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

3/6/25

  • NY/NJ FIFA WC26 Planning: Feasibility Study Checklist—Sal Cowan, Senior Director of Transportation Mobility, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and Elizabeth Falcon, Principal Transportation Analyst in the Office of Emergency Management, Security, and Response, NJDOT

  • 2025 Presidential Inauguration: From Planning through Post-Event Debrief—Thomas S. Neider, Chief Safety and Security Officer, District of Columbia’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Natalie Jones Best, Emergency Preparedness and Risk Manager, 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, Senior Program Manager, Congestion Management and System Operations, North Central Texas Council of Governments
  • Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour State in Indianapolis: From Initial Planning to Post Event Evaluation—Ed Cox, ITS Engineering Director, Traffic Management Division, Indiana Department of Transportation (DOT)