Completing a MAP-21 Compliant Freight Plan

2. Completing a MAP-21 Compliant Freight Plan Lynn Soporowski, P.E. Transportation Engineering Branch Manager Division of Planning

3. How is Kentucky doing their FR8 Plan? Hands on Approach • Collecting Partners • Collecting Advocates • Collecting Data • Why??

4. Water Rail Ferry Freight

5. Securing the future with high-value research today • Freight & Logistics • “Green Infrastructure,” KYSPR 12-447 • “Inland Waterway Certain Dangerous Cargoes (CDC) Analysis” • “Inland Waterway Operational Analysis Model” • “Mitigation Exemption for Low Quality Streams,” KYSPR 13-458 • “Port Sustainability Audit Content/Processes”

6. Mid-America Freight CoalitionRegional Solutions for a Regional Issue

7. INSTITUTE FOR TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDIESPromoting Regional Awareness for Improving Freight Transportation Industry Share of the Kentucky Economy, 2011

8. Military Program Louisville District Civil Boundaries: 76,000 square miles 20 Lakes & 10 Locks & Dams Military Installations: • Kentucky, Indiana, • Illinois, Ohio, Michigan • 306,000 Square Miles • 7 Army • 6 BRAC • 5 Air Force • 3 DOD • National PM USAR • National PM USAFR BUILDING STRONG

9. Kentuckians for Better Transportation **Educates and Advocates for All Modes of Transportation**http://www.kbtnet.org/

10. Trade Association • KY Motor Transport Association • KY Association of Riverports • American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association • Delta Nu Alpha

11. Data • www.trailsrus.com/coal/map.html

12. Freight Network Major Freight Generators 1,166 Freight Facilities identified with over 100 employees or over 100,000 square feet.

14. http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/pages/freight-planning.aspxhttp://transportation.ky.gov/planning/pages/freight-planning.aspx

15. Total Freight Transportation into Kentucky by Mode-2008 Tons (in millions) Dollars (in millions) Source: Freight Analysis Framework, FWHA

16. Total Freight Transportation into Kentucky by Mode-2008 Tons (in millions) Dollars (in millions) Source: Freight Analysis Framework, FWHA

17. 2008 Top Commodities from Kentucky Tons (in millions) Dollars (in millions) Source: Freight Analysis Framework, FWHA

18. METHODS AND RESULTS

19. Why??? Why Partner? Why Advocates? Why Data?

20. STATE AGENCIES

21. We depend upon each other…. What does all of this imply?

22. Kentucky Facts Approximately 50-60% percent of the state as karst or potential for karst. Karst and Sinkhole Occurrence in Kentucky • Areas shown in red have high potential for karst. • Areas shown in green have moderate potential for karst. • Areas in blue have no karst or limited potential for karst. For more information go to: www.uky.edu/KGS

24. New Madrid Seismic Zone • DAMAGING EARTHQUAKE • (6.0 or greater) occurs about every 80 years. • The last one was October 31,1895. • 90% chance of occurrence by 2040. • MAJOR EARTHQUAKE • (7.5 or greater), occurs every 200- 300 years . • The last one in 1812. • 10% chance in the next 50 years. Kentucky Facts

25. KY Department of Military Affairs KEM KY Emergency Management

26. STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Assess infrastructure along and utilization of navigable waters within the Commonwealth; Analyze potential future utilization of the navigable waters within the Commonwealth; Assist CED in developing river site certification criteria in accord with established Kentucky CED evaluation criteria; Establish a process and tools to prioritize sites for evaluation based on site criteria and previous analysis; and Inventory, evaluate and identify priority sites for potential site certification.

27. Riverport and KY Road Fund Kentucky Constitution Section 230 • Money not to be drawn from Treasury unless appropriated - Annual publication of accounts - Certain revenues usable only for highway purposes. • ….. No money derived from excise or license taxation relating to gasoline and other motor fuels, and no moneys derived from fees, excise or license taxation relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways shall be expended for other than the cost of administration, statutory refunds, and adjustments, payment of highway obligations, costs for construction, reconstruction, rights-of-way, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, and expense of enforcing state traffic and motor vehicle laws. Text as Ratified on: November 6, 1945. History: 1945 amendment was proposed by 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec.1: original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.

28. Conclusion • Collecting data is documenting • Lockage data, FAF, models, STB waybill • Hearing is learning • Webinars, conferences, meetings: USACE, USCG, • Seeing is believing • Site visits, contract administration, legislature • Doing is best…. • The future……still being written….and changing…

29. KYTC-Division of Planning Contacts • Lynn Jonell Soporowski, P.E. Transportation Engineering Branch Manager Multimodal Programs, Air Quality, Forecasting, and Modeling Planning Sections Frankfort, KY 40622 Lynn.Soporowski@ky.gov W-502/564-9900 x 3298 • Casey WellsInterim Freight CoordinatorFrankfort, KY 40622Casey.Wells@ky.gov  (502) 564-9900 x3289

30. Contact information Nathan A. Moulder Community Planner USACE-Louisville District P: 502.315.6776 C: 502.689.8404 [Nathan.A.Moulder@usace.army.mil]