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Formal training courses provide a rigorous background in the substance and methods of the planning process. The TPCB Program includes formal training in a broad range of transportation planning subjects. These sessions are geared to the needs of decisionmakers, transportation officials, professional staff, and FHWA and FTA field staff. New courses are being developed based on feedback from transportation professionals.
Transportation planning training courses are offered by the National Highway Institute (NHI), the National Transit Institute (NTI), The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP), and other organizations offering NHI, NTI, and FHWA recognized courses.
Selected NHI and NTI transportation planning courses are now eligible for American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) and American Planning Association Continuing Education Credits. For more information contact the National Highway Institute (NHI) and the National Transit Institute (NTI).
The Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program is concerned not only with today's transportation professionals, but also with those of the future. FTA and FHWA are partnering with universities to advise them in the design of effective education at universities, junior/community colleges, and technical schools.
It is essential that the academic community be active participants in the TPCB
program to:
- Undertake appropriate changes in transportation planning education
curricula to ensure the future availability of appropriately skilled
transportation planners.
- Incorporate research into undergraduate and graduate courses.
- Develop continuing education programs that transfer cutting-edge
research to transportation professionals as well as to the planning
academic community.
These documents discuss research and analysis of transportation planning education needs.
These links provide access to primary data sourcs for researchers and others needing unique
information and referral references.
 Training Courses
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- Overview of Transit Procurement for Senior Leadership (NTI)
This half-day seminar offers senior leadership a better understanding of the rationale, functions, and general process of third party contracting for FTA grantees. It provides an overview of major elements of an acceptable procurement program and is designed to be presented in a conference setting.
- Transit Procurement Contracting Series (NTI)
These four courses are for those currently engaged in procurement for Federally funded transit agencies, such as contract administrators, project managers, procurement and contracting personnel wishing to improve their skills, transit suppliers, and FTA regional who review third-party contracting. Transit suppliers are encouraged to attend in order to understand the agency procurement function.
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- Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), (NTI)
This three-day course is designed to assist DBE transit agency staff and FTA regional staff with developing and implementing policies and procedures consistent with the U.S. Department of Transportation's (US DOT) revised DBE regulations and DOT guidelines. This course will provide a basic understanding and working knowledge of the USDOT DBE regulations and DOT guidance. Attendees will be provided with tools necessary to design and implement a DBE program for their organizations.
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- Financial Planning In Transportation (NTI)
This course is intended for the planning staffs and financial analysts of transit operators, MPOs, and other governmental agencies (state DOT’s, cities, and counties who assist in the preparation of long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs.
- Highway Program Financing (NHI #231013)
This course covers the various aspects of Federal-aid highway financing unique to the FHWA program.
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- Context Sensitive Solutions (NTI)
This three day course educates professionals and citizen activists alike about how to incorporate a broad vision for transportation that addresses core environmental, cultural, aesthetic, social, and socio-economic concerns through a collaborative, open, and interdisciplinary planning process. From theory to practical tools, attendees will gain a better understanding of how to make this process work for their communities.
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- Community Impact Assessment Course (Under development Winter 2004)
A how-to companion to FHWA's "Community Impact Assessment: A Quick Reference for Transportation" (the CIA small purple book). It will use everyday projects as examples and include an extensive reference of resources.
- Community Impact Assessment Workshops (Under development Winter 2004)
FHWA supports annual regional or national CIA workshops that focus on regional CIA issues and "how to" as opposed to CIA policy. These workshops are open to anyone but will be heavily attended by host-State staff, MPO's, resource agencies, and consultants.
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- Not available at this time.
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- Not available at this time.
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- Not available at this time.
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- Public Involvement in Transportation Decisionmaking (NHI #142036)
This two and a half day training program provides planning and project development professionals with the tools and techniques to effectively involve the public in transportation decisionmaking processes such as Major Investment Studies, Transportation Plans, Transportation Improvement Programs, and project development.
