Siting electric transmission lines along transportation corridors presents technical, policy, and economic challenges and also significant potential benefits for the public, the electric system, and transportation. Read about the outcomes and perspectives gathered from the workshop held in May HERE https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/29178/reinventing-the-right-of-way-policy-technical-and-economic-implications-of-siting-transmission-lines-along-transportation-corridors . Then, join the National Academies for a virtual webinar on for a Publishing Release webinar on August 21 at 2:00 pm where opportunities, benefits, and barriers for the use of highway and rail rights of way for electrical transmission learned from the meeting will be discussed.
The workshop brought together key decisionmakers in the planning, operation, ownership, use, and regulation of transmission projects and transportation rights-of-way to discuss ways to support the development of these projects. Speakers at the proceedings release event will discuss next steps for state-level policies and incentives, cooperation models, and cross sector engagement.

Click here to register. https://events.nationalacademies.org/45570_08-2025_reinventing-the-right-of-way-proceedings-release