PSE Spotlight Webinars

Planned Special Event (PSE) Spotlight Webinars

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Planned Special Events (PSE) Program is pleased to welcome transportation mobility planning professionals to the PSE Spotlight quarterly webinar series, hosted by the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE). 

Each quarter, the PSE Spotlight series will highlight two planned special events, identify noteworthy practices, and showcase processes and tools that can help transportation operations professionals tasked to manage the mobility and related needs for various planned special events. Webinars will also introduce and highlight potential updates to a FHWA resource. 

Click here to register for upcoming webinars in this series.

David Johnson, FHWA Office of Operations, hosts this webinar series and is supported by Adam Hopps, National Operations Center of Excellence. To suggest topics or presenters for a future webinar, please reach out to the David Johnson. For more information on planned special events management, visit the FHWA PSE website.

Recorded PSE Spotlight Webinars

Date

Webinar Presenters

4/2/26
  • PSE Spotlight Series: Post-Event Activities—Tom Neider, District DOT and Krute Singa, Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Tony Henderson, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Larry Bajwa, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
12/4/25
  • Sturgis Motorcycle RallyKevin Valko, South Dakota DOT
  • NASCAR Chicago Street RaceChristopher Pettineo and Chantall Morley, City of Chicago 
9/4/25
  • FIFA Club World Cup Planning, Successes and Lessons from PhiladelphiaDavid Adams, Pennsylvania DOT and Richard Montanez, City of Philadelphia
  • Managing Travel for Planned Special Events CourseJason Nelson, ICF
6/9/25
  • Kansas City World Cup Traffic Management PlanningJason Sims, Kansas City 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Nashville DOT May 10 Special Events ManagementRobert White, Nashville DOT

3/6/25

  • NY/NJ FIFA WC26 Planning: Feasibility Study Checklist—Sal Cowan, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and Elizabeth Falcon, NJDOT
  • 2025 Presidential Inauguration: From Planning through Post-Event Debrief—Thomas S. Neider, District of Columbia’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Natalie Jones Best, DDOT

12/5/24

  • PSE Checklist Resource for Practitioners—Vaishali Shah, Director of Transportation Systems, AEM Corporation
  • 2026 World Cup Planning in Dallas—Natalie Bettger, North Central Texas Council of Governments
  • Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour State in Indianapolis: From Initial Planning to Post Event Evaluation—Ed Cox, Indiana Department of Transportation (DOT)