAction=detail&path=program_detail&siteurl=volpe-events&confViewID=194474481716051568&internalProgramTicketUnList=4832534b000000046308844376a8cb40942e188764766da9851e138715e8cf3e5f91cafa85dd5968&MK=1876267286 . Each speaker’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A period where event participants are invited to share ideas, ask questions, and engage with our speakers.
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FHWA: 2021 Virtual Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting
2021-08-04 16:00 - 2021-08-05 20:30
Registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting from August 4-5. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a venue for peer exchange between the transportation and weather communities consisting of State and local transportation agencies, academia, vendors, weather service providers (public and private), and consultants. Thank you to those who have already registered for the meeting.
Registration is free, but it is required. https://trecs.adobeconnect.com/road-weather-management-stakeholder-meeting-2021-day1/event/event_info.html
Dates: To best accommodate a virtual platform, the meeting will be conducted across two days, 4 hours per day.
* August 4, 2021 – August 5, 2021
* Each day will run from 12:00-4:30 p.m. EDT (with a 30-minute break from 2:00-2:30 p.m.)
Location: VIRTUAL – Adobe Connect Platform
* Information for optimal use of the software will be sent out with your registration confirmation.
Preliminary Agenda Items:
* Welcome
* Extreme Weather Events
* Innovative Solutions by Transportation Agencies
* Technology and Research Projects
* Weather Responsive Management Strategies (WRMS)
* Performance Measures
* Community Update (Committees, Pooled Fund Studies, etc.)
* And More
Transportation Agencies—Call for Presentations: The Road Weather Management Program (RWMP) is reaching out to all transportation agencies for presenters/presentations for the stakeholder meeting on the following topics.
* Innovative Solutions
* Solutions: Impacts from Climate Change (Resiliency and Sustainability)
* Implemented Strategies for Weather Responsive Management
* Automated Vehicle Testing during Adverse Weather
* Extreme Weather Event Experiences
If you are interested, please contact Tony Coventry at Tony.Coventry@dot.gov. mailto:Tony.Coventry@dot.gov
Photo Contest—Extreme Weather: RWMP is having a photo contest at the stakeholder meeting. RWMP will select the top five photos from all submissions received by July 23, 2021. At the stakeholder meeting, the participants will vote to select the winner. All photos will be displayed during break. Rules for submitting a photo are as follows:
* The photo should capture an extreme weather event that occurred in 2020 or 2021.
* All photos submitted require a signed release.
* Signed permission for use of the photo in future FHWA publications.
* All registrants for the stakeholder meeting are eligible.
* The “prize” will be bragging rights!
Submit your picture and release to Tony Coventry at Tony.Coventry@dot.gov mailto:Tony.Coventry@dot.gov .
If you need additional information, please contact David Johnson at David.Johnson@dot.gov mailto:David.Johnson@dot.gov .

Value Capture Strategies: Developer Impact Fees -The Primer
2021-08-04 17:00 - 19:00
Value Capture Strategies: Developer Impact Fees -The PrimerWednesday, August 4, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT – 3:00:00 PM EDT
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Value Capture Strategy: Developer Impact Fees (DIF) also known as a Street Impact Fees, Transportation Impact Fees, or System Development Charges, is one-time fee assessed by local government to developers to share of the new or expanded infrastructure costs to the community that will directly address the increased demand for services created by that development. Costs often covered include roads, utilities and public facilities. The goal is to have each new development share of the costs of off-site capital facilities needed to serve the new development—to help growth pay for itself and reduce the financial burden on the existing community. FHWA has recently developed a Developer Impact Fees – The Primer designed to provide information to transportation agencies that have DIF or are considering the use of DIF. The primer provides a practical information on what DIF is, how it works, where it used and case studies.
State and local (city, county, township, & tribe) transportation professionals are invited to a Value Capture Strategies: Developer Impact Fees-The Primer webinar on August 4, 2021, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET. The program will feature experts from leading state and local authorities sharing their Developer Impact Fees program including the processes, requirements, accounting & administration, and much more. Participants have an opportunity interact with peer experts to gain an in-depth understanding the benefits and applicability of Developer Impact Fees. There is no cost to participate but the space is limited. You must register to reserve your connection/space.
Targeted Audience
The webinar series is intended for professionals from States, cities, counties, Tribes, and metropolitan and rural transportation agencies looking for innovative funding and financial strategies to pay for transportation projects. This would include professionals involved with directing and managing aspects of highway-related programs and projects, such as planning, environment, project development, design, construction, operations, maintenance, and finance.
Additional Information
Since 2019, at least 33 cities have implemented Value Capture techniques to fund new street infrastructure capital, maintenance, and preservation projects that can accommodate growth, support successful economic development/redevelopment, and create jobs and economic growth.
For additional information, please contact:
* Thay Bishop, FHWA Center Innovative Finance Support, 404-562-3695, thay.bishop@dot.gov mailto:thay.bishop@dot.gov
* Stefan Natzke, FHWA National Systems and Economic Development, 202-366-5010, Stefan.Natzke@dot.gov mailto:Stefan.Natzke@dot.gov
Resources: Available Now
* Consult the Value Capture Implementation Manual for information applicable to all Value Capture strategies of roadway projects.
* See the FHWA’s Value Capture website for case studies, best practices, lessons learned, FAQs, and resources.
* Watch a short video https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/value_capture/capacity_building/hot_topics_spotlights.aspx on how Value Capture optimizes agency resources.