- Seminar on Public Involvement (Under Development - Spring 2005)
Provides an overview of the various components of public involvement in transportation decision-making, as well as specific skills, techniques and approaches for enhancing public interaction.
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- Environmental Justice for MPOs Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of Title VI and Executive Order 12898 requirements and environmental justice objectives with particular focus on MPO issues and analytical approaches to assess compliance in metropolitan plans and programs.
- Environmental Justice and Project Development (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of Title VI and Executive Order 12898 requirements and environmental justice objectives with particular focus on NEPA and the transportation decision-making process.
- Fundamentals of Title VI/Environmental Justice (NHI #142042)
This two-day course presents a framework for using a variety of approaches and tools for accomplishing environmental justice goals in the transportation planning and project development process.
- Preventing Discrimination in the Federal Aid Program: A Systematic Interdisciplinary Workshop (FHWA)
This course provides a presentation on the creation of preventative, proactive, and interdisciplinary team strategy to implementing Title VI and Environmental Justice requirements.
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- Air Quality Training Opportunities
The FHWA with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Energy offer four new air quality training opportunities. These courses were designed in response to the needs of both public and private entities, and cover a range of topics and levels of proficiency. Additionally, we provide information about related training opportunities offered in conjunction with National Highway Institute (NHI), National Transit Institute (NTI) and the FHWA Resource Center
- Air Quality Workshops/Seminars (FHWA Resource Center Air Quality)
Several workshops and seminars, of varying lengths, are available from the FHWA Resource Center’s Air Quality Team, including: Air Quality Analysis, Highway Traffic Noise Analysis, Introduction to Emission Factor and Micro-Scale Dispersion Modeling, Mobile Source Emissions Factor Modeling, Pollution Modeling, Pollution Dispersion Models and Transportation Air Quality Dispersion Modeling.
- CMAQ Program: Purpose and Practice (NHI #142043)
This course explains the underlying principles of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program and provides an overview of project planning, evaluation and selection practices. The information presented discusses CMAQ funding provisions, eligibility requirements, and the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the CMAQ project process. The course was designed for State and local transportation and air quality agency professionals involved in planning and selecting CMAQ projects to further their understanding of the program provisions.
- Estimating Mobile Source Emissions (NHI #152071A)
The focus of this training course is to develop the skills of planners and practitioners responsible for estimating mobile source emissions so that they can incorporate these techniques into practice in their areas. This course has been developed in coordination with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Implications of Air Quality Planning for Transportation (NHI #142044)
his course goes beyond the Federal statutes to explain how the integrated transportation and air quality planning process has been defined and reinforced over the past decade by regulations, guidance and litigation. It provides a context for the various statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Introduction to Transportation/Air Quality Conformity (NTI)
This course is developed for staff who are not familiar with the broad ramifications of the conformity process. The course presents basic information about conformity and the relationship of the transportation and air quality planning process in order to prepare agency staff to participate in interagency consultation and work effectively in resolving conformity issues.
- Specialized Air Quality Workshops/Seminars (FHWA Resource Center Air Quality)
Several workshops and seminars, of varying lengths, are available from the Resource Center’s Air Quality Team, including: Air Quality Analysis, Highway Traffic Noise Analysis, Introduction to Emission Factor and Micro-Scale Dispersion Modeling, Mobile Source Emissions Factor Modeling, Pollution Modeling, Pollution Dispersion Models and Transportation Air Quality Dispersion Modeling.
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- Linking Planning and NEPA (Joint NHI #151041/NTI)
The course will educate participants on the need for and benefits of integrating planning and environment. It will help them build a framework around a clear sequence of decisions made with the right information by the right people at each decision point. State DOT managers and managers of resource agencies are encouraged to sign up for the course and commit to integrating planning and NEPA.
The course is offered in two complementary parts and requires participation of both transportation and resource agencies. The one-day Executive Seminar is aimed at upper level managers and directors of transportation and resource agencies (those managers and directors with responsibilities for transportation planning, environmental analyses, and/or project development). The three-day Manager’s Workshop is intended for the technical staff members. The Manager’s Workshop will culminate with the development of an Action Plan that identifies specific steps they will take to enhance the planning and project development process for their State or metropolitan area. Contact your FHWA Division and FTA Regional Office for more information.
