Ensuring seamless connectivity is increasingly important, especially as rural areas—home to one in ten Texans—rely on improved infrastructure for economic growth and mobility. TRB will host a webinar on Monday, April 28, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern that will explore statewide multimodal connectivity planning and strategies in Texas for enhancing connectivity between rural and urban communities while addressing growing population and workforce demands. Presenters will highlight major corridor improvements, the role of community engagement in transportation planning, and considerations for multimodal connectivity to support the movement of people and goods across Texas, the U.S., and Mexico.

This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics.

Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors. The registration rate for all other attendees is $100. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Urban and rural freight movement: Texas statewide corridor considerations – Andrew A. Canon, Texas Department of Transportation

2. Texas corridor planning – Lorena Echeverria De Misi, Texas Department of Transportation

3. Connecting rural and urban communities: Ports-to-Plains alliance – Lauren D. Garduño, Ports-to-Plains Alliance

4. Question and answer session moderated by Loretta Brown, Texas Department of Transportation

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Explain successful strategies for enhancing connectivity between rural and urban communities

Professional Development Hours

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including any question and answer session following the presentations.

This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits

This webinar is approved by the American Planning Association (APA) for 1.5 Certification Maintenance (CM) Credits. CM credits provide continuing education opportunities for AICP Certified Planners to continue their professional skills and knowledge. To receive CM credits, Certified Planners should visit the TRB event webpage on American Planning Association and register their participation.

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If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org.

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