In this series of ten webinars, MPO transit agency and State DOT practitioners will share examples of successful collaborative planning from across the country, in a variety of topic areas. In each webinar, speakers will share their stories, insights, tools and methods for successful cooperation across jurisdictional boundaries.
| Regional Models of Cooperation Webinar Topic | Date and Time | Registration/Archive |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Models of Cooperation Overview | Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET | View the recording |
| Air Quality Planning | Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET | View the recording |
| Regional Transit Planning | Friday, October 16, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET | View the recording |
| Safety Planning | Thursday, December 10, 2015, 1:00-2:00pm ET | View the recording* |
| Congestion Management | Thursday, February 11, 2016, 1:00-2:30pm ET | View the recording |
| Enhanced Data Sharing, Systems, and Tools | Thursday, April 28, 2016, 1:00-2:00pm ET | View the recording |
| Joint Planning Products | Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 1:00-2:30pm ET | View the recording |
| Freight Planning | Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 1:00-2:30pm ET | Register now |
| Multimodal Planning Cooperation Across Jurisdictions | TBD | TBA |
*This recording suffered from technical difficulties which have made certain portions of the audio indecipherable. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET
MPOs working together across jurisdictions can find innovative ways of improving the regional transportation planning process. This webinar introduces the Regional Models of Cooperation initiative and multijurisdictional planning, a concept that demonstrates the efficiencies and benefits of collaboration between jurisdictions. The webinar features examples of coordination techniques, case studies, and opportunities for implementation. Speakers included Jeff Kramer from the University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research discussing Florida’s MPO Alliances, and Shawn Seager of the Mountainland Association of Governments and Ted Knowlton of the Wasatch Front Regional Council discussing Utah’s Unified Plan.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET
Air Quality pollutants don’t stop at jurisdictional boundaries, so planning in air quality non-attainment and maintenance areas can be complex. In this webinar, representatives of the Charlotte Department of Transportation, the Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the San Joaquin Council of Governments will discuss their regions’ successful collaboration efforts around the air quality planning process. The webinar will focus on the techniques used by different regions to establish, maintain, and enhance air quality planning coordination across jurisdictional boundaries.
Friday, October 16, 2015, 1:00-2:30pm ET
Public transit planning strives to address the needs of the traveling public, needs that often cross jurisdictional boundaries. Transit agencies can work collaboratively to make regional transit systems more effective and seamless for travelers throughout regions with multiple planning jurisdictions. In this webinar, representatives from MPOs and regional transit authorities in the Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix metropolitan areas will share their experiences making regional transit planning collaboration work across jurisdictional boundaries.
Thursday, December 10, 2015, 1:00-2:00pm ET
The safety of the transportation system is of the upmost importance in every jurisdiction, and safety planning topics often involve cooperation across jurisdictional boundaries. Transportation organizations are working collaboratively to identify, prioritize, and address safety issues at regional and statewide scales, resulting in a safer transportation system. In this webinar, State DOTs and MPOs will share their experiences collaborating across jurisdictions on safety planning, including discussion of their collaborative techniques as well as their improved outcomes.
Thursday, February 11, 2016,1:00-2:30pm ET
Transportation congestion impacts the daily lives of many who live or work in urban areas, and it is a complex issue that frequently crosses planning jurisdictions in metropolitan areas. MPOs often work together with neighboring MPOs, with local jurisdictions, and with State DOTs to comprehensively measure and address congestion at a regional scale. This webinar will feature examples from the Philadelphia, PA, Rochester, NY, and Portland, OR regions, where MPOs, incident responders, and transit agencies are working together to manage regional congestion.
Thursday, April 28, 2016, 1:00-2:00pm ET
Regional cooperation among MPOs, State DOTs, transit agencies, and their partners is increasing efficiency, improving transportation decision-making , and strengthening relationships. This webinar will feature the methods and tools that organizations use to successfully share data and collaborate across jurisdictional boundaries. State DOT and MPO presenters will describe the systems and how they are used to make data sharing and collaboration across boundaries work in their regions.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 1:00-2:30pm ET
Joint planning products are concrete examples of successful, effective regional cooperation in the transportation planning process. In this webinar we will explore examples of transportation planning agencies working together to jointly produce a variety of planning products, and discuss what it takes to make collaboration at this level work. We will hear firsthand from organizations that have developed the collaborative relationships and processes necessary to produce joint products, from the methods they use to the early stumbling blocks they overcame.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 1:00-2:30pm ET
Most freight transportation, by its very nature, operates across municipal, county, state, and/or national boundaries, and those movements create economic impacts at all of those geographic levels. A significant portion of that freight also operates across multiple modes, and the infrastructure for those modes is often shared between freight movements and passenger movements. Freight transportation's cross-cutting geographic, economic, and modal nature means that understanding and addressing freight transportation needs often requires partnerships and cooperation between two or more jurisdictions or organizations, and these partnerships can take a variety of forms and involve a variety of organizations.
This webinar, which is a joint webinar between the FHWA Planning Office and FHWA Freight Office and part of the Freight Office's Talking Freight webinar series, will focus on different types of regional collaboration in freight planning. Speakers from the City of Chicago, Kansas City SmartPort, and the Arizona DOT will share their regional freight planning success stories, focusing on how they have collaborated across jurisdictional boundaries and with non-traditional partners to address the growing freight transportation-related issues and needs.
TBD
Incorporating all transportation modes has long been a central aspect of metropolitan and statewide transportation planning. In recent years, with metropolitan areas becoming more populous and complex, transit ridership increasing, and interest in transportation demand management and nonmotorized transportation swelling, coordination among planning partners to integrate modes in the planning process has become even more essential. This webinar will feature presentations from planning agencies who are working with their neighbors and partners to address these challenges and improve multimodal planning at regional and statewide scales.
