Webinars

This webinar explores innovative approaches and best practices for integrating clean materials into transportation projects, aimed at reducing environmental impact and enhancing efficiency. Participants will gain insights from industry experts and learn about federal initiatives supporting the adoption of clean materials.

October 9th 2:00 - 3:15 PM ET

Recording Passcode: B$BW8%X3

Slides: 

• FHWA Office of Infrastructure
• Minnesota DOT
• National Resources Defense Council
• Rutgers

Featuring discussion of the White House Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan and DOT environmental justice activities and programs.

September 24th, 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET

Recording Passcode: i$d?29+Q

Slides: 

• Use of Science, Data, and Research in DOT Decisionmaking
• Environmental Justice at DOT
• U.S. DOT Reconnecting Communities Program

Join this webinar to hear an overview of the DOT Report to Congress: Decarbonizing U.S. Transportation, released in July 2024. This report responds to congressional direction to outline DOT strategy and actions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with our international commitments. Ann Shikany, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, will kick off the webinar with opening remarks. After discussion of the findings from the DOT Report to Congress, you will hear perspectives from state and local transportation agencies about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The webinar will also include a question and answer session.

August 12, 2024, 1-2:15pm EST

Recording Passcode: 4kL=?bT7

Slides: 

• Overview of the Report to Congress
• Chicago Transit Authority
• Port of Oakland
• California Department of Transportation

Learn from leading experts how US DOT is advancing innovative research and technologies to address the urgent challenges posed by the climate crisis. ​

June 18, 2024, 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern

Recording Passcode: 6!diD4X&

Slides:

• US DOT Climate Change Research and Technology Program
• UC Davis Center for Emissions Reduction, Resiliency, and Climate Equity in Transportation (CERRCET)
• Federal Transit Administration
• Federal Highway Administration
• Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office

The Department of Transportation is implementing many programs to adapt to climate change and make infrastructure resilient to natural hazards exacerbated by climate change. This webinar highlights efforts to improve infrastructure resilience through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other funding opportunities, as well as through research and the development of tools and resources.

Thursday, May 30th, 1:00 - 2:15 pm Eastern

Recording Passcode: yGL?gDU0 

Slides:

• New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• FTA Transit Resilience Guidebook
• New Jersey Transit Resilience
• FHWA PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program Update

Co-hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, this webinar engages state, regional, Tribal, and local decisionmakers and other stakeholders in learning more about how transit-oriented development can be a transportation decarbonization strategy. Participants will hear success stories and learn about opportunities to receive federal funding for transit-oriented developments projects.

Monday, March 25, 2024, 2:30 - 4:00 pm Eastern

Recording Passcode: m2AR*DOY

Slides:

• Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Section 108 and TOD
  • Choice Neighborhoods Program
• RMI
  •  How to Analyze TOD Impacts
• Federal Transit Administration
  • TOD Overview
  • Disposition Guidance
  • BART Case Study
• Build America Bureau
  • Build America Bureau Leadership in TOD

This webinar focuses on best practices and opportunities for state and local authorities to reduce carbon emissions across the freight sector, including in heavy-duty trucking, rail, and maritime.

Friday, April 26th, 2024, 1:30 - 3:00 pm Eastern

Recording Passcode: 2fFVUj..

Slides:

• US DOT Office of the Secretary 
• Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
• Colorado DOT
• California State Transportation Agency

With welcoming remarks and state of play from USDOT Deputy Assistant Secretary Ann Shikany, briefings from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and climate experts across the US Government, this training covers strategies to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions, improve the resilience of transportation networks to climate change impacts, and USDOT funding programs, technical assistance, research, and policy leadership to tackle the climate crisis.

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern

Recording Passcode: so*bDP5z

Slides: 

• Introduction and Why Climate Change Matters to Transportation
• The Science and Its Implications
• Transportation Climate Solutions

Friday, January 5, 2024, 12:30-2 pm Eastern

Recording Passcode: 6#%V=@Q*

Slides:

• Colorado DOT
• Oregon DOT
• Michigan DOT
• Atlanta Regional Commission

Description:

Tackling transportation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a challenge, yet several recent developments show progress:

• The US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization: US DOT teamed up with its partners to unveil a roadmap for slashing transportation GHG emissions to near zero.
• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law:  This historic law provides unprecedented investments in clean transportation solutions like public transit, rail, electric vehicle charging, and more.
• GHG Performance Measure: DOT just finalized a regulation adding CO2 emissions tracking to national performance metrics.  States and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) will set their own targets for reducing GHG emissions, track progress, and incorporate the measure into the performance-based planning process they use for determining how to invest federal funds.
• State and MPO Leadership: Several States and MPOs have been leaders in analyzing and reducing transportation GHG emissions and have successful experiences to share.  

On this webinar you will:

• Hear directly from US DOT Deputy Assistant Secretary Ann Shikany and FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt about the latest US policies on transportation GHG emissions.
• Connect with State and MPO leaders sharing their successful emission reduction strategies. Learn from real-world examples of cutting emissions.
• Ask questions, join the conversation, and bring back information you can use in your own work.

States and MPOs are pioneering emission reduction strategies, and the DOT Climate Change Center is packed with resources to help you follow suit. This session is your chance to learn more and be part of the solution. 

Speakers:

• Ann Shikany, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, US DOT
• Shailen Bhatt, FHWA Administrator
• Darius Pakbaz, Director, Division of Transportation Development, Colorado DOT
• Tara Weidner, Climate Analysis Program Lead, Oregon DOT
• Zach Rable, Federal Transportation Policy Specialist, Michigan DOT 
• Tejas Kotak, Senior Planner, Atlanta Regional Commission