Adventures in Crowdsourcing: Emergency Management
2021-08-10 17:30 - 19:00
This webinar spotlights the use of crowdsourced data to enhance transportation agency operations during Emergency Management situations like evacuations, storms, and post-event recovery phases.
Register here. https://nocoe.adobeconnect.com/crowd4ops-08102021/event/registration.html
Moderator
* James Colyar, FHWA Office of Operations and EDC-6 Crowdsourcing Initiative Co-lead
Presenters
* Crowdsourced Data use in Hurricane Response — Amy Dirusso, P.E., ITS Project Manager and TSM&O Project Coordinator, Florida Department of Transportation
* Crowdsourced Data to Enhance Evacuations — Brett Sellers, P.E., Transportation Systems Management and Operations Group, Alabama Department of Transportation.
* Crowdsourced Data for Improved Adverse Weather Response —Randi Feltner, P.E., Transportation Engineer Specialist, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and Chris Lambert, Data Analyst, KYTC.
Target Audience
* Transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) executives and practitioners
* Emergency transportation operations
* Road weather management professionals
* Performance focused operations personnel
* Traffic Management Center managers
Learning Objectives
* Learn how regional agencies are leveraging new crowdsourced data to improve operations, safety, and planning.
* Learn about new resources and support available through the FHWA EDC6 Crowdsourcing program to help agencies derive even greater safety, reliability, and cost-savings benefits from crowdsourced data.

Project Bundling: The Business Process
2021-08-17 18:00 - 19:00
The goal of the EDC-5 Project Bundling initiative is to make bundling a routine agency business process. Ideally, agencies would have guidance or rules for assessing the potential benefit of bundling a set of projects. This webinar will provide guidance on how to employ ‘business rules’ consistently and strategically, such that bundles are identified as early as possible; preferably to be included in the State’s Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP.
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NJLTAP – Innovating at the Local Public Works Level: Can you Build a Better Mousetrap? (Webinar)
2021-08-25 14:00 - 15:00
In this webinar, come learn how the network of local technical assistance programs work with the Federal Highway Administration in the Build a Better Mousetrap competition to inspire innovation from local agencies around the country.
We’ll look at how Build a Better Mousetrap celebrates innovative solutions for challenges that local and tribal transportation workers encounter. These innovations can range from the development of tools and equipment modifications to the implementation of new processes that increase safety, reduce cost, and improve efficiency of our transportation system.
You just may leave the webinar thinking you’ve built a better mousetrap in your agency that you could enter in the next round of competition!
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Value Capture Strategies: Special Assessment Districts – The Primer
2021-08-25 17:00 - 19:00
Value Capture Strategies: Special Assessment Districts – The PrimerWednesday, August 25, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT – 3:00:00 PM EDT
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As the Federal funding for surface transportation has declined or is diminished, our infrastructure assets have reached the end of their useful lives. Adding to complexity is the state and local pressure to fund emerging needs such as “Smart City” initiatives to leverage new technologies and the complete street initiative to ensure safety to all mobility modes (walk, bike, scooter, street car, automobile, etc.). The need for transportation improvements has far outpaced the available funding sources. Think about the Value Capture Special Assessment Technique!! Special Assessments can serve as gap funding for public road improvement projects. The technique can also be used to leverage federal and state grants, attract private capital, provide access to federal low interest rate loans, and can seed funding to get the project off the ground. One of the powerful Value Capture techniques is a special assessment district and every state offers at least one type of Special Assessment funding & financing to its communities. It is a proven, effective technique for funding improvements that directly benefits property owners and enhances property values in the special assessment district. Local jurisdictions may create special assessment districts around transportation infrastructure to share the cost from beneficiaries. They can be new fees or assessment on property owners within those areas to share transportation infrastructure investment. The assessment can be based on property value, or sales, special business fees, or other measures of value, and can last for a fixed duration of time. SADs generate revenue from both existing and future developments.
FHWA has recently developed a Value Capture strategies: Special Assessment District (SAD) Primer – The Primer designed to provide information to state and local transportation agencies that have used or are considering the use of SAD. The primer provides practical information on what SAD is, how it works, where it used and case studies. Do you need funding for your state, city, county, township, and tribe? Do you know which revenue tools are available to fund improved services and capital expenditures in your community? Do you need infrastructure to accommodate your communities’ anticipated growth? Do you need assistance in implementing Value Capture Special Assessment.? Come to the Value Capture Virtual Peer Exchanges on August 25,2021 at 1:00PM-3:00PM ET to learn from peer experts on opportunities and challenges of implementing Value Capture Special Assessment techniques. There is no cost to participate but space is limited. You must register to reserve your connection/space.

