Webinar: ATP Cycle 7 "Next Steps"

August 20, 2025, 9-11:00am PT

The Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) team is hosting a free 2-hour workshop that outlines next steps for Cycle 7 awarded agencies on how to begin their projects. ATP Cycle 7 is expected to provide about $568M in project funding that's made up of federal, state (SB1), and State Highway Account (SHA) dollars.

Topics Covered:

• First Steps & Allocation
• Invoicing & Timely Use of Funds
• Project Management & Reporting

The webinar will also include an overview of resources available through California's Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC). This workshop is intended to inform both new and past awardees looking to get started.

Conference: APWA Public Works Expo 2025

August 17-20, 2025

The 2025 APWA Public Works Expo (PWX) is taking place this August 17-20 at the McCormick Place Lakeside Center in Chicago, IL.

PWX provides a first-class multi-modal learning experience designed for professionals at all levels and across the entire spectrum of public works.

Conference topics include, among others:

• Career & Personal Development
• Construction Management
• Emergency Management
• Engineering & Technology
• Environment/Sustainability
• Facilities & Fleet Services
• Parks & Grounds, Snow & Ice

Recording: Training Success Stories

FHWA has posted the recording to its Training Success Stories webinar, originally presented July 23rd, 2025, by the EDC-7 Strategic Workforce Development team.

Part of FHWA's Careers in Gear Summer Series, this webinar featured short videos and real-world examples of training programs from around the country that are making a difference, with speakers that included:

• Marguerite Givings (Wisconsin DOT)
• Rich Granger (DriveOhio)
• Liam Murphy (Teaching the Autism Community Trades)
• Charlie McCullough (Indiana Constructors Inc)
• Marjani Rollins (Caltrans)
• Airton Kohls (University of Tennessee)

Webinar: Strengthen Your ATP Application

August 27, 2025, 10-11:00am PT

The Active Transportation Resource Center invites you to its next webinar to learn about two California health databases, the Healthy Places Index and Epicenter databases, that can be used to demonstrate need and provide additional context when applying for the Active Transportation Program.

Presenters:

• Helen Dowling, Public Health Alliance of Southern California
• Mar-y-sol Pasquiers, CA Dept of Public Health

Facilitator:



• Marianne Hernandez, Active Transportation Safety Program, CDPH

Webinar: Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones

August 6, 2025, 10-12:00pm PT

The Wisconsin TOPS Laboratory and FHWA are hosting a series of trainings on TIM for first responders, contractors, and field engineers. These two-hour instructor-led webinars focus on the best practices for prevention, response and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management.

Research: Procurement & 

Management of Advanced Technologies

NCHRP's "Practices for Transportation Agency Procurement & Management of Advanced Technologies" presents successful strategies and sustainable practices for procuring new and innovative transportation system technologies.

Along with its state-of-practice review, this report identifies common challenges throughout the advanced tech procurement life cycle and provides practical case studies, strategies, and tools for the successful procurement of advanced technology. This report can enhance procurement efficiency within state DOTs.

Research: Freight Volume 

Modeling on Major Highway Links

Recent METRANS funded research studied the feasibility of freight traffic modeling from precise and localized but sparse freight data and built machine learning models that can predict freight volumes on highway segments.

One of the biggest challenges in freight transportation planning is the lack of data on truck movements. The findings of this report offer a privacy-preserving, cost-effective approach for estimating truck traffic using existing roadside infrastructure such as CCTV cameras and weigh-in-motion sensors.

By enabling accurate freight movement analysis without relying on private GPS data, agencies can establish more informed transportation planning, infrastructure investment, and freight policy decisions.

** August Training Calendar **

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