Value Capture Strategies: Transportation Reinvestment Zones – The PrimerWednesday, July 14, 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=1303211912&_charset_=utf-8 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Value Capture Strategies: Developer Impact Fees -The PrimerWednesday, August 4, 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=1303221477&_charset_=utf-8 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Value Capture Strategies: Special Assessment Districts – The PrimerWednesday, August 25, 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=1303246898&_charset_=utf-8 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 […]