Freight Planning

The Freight Planning website has been jointly developed by the FHWA Offices of Planning and Freight Management & Operations. Freight planning is an important component of statewide and metropolitan transportation planning processes. Input from a variety of public and private stakeholders---State DOTs, MPOs, freight modes, general public--must be considered to successfully integrate freight planning into these existing transportation planning processes. It is the goal of the FHWA Office of Planning and Office of Freight Management and Operations to provide you with a variety of resources to enable you to make informed decisions regarding freight planning in your state.

• Talking Freight Net-Conference Seminars ^{Closed Captioning Available}

  These monthly FHWA-sponsored net-conference seminars provide a convenient and no-cost way for transportation practitioners to broaden their freight knowledge base and develop new skills to help them do their jobs better. Recorded sessions of previous seminars are also available on the Talking Freight link. An one-time, easily downloadable plug-in is required for first-time users, and is available at time of registration.

• Freight Planning Peer Exchange LISTSERV

  The FHWA Freight Planning Listserv is a public listserv created for practitioners in the arena of freight planning and those interested in the topic, and is intended to disseminate information on innovative or best-case practices for meeting metropolitan and statewide freight transportation planning needs.

If you have any questions and/or comments about this website, please e-mail or phone the contacts below.

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