EDC Safety Summit Series: Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)
2021-09-01 14:00 - 18:00
Sharing Success and Expanding Implementation to Save Lives
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Safety innovations have been a cornerstone of the Every Day Counts (EDC) program since 2011, resulting in their rapid deployment and institutionalization, and the upcoming EDC Safety Summit Series will build on that momentum.
The summit series, scheduled for each Wednesday during September, will highlight seven safety initiatives, and share how they can save lives. The series will benefit those who are just beginning to implement these innovations, those who are further along and could gain from peer-to-peer engagement, and those with deployment stories to share. It will include opportunities to discuss hot topics with peers and establish relationships that can boost success now and in the future.
Each day of the series will kick off with FHWA leadership perspectives with opportunities for questions and answers, followed by interactive State and local presentations and a topic-based breakout session, as well as a local innovation safety showcase. There will also be engagement opportunities with other participants and peer-to-peer networking.
The summit will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET each day and is open to all State, local, and tribal stakeholders. Participants can join for one or all five Wednesdays.

EDC Safety Summit Series: Data-Driven Safety Analysis (DDSA)
2021-09-08 14:00 - 18:00

Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity
2021-09-09 00:00 - 2021-09-15 00:00
The TRB Conference to Advance Transportation Equity is now a virtual event!
Originally scheduled September 8-10, 2021 in Washington, DC, this conference is now being held online September 9, 10, 13, and 14, 2021. Register by July 30, 2021 to take advantage of the reduced Early Bird Rate.
Participants will represent a wide range of lived and professional experiences and discuss how diverse perspectives are included in policy development, project selection, and mitigation to advance transportation equity.
Register Now https://cvent.me/L87nVz
Become a Patron! https://web.cvent.com/event/c4ad93cd-c23d-450f-b6f4-f2ba2ef8d5d6/websitePage:5bdbc887-d619-4bd1-91df-2360d2afdf67 Support of this conference is your opportunity to increase your company’s visibility with the transportation community and to show your support of TRB’s goals and objectives for advancing transportation in the coming years.
For more information and to view the program, please visit the conference website https://trb.secure-platform.com/a/page/transportationequity . We look forward to seeing you at this virtual event!
Sincerely,
Transportation Research Board

EDC Safety Summit Series: Reducing Rural Roadway Departures (FoRRRwD) including High Friction Surface Treatment and SafetyEdge
2021-09-15 14:00 - 18:00

