Upcoming Opportunities

[karen white]

TRB Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation (AT010) Members and Friends:

 

We had a very productive midyear meeting last month in DC - a huge thanks to those who attended (either in person or via phone).  We moved the ball forward on the Strategic Plan (thanks Mario) and discussed future areas of research.  Also a special thanks to Reese Brewer for taking notes on the meeting.  We also enjoyed a joint session with Urban Freight Transportation Committee (UFTC). 

 

Please consider the opportunities listed below. 

 

1.  AT010 desperately needs volunteers for two committee positions: (1) Research Coordinator and (2) Communications Coordinator.   You do not have to be a current committee member to serve (and when rotations become available April, 2015 you would certainly be at the top of the list for membership!).  Email me at arlingt...@gmail.com to express your interest in these openings. 

 

2. The urban freight committee has drafted an outline for an action plan to speed adoption of innovation (attached).  They are looking for comments from AT010 on their draft.  Please let me know if you would like to join in providing comments from AT010 (email me at arlingt...@gmail.com)

 

There are a number of interesting conferences and webinars on the horizon.  In general I do not send out each posting but there are two upcoming Talking Freight webinars of interest.  If you would like to receive notifications of talking freight events please register at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/Planning/freight_planning/talking_freight/index.cfm.  Likewise TRB has conferences and pubilications of interest that are routinely posted in the weekly TRB e-newsletter and you can subscribe at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNASTRB/subscriber/new.

 

The upcoming Talking Freight Webinars are:

 

“Using FAF Data in Economic Analysis”

June 26^th, 2014

1:00-2:15 PM Eastern

Topic: Understanding Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Companies and What They Do

 Date/Time: June 18, 2014  1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT

 Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm

 

As long as I am breaking my general rules about content of committee communications, I will also take this opportunity to pass along a job opening at Washington State DOT.  http://careers.wa.gov/index.html

Job Title:	Freight Transportation Planner-TPS4
Opening Date/Time:	Thu. 06/05/14 12:00 AM Pacific Time
Closing Date/Time:	Thu. 06/19/14 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary:	$58,656.00 - $76,992.00 Annually
Job Type:	Full Time - Permanent
Location:	Thurston County – Olympia, Washington
Recruitment #:	2014-HQ-060

Thanks for your work towards improving freight transportation.

Have a happy Friday,

Karen

Karen White, Chair Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation Committee