- Linking Planning and NEPA Overview Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides a general overview of the transportation planning process and NEPA, their associated requirements and opportunities for linkage.
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- Managing the Environmental Process for Federal Transit Projects (NTI)
This course is intended for practitioners with some level of experience in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes as well as other environmental laws, regulations, and policies that affect Federal transit programs. Course topics include management of the NEPA process and agency roles in environmental planning.
- NEPA and Transportation Decision Making (NHI #142005)
This course considers FHWA's policies and procedures for applying NEPA to the project development and decision making processes related to transportation facilities.
- Course Tutorial materials are used in this course and are provided here for use as a tutorial of the NEPA and transportation project development process.
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- Highway Traffic Noise Analysis and Abatement (FHWA)
This workshop provides a basic background of highway traffic noise and FHWA's noise regulations and addresses basic acoustics, regulations, noise measurement, highway traffic noise prediction, noise mitigation, construction noise, and documentation of noise analysis.
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- Access Management, Location and Design (NHI)
This course covers access management along streets and highways and includes information from the 1996 National Conference on Access Management. General benefits, as well as the social, economic, political, and legal implications of access control are examined.
- Design-Build Project Development (NTI)
This two-day course helps participants determine if the Design-Build method can advance new technologies and produce cost savings in the development of new transit projects through project management and control.
- High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Facilities (NHI #133072)
This course addresses the planning, design, implementation, operation, and evaluation of HOV facilities.
- Management of Transit Construction Projects (NTI)
This two and a half day course addresses the basics of good project management for transit projects with specific emphasis on requirements that are presented in the report "Project and Construction Management Guidelines 2003 Update".
- Transit Capacity and Quality of Service (NTI)
This course presents a framework on strategic quality of service design for transit operations and reviews key concerns and techniques of service capacity applied in transit operating environments.
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- Freight Forecasting in Transportation Planning (NHI #139002)
This course provides guidance and improved methods for forecasting freight at both the metropolitan and state levels.
- Integrating Freight in the Transportation Planning Process (NHI #139001)
This course provides a better understanding of freight transportation, its Stakeholders, and its issues so that public sector transportation planners will be able to incorporate freight into their respective transportation planning processes and programs.
- Integrating Freight in the Transportation Planning Process, Exec Summary (FHWA Virtual Freight Team)
Provides a brief overview of freight transportation, its stakeholders, and its issues. Can be tailored and targeted for State DOT executives and MPO Board members.
- Commercial Vehicle Size and Weight Overview Web Seminar (Under Development - Available Winter 2005)
Web-based training course, provides an overview of the basic program requirements for commercial vehicle size and weight.
- Creating Freight Advisory Committees Workshop (Under Development - Available Summer 2004)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of how to start, maintain and enhance freight advisory committees and reviews innovative approaches by other states, MPOs and regions.
- Developing MPO Freight Studies (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of the process and approaches to develop a MPO freight study, particularly for small and medium sized MPOs.
- Freight Data Seminar (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of major freight data sources (public and private) and how they are used to support transportation planning, reviews source and reliability issues and highlights innovative applications.
- Intermodal Freight Technology and Freight Security Initiatives Seminar (Under Development - Available: Winter 2005)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of FHWA intermodal freight technology and freight security initiatives.
- Intermodal Freight Trends (Contact FHWA Virtual Freight Team)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of major multimodal freight trends and highlights state and regional developments.
- Multimodal Freight Forecasting in Transportation Planning (NHI #139002)
Provides an overview on the methods and tools for forecasting freight at the metropolitan and state levels and examines the factors that influence growth and distribution of freight traffic.
- Public-Private Partnerships, Freight Focus Seminar (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of tools and approaches for successfully establishing and maintaining public-private partnerships, with a particular focus on freight and its integration in the transportation planning process.
