DAY ONE
8:00-8:30 Introduction: Expectations and Learning Objectives
- Course outline, learning objectives and expectations
8:30 – 9:15 Icebreaker: Transportation Funding & Programming Group Exercise
9:15 – 10:00 Section 1: Preview: The Transportation Challenge & How It All Comes Together
- A brief look at the planning process: how a project supports a transportation vision and how funding sources and programs are used to make the project a reality
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 Section 2: The Players: Partners, Allies & Opponents
- Become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of the various organizations, “The Players”, making programming and funding decisions - “who calls the shots” in different cases, and how roles evolve and shift over time!
11:00 – 12:00 Section 3: Federal Funding
- Overview of federal transportation funding and decision-making processes
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 – 2:30 Section 4: State Funding
- Overview of state transportation funding and decision-making processes
2:30 – 3:30 Section 5: Local Funding
- Overview of local transportation funding and decision-making processes
3:30 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 4:45 Funding Allocation Exercise
4:45 – 5:00 Wrap up, Course Evaluation
DAY TWO
8:00 – 9:00 Section 6: Project Finance
- How financing tools & strategies can be used to leverage available funding and deliver project benefits sooner
9:00 – 10:00 Section 7: Programming: Investment Decision Making
- Major Federal & State Programs
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Section 7: Programming: Investment Decision Making (Cont’d)
- Major Federal & State Programs
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 – 2:30 Project Planning/Programming Exercise – SR 132 West – Gates to Dakota
2:30 – 3:00 Section 8: Programming: Matching Dollars to Project Delivery
- Programming and Project Delivery Considerations and Strategies
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:00 Funding Strategy Exercise
4:00 – 4:30 Section 9: Transportation Policy Outlook
- Evolving policy and funding outlook and potential initiatives to address changing needs and conditions
4:30 – 5:00 Wrap up, Course Evaluation