TRB Webinar: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future

TRB conducted a webinar on July 31, 2014 that presented the results of TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Vol. 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future. This report examines how the mandate, role, funding, and operations of state departments of transportation (DOTs) will likely be affected by changes in energy supply and demand in the next 30 to 50 years, and identifies potential strategies and actions that DOTs can employ to plan and prepare for these effects.

Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu to inquire about how to receive a link to the recorded webinar.


Webinar Presenters

• Paul Sorenson, Cambridge Systematics
• Evan Enerson-Hering, Cambridge Systematics

Moderated by: Lori Sundstrom, Transportation Research Board


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: International and domestic automotive fuel and technology trends
• PART 2: Drivers of the trends
• PART 3: Results of scenario planning
• PART 4: Decision-making methodology to identify a range of near-term, mid-term, and long-term policy and operational responses that state departments of transportation might choose
• PART 5: Implications of the information for state departments of transportation
• PART 6: How transportation planners can use the information in long-range plans
• PART 7: Question and answer session

The first 90 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the relevant trends in vehicle technology, automotive fuels, and travel demand and how they may affect state departments of transportation;
• Discuss how scenario planning and decision-making techniques can be used to respond to inherent uncertainty in long-range transportation planning;
• Summarize the range of state and local operational and policy options that may exist for individual state departments of transportation; and
• Explain how to incorporate the data and findings from the report into long-range transportation plans.

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Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar has been approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for two Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.