- SAFETEA Freight Provisions Seminar (Available 3 months post reauthorization)
Provides an overview of the freight specific provisions in SAFETEA, including freight funding eligibility and freight policy and program implications.
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- Congestion Management Systems Workshop (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of the requirements and components of a Congestion Management System, including the development of performance measures, identifying alternative solutions to manage congestion, prioritizing funding strategies, and highlighting noteworthy practices.
- Overview of Border Data and Planning Applications Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of major international freight and travel data sources, quality issues and limitations and highlights planning applications. Also discusses emerging security and federal government initiatives that will affect transportation at border ports and crossings, and how this will impact data that can be used for transportation planning.
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- Advancing Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (NHI - Under Development – Available Winter 2004/05) - This NHI course covers important institutional aspects necessary for advancing transportation system management and operations in a regional context, including: (1) regional transportation operations collaboration and coordination activities; (2) enhanced levels of operations considerations in the regional transportation planning process; and (3) improved linkage opportunities between planning and operations.
- Complying with FTA’s Policy on ITS Architecture Consistency (NTI)
This one-day course provides transportation agencies and Federal field staff with an understanding of the National ITS Architecture Consistency Policy, the intent behind the policy, the impact of ITS planning and development, practical benefits of conformance, and guidelines for meeting policy requirements.
- Deploying Integrated ITS - Metropolitan (NHI #137002)
This course supports integrated ITS infrastructure deployment with consideration of the National ITS Architecture and the regional context, emphasizing the public components of ITS infrastructure.
- Deploying the National Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture (NHI #137013)
This course provides a broad overview of the National ITS Architecture and the role it plays in ITS planning, design, and implementation processes.
- Executive Session on Advancing Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (FHWA Resource Center ITS)
Provides an executive level overview to raise awareness of transportation managers and decision-makers on the need for improved levels of regional transportation operations planning and collaboration activities.
- Flexible Community Transit Services: Planning, Design & Technology (NTI)
This two-day course is designed to bridge the gap between bus, paratransit, and rail service planning with technology. Participation by staff from different divisions within agencies is encouraged.
- Intelligent Transportation Staffing (NTI)
This course addresses how to identify staffing needs to support ITS in transit agencies, provides the tools to recruit and hire the appropriate staff for the system being used.
- Introduction to ITS/CVO (Motor Carrier Safety - National Training Center)
This course provides a general awareness level of knowledge of the Intelligent Transportation Systems for Commercial Vehicle Operations (ITS/CVO) Program, and is targeted toward technical and non-technical managers, State regulatory personnel, FHWA and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration staff, and other ITS/CVO stakeholders.
- Introduction to National ITS Architecture (CITE)
This course provides a history and overview of ITS offering students a framework to allow them to place current issues and policies in context.
- Introduction to Telecommunications Technology (CITE)
This course is a primer on telecommunications for the ITS professional with little or no formal training in telecommunications.
- ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) (NHI #137041)
This new course is a hands-on computer training session on the newly developed IDAS software. IDAS provides ITS sketch planning capability to calculate the relative costs and benefits of ITS investments.
- ITS Public/Private Partnerships (NHI #137003)
This course describes various types of public/private cooperative partnerships and presents models for cost sharing, shared deployment, and franchising.
- ITS Software Acquisition (NHI #137019)
This course provides a general understanding of the many issues involved in the development, management, and deployment of ITS software. The course will cover the many pitfalls on software projects, how to overcome these pitfalls, and the differences between software and other types of projects.
- ITS Telecommunications Overview (NHI #137005)
This course is designed to introduce ITS telecommunications to those who have little or no previous exposure to the issues surrounding the deployment and use of telecommunications infrastructure.
- ITS for Transit: Applications, Costs, & Benefits (NTI)
The purpose of this course is to provide transit agencies with an overview of ITS as well as providing a means of evaluating new technologies through cost/benefit analysis.