Value Capture Strategies: Risk Assessment – The Primer
2021-09-15 17:00 - 19:00
Value Capture Strategies: Risk Assessment – The PrimerWednesday, September 15, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT – 3:00:00 PM EDT
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Value capture is a set of powerful funding tools that is gaining in popularity to supplement traditional funding sources. Transportation systems are essential in enhancing the productivity and quality of life in the United States. Funding for streets, highways, and transit is provided by the joint efforts of federal, state, and local governments; taxation and user fees are the primary revenue sources, along with supplemental methods including loans, bonds, public-private partnerships, and concessions. All of the Value Capture strategies involved some degree of financial risks that they rely on large enough increment property value being create to provide adequate revenue. Thus, policies that rely on up-front payments from developers for the provision of new infrastructure generally tend to transfer risk to developers. This might include policies related to development impact fees, negotiated exactions, and certain types of special assessment districts. The charges are borne as costs by developers, who must then rely on sufficient demand for new development to recover the associated costs. If population growth, economic growth, or other factors that affect the demand for housing or commercial development fall short of expectations, the developer will be unable to recover the costs of infrastructure provision and will likely incur a financial loss. FHWA has recently developed a Value Capture Risk Assessment Primer designed to provide risks information to transportation agencies that have implemented or are considering the implement of Value Capture strategies. In pursuing these tools, public agencies should plan for anticipate risks when planning (project delays, project scope changes, economic downturns, higher than expected costs) but may need to provide additional guarantees to further attract investors and be flexible with the project timeline. Feature experts share their experiences in assessing risks in their Value Capture program. Come to the Value Capture Virtual Peer Exchanges on September 15,2021 at 1:00PM-3:00PM ET to learn from peer experts on opportunities and challenges of implementing Value Capture Risk Assessment techniques. There is no cost to participate but space is limited. You must register to reserve your connection/space. https://connectdotcqpub1.connectsolutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/events/event/shared/1112389207/event_registration.html?sco-id=1303221586

EDC Safety Summit Series: Intersection and Interchange Geometrics
2021-09-22 14:00 - 18:00

Talking TIM Webinar Series: September 2021
2021-09-22 17:30 - 19:00
State and local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs cover a broad range of maturity from emerging programs to those that are advanced. The Talking TIM Webinar Series seeks to provide a forum where TIM champions with any level of experience can exchange information about current practices, programs, and technologies. Each month, Talking TIM will highlight successful programs, identify best practices, and showcase technology that advances the profession.
The NOCoE September 2021 webinar will focus on rural roadway strategies for incident management. Speakers featured in this webinar will be:
Jamie Sullivan, Director, National Center for Rural Road Safety, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, will provide context for the role of TIM within broader rural roadway safety.
Megan Patent-Nygren, Training Program Coordinator – Managerial-Professional, Nebraska Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), will cover response strategies for incidents involving livestock.
Sheriff Ron Spikes, Yates County, New York will share the challenges for managing incidents involving rural transport such as horse drawn carriages and agricultural equipment.
Martha Eddy, Program Manager, Battelle will discuss the ongoing research into the unique challenges, good practices, and opportunities to assist rural responders and motorists to improve safety and incident mitigation of rural roadways.
Paul Jodoin and Jim Austrich, FHWA Office of Operations, organize and moderate this webinar series hosted by the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE).
REGISTER HERE https://events-na13.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/2334344376/en/events/event/shared/2386551631/event_registration.html?sco-id=9132129889&_charset_=utf-8
Cost: Free
PDH Credit: 1.5
To view previous topics in this webinar series, please visit the FHWA sponsored Talking TIM webinar site https://transportationops.org/tim/talkingtim .

