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Multi-state Freight Planning in the Mid-America Freight Coalition. Presented by Jason Bittner, Deputy Director National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education ( C FIRE). Mid-America Freight Coalition. Operating since 2001-2002 Memorandum of Understanding
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Multi-state Freight Planning in the Mid-America Freight Coalition Presented by Jason Bittner, Deputy Director National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE)
Mid-America Freight Coalition • Operating since 2001-2002 • Memorandum of Understanding • Key Efforts to Date • Regional Bottleneck Study • Truck Parking Analysis • Corridor Development • Regional Authorization Positions • Performance Impacts • Information clearinghouse
Regional Freight Planning Effort • Corridor Focus • Regional Economic Health • Uniformity and consistency • Identify underutilized capacity • Communications • Executive Buy-in
WHAT ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS • Continuous communications • Customer service • Identifying key regional commodity groups and champions • Find commonalities and don’t get hung up on the differences