- Managing Information for Success (NTI)
This one-day overview course will assist transit General managers and senior transit managers with understanding and successful directing of ITS and information management initiatives within their organization.
- Managing Traffic Incident & Roadway Emergencies (NHI #137026)
This course covers guidelines that can be used by ITS professionals to assess and further their management and operations needs and practices.
- Multimodal Traveler Information Systems (NTI)
Applying an "intermodal" perspective, this course explores the mobility of people and examines the manner in which ITS technology can help solve the problems faced by the users, and by the agencies that serve those users.
- Regional ITS Architecture: Planning Perspective (FHWA Resource Center ITS)
Provides an overview of the requirements for the establishment and maintenance of Regional ITS Architectures, the role of MPOs, and the links to the planning process.
- Regional ITS Architecture Process Seminar (FHWA Resource Center ITS)
Targeted for regions that will be developing a regional ITS architecture, this is an interactive seminar that equips the stakeholders with the information they need to develop their own regional ITS architecture. The seminar will focus on the six-step process described in the Regional ITS Architecture Guidance Document for developing, using and maintaining a regional ITS architecture. The seminar will address both technical and institutional issues that may be encountered during the development process.
- Regional ITS Architecture Process Workshop (FHWA Resource Center ITS)
Targeted for regions that will be developing a regional ITS architecture, this is an interactive workshop that equips the stakeholders with a customized, draft Action Plan to guide them through the process in their region. This seminar addresses both technical and institutional issues that may be encountered during the regional ITS architecture development process.
- Rural ITS (NTI)
This course provides transit and health and human services agencies with an overview of ITS and the costs and benefits of applying ITS to transit agencies in rural areas. The use of technologies is emphasized to improve operations, customer service, maintenance, and management.
- Transportation Management (CITE)
This course will prepare students to define functional requirements for the procurement or design of a transportation management system.
- Using Your Regional ITS Architecture Seminar (FHWA Resource Center ITS)
Tailored to each area’s architecture and FHWA oversight process, provides an overview of how elements of the regional ITS architecture can be used in the transportation planning process, ITS project development process and an overview of the regional ITS architecture maintenance process.
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- Performance Measures for Transportation Planning Seminar (Under Development – Available Fall 2004) - Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides a general overview of performance measures that can be used to track and measure transportation system performance, congestion management and other planning objectives
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- Coordinating Transportation and Land Use (NTI)
The purpose of this three-day training is to identify and disseminate the most useful information, evidence, tools, and techniques for integrating transportation and land use planning that are currently available.
- Forecasting Land Use Activity Seminar (TMIP-FHWA)
Offered through the Travel Model Improvement Program, explains and demonstrates methods and data sources for forecasting the nature and amount of land using activities, specifically, population, dwelling units, basic employment and services employment.
- Land Use and Transportation Seminar (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Provides an overview of key issues related to the interaction of transportation planning and land use and the integration of transportation plans with local and state land use plans, with focus on innovative techniques, approaches and applications.
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- General Planning Technical Assistance (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Planning technical assistance in general metropolitan and statewide planning issues as well as planning specialty areas is available to Division Offices and their partner agencies. This will be tailored and targeted to the specific request.
- Introduction to Statewide Planning (NHI #151038/NTI)
Provides an overview of the statewide transportation planning process including tools, methods and best practices.
- Metropolitan Planning Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of the basic concepts, components, and participants in the metropolitan planning process. Also highlights innovative and noteworthy practices.
- Overview of Metropolitan Planning for MPO Board Members (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Targeted for MPO Board members, provides an overview of the basic concepts, components, and participants in the metropolitan planning process.
- Overview of Statewide Planning for State DOT Executives (Under Development - Available Fall 2004)
Briefing material designed to provide State DOT Executives and transportation decisionmakers, an overview of the basic concepts, components, and participants in the statewide planning process.
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- Metropolitan Transportation Planning (Joint NHI #152069/NTI)
This introductory program teaches the basics of metropolitan transportation planning and the expanded role of the metropolitan planning organization (MPO). It reviews the procedural and technical aspects of system planning, including elements of FTA/FHWA planning regulations.
