TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30PM ET that featured research from
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Synthesis 487: Public Perception of Mileage Based User Fees.
This webinar featured research that analyzed three sources of information about public opinion on mileage fees. The presenters provided key findings about overall support levels for mileage fees and the specific reasons why people supported or opposed these fees.
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar. This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits.
Here are the slides from the presentations.
Webinar Presenters
- Asha Agrawal, San Jose State University
- Hilary Nixon, San Jose State University
- Jim Madaffer, California Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee
Moderated by: Adrian Moore,
Reason Foundation
Webinar Outline
- Overview of NCHRP and Synthesis 487
- General public opinion on mileage fees
- Qualitative research studies
- Quantitative public opinion surveys
- Media stories
- The view from California: Public opinion on mileage fees and the state’s road user charge pilot program
- Question and answer session
The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Explain the support levels of mileage fees according to surveys
- Identify the most common reasons people give for supporting or opposing mileage fees
- Apply study findings to the process of designing acceptable mileage fees
- List key findings of public opinion in California about mileage fees
Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of
TRB Sponsors or
TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:
- TRB and National Academies employees;
- Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
- CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar
- Members of the media;
- Employees of tribal governments; and
- Members of Congress or their staff.
Other sites must pay $95 per site. View our
pricing page for details.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.
Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
This webinar was developed in March 2016. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website:
www.RCEP.net.
American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.
Please visit the Certification Maintenance section of APA’s website, Certification Maintenance webpage at
www.planning.org/cm to claim your credits. You may use the following steps:
1. Log in using your ID# and password.
2. Select View my CM log.
3. Select Add CM-Registered Credits.
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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at
RGillum@nas.edu.