EDC Safety Summit Series: Road Diets
2021-09-29 14:00 - 19:00

Lunchtime Tech Talk! WEBINAR: What Happens Now? Virtual Public Engagement During and Beyond Covid-19
2021-10-06 16:00 - 17:30
Join the NJDOT Bureau of Research for the Lunchtime Tech Talk! WEBINAR: What Happens Now? Virtual Public Engagement During and Beyond Covid-19 on October 6th, 2021.
This webinar will focus on virtual public involvement (VPI) both during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, when DOTs, MPOs and other local public agencies were confronted with the need to adapt to virtual platforms to engage with the public for transportation plans, projects and other activities. VPI has ﬂourished during the pandemic and will likely continue post pandemic, offering several benefits including increased participation from some members of the public. However, implementing effective VPI can pose some challenges, such as ensuring involvement from underserved communities.
Panelists from within and outside New Jersey will discuss their experiences engaging the public virtually during the pandemic; share challenges encountered and solutions; offer benefits of using VPI; detail strategies to reach underserved and underrepresented communities through VPI; and outline plans for continuing use of VPI post-pandemic.
INVITED SPEAKERS
* Andrea Lubin & Trish Sanchez, Rutgers-Voorhees Transportation Center, Public Outreach and Engagement Team
* Rickie Clark, Transportation Specialist, FHWA
* Jamille Robbins, Community Studies & Visualization Group, Leader, North Carolina DOT Public Involvement
* Alison Hastings, Associate Director, Communications, Delaware Valley Regional Plan Commission
* Vanessa Holman, Deputy Chief of Staff, NJDOT
* Megan Fackler, Director of Government and Community Relations, NJDOT
REGISTRATION INFO
The event is free, but registration is required to receive the URL link to the webinar. AICP Maintenance Credits and Professional Engineering PDH credits are available, but you must be registered for the event. Click through the link below to register for this webinar event:
What Happens Now? Virtual Public Engagement During and Beyond Covid-19
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
REGISTER HERE https://rutgers.webex.com/rutgers/onstage/g.php?MTID=e563d80586903b651950ab335f47e4dc1

Value Capture Strategies: Making the Business and Economic Case —A Primer
2021-10-06 17:00 - 19:00
Value Capture Strategies: Making the Business and Economic Case —A PrimerWednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00:00 PM EDT – 3:00:00 PM EDT
REGISTER HERE https://connectdotcqpub1.connectsolutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/events/event/shared/1112389207/event_landing.html?connect-session=breezbreezy3f48xtv2khrkri9&sco-id=1303246987&_charset_=utf-8
The Value Capture Business Case describes how governments set the policy, goals, objectives, and key performance indicators that form the basis of the policy case for a project. These are linked to the business case for a value capture technique through the allocation of costs and risks. This chapter explains how policy makers at the State and local level can achieve alignment of their policy objectives with the business and financial case for value capture techniques. It also discusses how this process can be enhanced through involving stakeholders in the planning process. Making the business and economic case for value capture to generate new funding for transportation infrastructure projects and programs is ultimately about establishing a clear and direct nexus between the transportation projects and real estate developments that emerge or benefit from transportation project investments. To maximize VC monetization potential, an effective VC strategy is to start early during project planning and public involvement phases and well in advance of right-of-way acquisition and project procurement. Making the VC business case is also about developing a strategy to strengthen and preserve the VC negotiating leverage with developers early in the planning stage FHWA will roll out the Value Capture Strategies: Making the Business and Economic Case —A Primer designed to demonstrate how local and regional agencies tasked with providing infrastructure can make the business and economic (B/E) case for using one or more VC techniques to address increasing funding challenges. The objective is to build capacity of understanding Value Capture Strategies, for consideration and implementation of revenue options, and value capture tools as part of a mix of funding and financing strategies in long-range plans. The webinar features experts discussing best practices and reviewing case studies for building the case for value capture. Registration is free but is limited, register now to reserve your space!

Driving FoRRRwD to Reduce Curve Crashes with Signing and Marking
2021-10-13 17:00 - 19:00
Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatalities—about 30 people a day. Head-ons, rollovers and tree crashes account for over three-quarters of these fatalities. Curves are over-represented for all 3 of these crash types.
This webinar will focus on how several agencies are addressing curves within their jurisdictions by enhancing curves with signing and striping to reduce roadway departures.
State, local, and tribal stakeholders – come and learn how you can address curves to reduce rural roadway departures and save the people behind the numbers.
Presenters and Topics:
· Pamela Blazo, Michigan DOT will present on Michigan’s Streamlined Systemic Application that was created to promote the installation of enhanced curve signing on the local roadway network. The presentation will highlight a few local agency projects recently implemented.
· Matt Mulder, Bonner County, Idaho will present on Bonner County’s effort to install edge lines and retroreflective delineators through curves on numerous roads as a project to address roadway departures.
· Paul Fontecchio, Brown County, Wisconsin will present on Brown County, Wisconsin’s safety improvements made on rural county highway curves as part of the County’s Road Safety Plan.
Registration: Participants must register in advance at https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/e3ter2zqjocr/event/registration.html https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fconnectdot.connectsolutions.com%2Fe3ter2zqjocr%2Fevent%2Fregistration.html&data=04%7C01%7Cdavid.aimen%40ejb.rutgers.edu%7Cf2c7478108c04501d89d08d9784f9926%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637673106294435552%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=pYFIcjKAbmjzL6CrmLl2xXXDqkQ7cqjq2fASPi7D%2FQY%3D&reserved=0
Space is limited to the first 500 registrants. If you try to register and are notified that registration is full, please contact mailto:jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com mailto:jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com to be put on the wait list. You will either be moved to the registration list when a spot opens up or you will receive instructions prior to the webinar to participate via an “overflow” webinar room.
This webinar is free and open to anyone who is interested. Please share this email with all who might be interested.