- Introduction to Statewide Transportation Planning (Joint NHI #151038/NTI)
This introductory program teaches the basics of statewide transportation planning. It reviews the procedural and technical aspects of system planning, including elements of FTA/FHWA planning regulations.
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| Planning & Programming |
- Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Programming (Joint NHI/NTI)
This course provides instruction on the basic concepts, components, and participants in the transportation planning process. Current and best practices are incorporated into the program.
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- Commuter Benefit Program (in development) (NTI)
This course is designed to increase awareness among transit operators of the Commuter Benefit Program as well as give advice on implementing such a program in a transit agency's service area. This course for MPOs, TMAs, DOTs, and planning agencies is offered in two parts: a two-hour executive seminar and a two-day staff workshop.
- Market-based Ridership Strategies (NTI)
This course gives attendees the tools and understanding of how and why to attract potential customers to transit services. The course focuses on how to use market research and innovative partnerships to enhance service to better meet customer needs and expectations.
- Media Relations Training for State and Local Governments (NHI)
This course will help participants to deal with the challenge of media contacts and to recognize them as opportunities to share, educate, and inform.
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- Safety Conscious Planning (NTI)
This course trains practitioners on how to routinely integrate safety into the transportation planning process.
- Safety Conscious Planning Forums (FHWA upon request)
FHWA facilitated forums where stakeholder groups involved in addressing safety are brought together for a conference to "jump start" the SCP process by initiating a dialogue, reviewing current planning processes and activities, identifying challenges, opportunities and resource requirements and creating an action plan
- Safety Conscious Planning Seminar (FHWA Resource Center)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides an overview of innovative techniques and approaches for successfully integrating safety in the transportation planning process.
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| Data Resources |
- Census Transportation Planning Package Seminars (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) 2000, its special tabulations from the decennial census survey, its uses and applications for transportation planning.
- Development and Implementation of Travel Surveys (NHI 151034 – Under Revision)
Provides an overview of the development and implementation of the most common types of travel surveys, including: household travel and activity, vehicle intercept, transit on-board, commercial vehicle, work place and establishment, special generator, hotel/visitor, and parking surveys.
- Financial Analysis System – Highways (FASH) Workshop
Tailored to Federal, State and local finance data providers and users to demonstrate data entry and the submittal process. The tool is used by data providers for data quality initiatives for use by FHWA, Congress and the public. FASH is a data base management system that captures the overall financial status of a state’s highway program.
- Highway Information Seminar (Under development – Available Late 2004)
Tailored to Federal, State, and local data providers and users to inform and discuss critical data issues including the reauthorized Federal-aid highway program, data quality, data quality initiatives, and software improvements. Data areas include HPMS, travel monitoring, motor fuel, highway finance, drivers’ licenses, vehicle registrations, and NHTS.
- HPMS Data Collection Workshop (Underdevelopment: Available 2005)
Discusses the latest issues in HPMS focusing on methods, procedures, and processes used for data collection and the interpretation of the Field Manual on coding data items. State and local applications of HPMS data may also be discussed. Audience is FHWA Division Planners, State HPMS coordinators, MPOs and local agencies, and consultants.
- HPMS Software Workshop (Under development – Available Spring 2005)
Provide in depth technical hands on training for the HPMS Submittal Software. Topics include the HPMS submittal and review process using the HPMS Software as a tool. The intended audience is FHWA Division planners and state DOT HPMS coordinators.
- Motor Fuel Workshops (Under Development)
Tailored to Federal, State, and local motor fuel data providers and users to inform and discuss critical issues in data accuracy and attribution.
- Overview of Planning Data Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (length and topics), provides an overview of major Census data sources, their current availability and future plans, and how they can be used for transportation planning.
