TRB Webinar: Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects (C19)

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.

When transportation improvements fail to materialize, project costs can escalate and the public’s perception of an agency's performance may deteriorate. Expediting project delivery during long-range planning, corridor planning, programming, and environmental review can save years of expensive delay. Many of the strategies for expediting projects also apply to design and construction activities, which may reduce delivery times by weeks or months. 

SHRP 2 Report S2-C19-RR-1 may assist agencies as they assess whether or not they have taken advantage of the full array of strategies for expediting the planning and project development process.

Webinar Presenters:

• Jeff Heilman, Parametrix
• Marlys Osterhues, Federal Highway Administration

Moderated by: Stephen Andrle, Transportation Research Board

Webinar Outline:

• Part 1: Brief overview of SHRP 2 mission, objectives of the Capacity focus area, and related SHRP 2 research
• Part 2: 16 Common constraints to transportation project delivery
• Part 3: 24 Strategies for addressing or avoiding common constraints
• Part 4: Case studies
• Part 5: Benefits and impact on practice
• Part 6: Implementation plans and opportunities for this product

The first 60 minutes of the webinar is for presentations and the final 30 minutes is reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives: 
Webinar participants will learn to apply 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding 16 common constraints to project delivery, including:

• Identifying the context and actions that constrain project delivery
• Identifying successful strategies for addressing the most common constraints
• Describing successfully expedited projects from case study examples
• Understanding the potential impact of expediting strategies
• Understanding how to assess opportunities to expedite the overall planning and project development process

To ensure that you receive notices about upcoming webinars, please subscribe to the TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter.

Registration information:

There is no fee for employees of TRB sponsors 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
• SHRP 2 technical coordinating committee or expert task group 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
• Congressional staff members

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.

Professional Development Hour information:

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number..

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in April 2013. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website:www.RCEP.net.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits: 

This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 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.

To report your CM credits, visit planning.org/CM
1. Login using your ID# and password
2. Select My CM log
3. Select Add Credits
4. Under Browse you have the option of searching by Date, Provider, or Distance Education and using the search box to type in the name of the event or activity and clicking go
5. A pop-up box will appear. If this is a multi-part event you will have the option to select from a list of activities
6. Please rate, add a comment (optional), and click on the Ethics statement and answer
7. Click submit and the CM credits should appear in your CM log

If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org. 

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