Disruptions to the supply chain can have widespread economic and societal impacts, particularly for regions recovering from extreme weather events. Elements of resilience in transportation include the 4Rs: robustness, redundancy, resourcefulness, and rapidity. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Eastern that will explore how incorporating the 4Rs into state freight programs can help mitigate these risks. Presenters will highlight innovative approaches to freight resilience planning and strategies to improve supply chain stability.
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

• Texas freight and supply chain resilience plan – Tyler Graham, Texas Department of Transportation
• Department of Homeland Security Supply Chain Resilience Issues, Problems and Solutions (SCRIPS) workshop – Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Freight resilience planning: Leveraging opportunities and applying innovative techniques – Suseel Indrakanti, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
• Question and answer session moderated by Michael Williamson, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

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:

• Apply 4Rs to freight resilience planning framework
• Improve the freight system using resilience-based strategies
• Use best practices in freight resilience planning

 
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.
 
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