Bundling Implementation Best Practices Workshop: The Self-Assessment Tool
2021-10-14 17:00 - 19:00
Bundling Implementation Best Practices Workshop:The Self-Assessment Tool
October 14, 2021, 1:00 – 3:00 ET
Project bundling https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_5/project_bundling.cfm is projected to save the Indiana Department of Transportation an estimated $260M over six years, plus an additional $108M from implementing machine learning, along with savings of staff time. Your agency can realize these and other benefits too! The new FHWA Project Bundling Capability Matrix/Self-Assessment Tool can help.
Join us for a virtual workshop to learn more—Register Now https://connectdotcqpub1.connectsolutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/events/event/shared/1112389207/event_landing.html?connect-session=breezbreez6hogpufh9gcz7zmo&sco-id=1319802142&_charset_=utf-8
Participants will receive a training certificate/PDH as allowed by your State requirements https://connectdotcqpub1.connectsolutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/events/event/shared/1112389207/event_landing.html?connect-session=breezbreez6hogpufh9gcz7zmo&sco-id=1319802142&_charset_=utf-8
The Self-Assessment Tool can help States:
* Determine existing capability levels, as well as short- and long-term goals to implement project bundling practices.
* Take steps to realize the full benefits of project bundling while considering lead agency best practices for your implementation.
The self-assessment tool is based on more than 20 nationally proven practices, each linked to resources in a new FHWA project bundling resource database https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/alternative_project_delivery/defined/bundled_facilities/project_bundling_database_v22.xlsx that includes case studies, contracts, programs, and research. The database is now available on FHWA’s Bundled Facilities Overview web page https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/alternative_project_delivery/defined/bundled_facilities/ , along with case studies https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/alternative_project_delivery/defined/bundled_facilities/case_studies.aspx , webinars https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/alternative_project_delivery/defined/bundled_facilities/webinar_series.aspx , and lessons learned https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/alternative_project_delivery/defined/bundled_facilities/lessons_learned.aspx on bundling programs.
The FHWA Project Bundling Every Day Counts team will use feedback collected during the assessment to customize future technical assistance for your agency if requested.
The Federal Highway Administration wants to help transportation agencies advance their project bundling programs to the institutionalized stage—where bundling is the standard for delivering a program of projects that address system needs more effectively.

Project Bundling: Planning and Capital Programming
2021-10-19 18:00 - 19:00
Evaluation of projects for bundling is best done strategically and early in the transportation planning process to gain economies of scale throughout project development. Ideally, from a planning perspective the set of candidate projects suitable for funding and bundling will occur before the projects are listed in the STIP. This webinar highlights how capital programming (also known as capital improvement planning by local agencies) is done, along with methods for identifying candidate projects, such as using asset management systems.
Register Now. https://connectdotcqpub1.connectsolutions.com/content/connect/c1/7/en/events/event/shared/1112389207/event_registration.html?sco-id=1314074550

National STIC Network Meeting
2021-10-20 18:00 - 19:30
The National STIC meeting is to provide a forum for FHWA and STICs to share information across the STIC Network. This meeting allows STIC members to ask questions of the transportation community leadership to help shape their own innovation practices and to spark further conversations between states.
The meeting will be hosted via Zoom. Pre-registration is not required.
Direct Link to Zoom Meeting: https://usdot.zoomgov.com/j/1606541447?pwd=[REDACTED] https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fusdot.zoomgov.com%2Fj%2F1606541447%3Fpwd%3DWWdYYWcxMnpRa2ZkL0hpV09MU21qZz09&data=04%7C01%7Csdipetrillo%40ejb.rutgers.edu%7C8be9fa61ce3444fc4e6f08d9898d7243%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637692063767076885%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ACNEzTsanTOxlrmn2SU8LlcvpHbQJycvhsKPpnxdRC0%3D&reserved=0
Recordings of past meetings can be found here https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/stic/national_stic_meeting_recordings.cfm .

