Transportation Permit Fee Survey

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is in the process of certifying California’s truck size & weight program. 

During this process, FHWA and Caltrans are asking for your assistance to evaluate the oversize and/or overweight transportation permit fee schedules of California counties and cities who issue transportation permits.

Your response to this short survey is greatly appreciated!

Deadline Approaching:

Wildfire Prevention Grants

CAL FIRE recently announced the availability of up to $117M in Wildfire Prevention Grants for local projects that address the risk of wildfire and reduce wildfire potential to communities. Grant funding may be used for hazardous fuel reduction, wildfire prevention planning, and wildfire prevention education.

Applications must be submitted by January 10, 2024.

ARC-IT v9.2 Webinar

December 12, 2023, 10:00am – 11:30am PT

USDOT is hosting a free 90-minute webinar on its Architecture Reference for Cooperative & Integrated Transportation (ARC-IT) v9.2 framework.

Released in September, Version 9.2 is a significant update of the U.S. National ITS Reference Architecture focusing on improvements that support Multimodal Accessible Travel (MAT), Management of Electronic Traffic Regs (METR), and other new concepts and refinements.

Presenters include:

• Kingsley Azubike, Transportation Specialist, FHWA Office of Operations
• Robert Sheehan, Program Manager, ITS Joint Program Office
• David Binkley, Senior Systems Engineer, Iteris
• Andrew Magee, Senior Planner, Indianapolis MPO

Register now to attend or visit ARC-IT for more information

EDC-7 Lighting Webinar

December 12, 2023, 10am – 12pm PT

FHWA is hosting a free two-hour webinar to highlight its 2023 Lighting Handbook, supporting the EDC-7 initiative Nighttime Visibility for Safety.

This webinar will share on-going lighting research that emphasizes some of the more important topics in lighting design.

Presenters include:

• Paul Lutkevich, Technical Director & Professional Fellow at WSP
• Don McLean, President of DMD & Associates
• Dr. Ronald Gibbons, Associate Professor, School of Arch & Design, and Director of Infrastructure Based Safety Systems Program at VTTI

Register now to attend

TRB Annual Meeting

TRB's 103rd Annual Meeting will be held again this year in Washington D.C., from January 7th through January 11th, 2024, once again attracting thousands of transportation professionals from around the world with a program that covers all transportation modes. 

Over 500 technical sessions and interactive workshops address current topics of interest to today's policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.

Visit TRB for more information on registration, program, and lodging

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