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Rail Planning Efforts and Lessons Learned

Rail Planning Efforts and Lessons Learned. Nicole Katsikides Acting Director, Office of Freight & Multimodalism Maryland Department of Transportation Presentation to AASHTO SCORT Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Maryland Transportation Plan Goals. Quality of Service Safety and Security

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Rail Planning Efforts and Lessons Learned

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  1. Rail Planning Efforts and Lessons Learned Nicole Katsikides Acting Director, Office of Freight & Multimodalism Maryland Department of Transportation Presentation to AASHTO SCORT Tuesday, September 21, 2010

  2. Maryland Transportation Plan Goals • Quality of Service • Safety and Security • System Preservation and Performance • Environmental Stewardship • Connectivity for Daily Life

  3. Rail Planning • Collect projects from all rail users • Collect and refine policy areas, objectives, actions • Prioritize Projects after evaluation based on guidance • Maryland is home to significant rail projects • B&P Tunnel • Part of National Gateway • Delmarva rail efforts with DE and VA • Crescent Corridor in Western Maryland • Other NEC projects

  4. Statewide Freight Plan • First comprehensive multimodal freight plan • Included both passenger and freight rail policies and projects due to shared infrastructure • Tied project prioritization to Maryland Transportation Plan goals • Captured significant stakeholder input, broad range of policies and projects.

  5. Outreach • Most exciting aspect in terms of gaining support • Captured broad range of freight and passenger rail needs • Used MPO’s creatively, MPO’s now help support projects

  6. Stakeholder Support Groups • Established Freight Stakeholder Advisory Committee • Internal Advisory Committee (and MPOs) • Rail team, rail advisory group

  7. Integration with State Plans • Considered Maryland Transportation Plan goals • Attached weighting to those goals • Selected measures for each goal • Ran each project through methodology • Developed high, medium and low priorities • Rail projects scored relatively high, but need for corridor planning or intermodal planning exists

  8. Positive Actions • Keeping a regional perspective • Engaging stakeholders • Strong inventory • Commodity Flow information for freight • Implementation organization, strategic plan

  9. Challenges • Implementing new policies • Creative financing and new funding sources • Standardization of benefit calculations where appropriate, concrete guidance on planning and HSIPR • Project limits/NEPA guidance and preparation • Work with regional partners, Amtrak and FRA to understand which projects are linked (i.e. NEPA) • Why plan?

  10. For More Information: Nicole Katsikides Office of Freight and Multimodalism 410-865-1225 nkatsikides@mdot.state.md.us www.mdot.maryland.gov/OFL/Freight

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