Complete Streets Summit
2021-10-22 00:00 - 2021-10-23 00:00
This free virtual summit, held on Friday October 22, 2021, and sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/ , brings together hundreds of planners, engineers, advocates, and policy-makers from around the State to learn about implementing Complete Streets policies and projects. This year’s Summit celebrates 10+ years of Complete Streets in New Jersey, reflecting on past successes and looking ahead to a safer future for all!
The New Jersey Complete Streets Summit is a biennial event with a series of exemplary speakers and sessions on Complete Streets policies, planning, implementation, funding, and more. The Summit is for anyone interested in making their communities safer and more active, vibrant, and accommodating for road users of all ages and abilities.
More Info & Registration https://pheedloop.com/EVECYDHYERZOY/site/home/

23rd Annual NJDOT Research Showcase
2021-10-27 12:30 - 19:00
The Annual New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Research Showcase is an opportunity for New Jersey’s transportation community to experience the broad scope of ongoing academic research initiatives and share technology transfer activities being conducted by institutions of higher education (IHE) partners and their associates. It also serves to highlight the benefits of transportation research, including NJDOT’s own program. As part of the event, the annual implementation award and recognition of outstanding university students studying in a transportation-related field will be presented.
Energy/Electrification • Infrastructure • Smart Transportation
This program is organized by the NJDOT Bureau of Research in partnership with the New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program (NJ LTAP) at Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) and meets requirements for up to 3 professional development hours (PDHs) for continuing professional competency for licensed professional engineers. AICP credit is currently under review. The 23rd Annual NJDOT Research Showcase is co-sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration.
INFO & REGISTRATION https://www.njdottechtransfer.net/2021/09/30/23st-annual-njdot-research-showcase-register-now/

Fall Technical Webinar Series – What You Knew is Changing: CMS, DMS, VMS and Automated Vehicles – Updates to standards (NEMA, MUTCD, NTCIP) and refresh/flicker issues with LEDs
2021-11-03 19:00 - 20:00
Most people look at dynamic message signs or traffic signals and think they are on all the time. However, automated vehicles cameras take images so fast that they catch LEDs in the refreshing state leaving a dark image or distorted image. To address this, finding the right balance in specifications for both the LED used in DMS and highway traffic signals and the camera speeds has the attention of IEEE, NEMA, ATSSA, NCUTCD and AASHTO. At the same time, updates to NEMA TS-4 (which guides DMS) are underway looking and consolidation and unification of definitions for changeable message signs, dynamic message signs, variable message signs, hybrid signs and blank-out signs. All of this has emerged in 2011 and is leading to new guidance for designers and well as system planners in terms of specifications and jargon for the industry. Join the co-chairs of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Connected and Automated Vehicle Joint Task Force Signs Working Group for a discussion on how this affects not only DMS but traffic control signal displays, vehicle turn signals and any LED application.
Host: Ryan Zellers https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-zellers-02002770/ , Department Manager – Traffic Engineering, Michael Baker International, Western District Advertising Manager
Panel:
Randy McCourt https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymccourt/ , ITE International Past President, Co-Chair of the NCUTCD Signs working group, Connected-Automated Vehicles Joint Task Force (moderator)
Roxane Mukai https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxane-mukai-903089121/ , Co-Chair of the NCUTCD Signs working group, Connected-Automated Vehicles Joint Task Force
Instructions to complete the PDH process:
Visit http://www.pathlms.com/ite/courses/36803 https://www.pathlms.com/ite/courses/36803 www.pathlms.com/ite/courses/36803 to submit your PDHs. We recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox to view this link.
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If you have questions about PDHs, please contact Eunice Thoya at ethoya@ite.org mailto:ethoya@ite.org
Register here. https://www.westernite.org/annualmeeting/fall-tech-series/
Note: a small fee is required for non-ITE members.