- Traffic Monitoring Guide Training Course (NHI 151018 – Under Revision – Available Winter 2004-05)
This NHI course provides an overview of the collection and application of traffic data including traffic volume, vehicle classification, and truck weight, and is available for state DOT, MPO, FHWA and consultant participants. The course will be held at 2-3 locations yet to be determined.
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- Activity and Tour Based Forecasting Seminar (TMIP-FHWA)
This seminar attempts to communicate to travel modeling professionals some of the activity and tour-based modeling procedures developed by their colleagues around the U.S. and abroad, as well as promising techniques that have been or are being researched.
- Advanced Urban Travel Demand Forecasting for Large Urban Areas (NHI #152060) Under Development - Available Spring 2005
Provides an overview of advanced practices for travel demand modeling at the system level for large urban areas. Reviews innovative procedures and methodologies to estimate demand impacts of a broad range of multimodal infrastructure investment and transportation/land use policy options for system planning.
- Development and Implementation of Travel Surveys (NHI #151034)
This course provides information on the development and implementation of the most common types of travel surveys, including: household travel and activity, vehicle intercept, transit on-board, commercial vehicle, work place and establishment, special generator, hotel/visitor, and parking.
- Estimating Mobile Source Emissions (NHI #152071 & TMIP-FHWA)
This course provides an overview of travel demand forecasting models, emission factor models and travel related data requirements, travel model and emission factor model interactions and assessing transportation control measure (TCM) effectiveness and impacts on emissions.
- Forecasting Land Use Activity Seminar (TMIP-FHWA)
This course explains and demonstrates methods and data sources for forecasting the nature and amount of land using activities, specifically, population, dwelling units, basic employment and services employment.
- Introduction to Urban Travel Demand Forecasting (NHI #152054 & TMIP-FHWA)
This four-day introductory course provides an overview of the traditional four-step planning process of trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice and traffic assignment. Also reviews the development of land use forecasts, network and zone structures and use of Geographic Information Systems.
- Model Validation, Calibration and Reasonableness Checking
This is a one-day non-computerized seminar with manual workshop. The seminar focuses on the process and procedures for estimating, calibrating and validating regional travel forecasting models. For each step in the modeling process: the instructor will describe calibration, validation, and reasonableness checks. The instructor also describes useful local, state and national data.
- Multimodal Transportation Forecasting (NTI)
This course teaches basic multimodal concepts, principles of good practice, and methods to integrate technical information into the decision-making process. The course encourages practitioners to use innovative modeling approaches that advance the state-of-the-art and assists managers in determining appropriate staff, resources, and training in this area.
- TMIP Course List
- Travel Demand Forecasting Seminar (FHWA Resource Center Planning)
Tailored to audience requirements (topics and length), provides a general overview of travel demand forecasting, especially the traditional four-step model. Reviews the uses and applications of forecasts for planning purposes and highlights noteworthy practices and techniques.
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Academic Institutions
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning (ASCP) is a consortium of university-based programs offering
credentials in urban and regional planning. Acting together, the ACSP member
school faculty are able to express their shared commitments to understanding
the dynamics of urban and regional development, enhancing planning practices,
and improving the education of both novice and experienced planners.
The Consortium for ITS Training and Education (CITE)
The Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)
The CUTC provides information for research, education and
training opportunities. The Council of University Transportation Centers
(CUTC) was established in 1979 by the major transportation research centers and
institutes in the United States. CUTC is a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation
and a recognized IRS 501C(3) organization. CUTC promotes continued dialogue
among its member institutions, and it provides a forum for the centers to interact
collectively with government and industry.
National Highway Institute (NHI)
National Transit Institute (NTI)
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP)
Additional links to Academic Institutions
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Educational Papers
Educating Transportation Planning Professionals of the Future by Thomas F. Humphrey, January 14, 2002.
The Education of Transportation Planning Professionals by Susan Handy, November 1, 2001.
The Education of Transportation Planning Professionals [Expanded Version] by Susan Handy, October 2002.
Transportation Data Resources
These links provide access to primary data sources for researchers and others needing unique information and referral references.
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