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Financing Freight Transportation Improvements:

Financing Freight Transportation Improvements: Exploring Future Options _________________________________________ U. S. Department of Transportation Conference April 30, 2001 _____________________________ Randy Evans Vice President Real Estate & Industrial Development CSX Transportation.

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Financing Freight Transportation Improvements:

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  1. Financing Freight Transportation Improvements: Exploring Future Options _________________________________________ U. S. Department of Transportation Conference April 30, 2001 _____________________________ Randy Evans Vice President Real Estate & Industrial Development CSX Transportation

  2. I-95 Corridor CoalitionMid-Atlantic Rail Operations Study —An Integrated Strategy to EliminateChoke Points U.S. Department of Transportation Conference St. Louis, MO April 30, 2001

  3. Project Objective • Develop a short-term rail investment program for the Mid-Atlantic transportation corridor (Virginia through New Jersey) that will – • Eliminate key rail choke points • Increase rail-freight and rail-passenger service capacity • Relieve congestion on the rail, highway, and air systems

  4. Project Participants • Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern • Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey • I-95 Corridor Coalition

  5. Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail Service CSX

  6. Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail Service Norfolk Southern

  7. Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail ServiceAmtrak

  8. Mid-Atlantic CorridorCSX, NS, and Amtrak Rail Service

  9. Mid-Atlantic CorridorMajor Highways

  10. Issue: Do Rail and Truck Have the Capacity to Handle the Growing Volume of Freight? 2020 Additional Rail Tons 2000 Rail Tons 2000 Truck Tons 2020 Additional Truck Tons Truck and Rail Volume 2020 Truck and Rail Volume 2000 Source: FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data and WEFA forecasts

  11. Freight Growth, 2000-2020Regional growth rates (all modes, all commodities), andHighway links with highest growth rates (truck freight density in tons) Northeast Region 79% Central Region 89% Mid-Atlantic Corridor West Region 100% South Region 89% Source: FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data and WEFA forecasts

  12. Rail Freight Flows, 2000All commodities; rail freight density in tons Mid-Atlantic Corridor Source: FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data

  13. Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues • Congested rail traffic because of increasing demand for freight, Amtrak, and commuter-rail services, resulting in inefficiencies for the railroad operators and unreliable services for shippers and the traveling public • Lack of north-south doublestack service along Mid-Atlantic/I-95 corridor generally and at specific locations like Baltimore and Wilmington where low tunnels, bridges, or catenary wires block double-stack rail access to the ports • Inability to accommodate modern, higher railcars introduced by domestic shippers and heavier marine intermodal containers being used by international shippers

  14. Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues (continued) • Differences in allowable speeds and weight limits between passenger and freight rail operations, resulting in inefficient use of shared rail rights-of-way • Need for new or improved track to accommodate high-speed passenger rail service between Washington, DC and Richmond • Limited ability to route around construction and accidents, particularly on segments of the corridor with only two tracks • Limited capacity at intermodal freight and passenger rail terminals along the corridor, and congested landside access to many of the terminals

  15. Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues (continued) • Need for improved safety at highway-rail at-grade crossings • Limited real-timeinformation on freight and passenger rail operations in the corridor, and • Limited information-system links for sharing operational and other data among the three railroads

  16. Project Tasks • Demand Estimates (2000, 2010, 2020) • Choke Points Analysis and Actions • Physical infrastructure, information systems, operations and scheduling practices, business agreements, and regulatory requirements • System Strategies (packages of actions to address choke points) • Benefit, Cost, and Impact Assessment • Program Development

  17. Mid-Atlantic Corridor Choke PointsLevels of Analysis Network Performance (System) Segment Performance (Choke Point) Segment Performance (Clusters of Choke Points) Lane Performance (Trip, Shipment)

  18. Products • Program recommendations for action by the railroads, the states, the I-95 Corridor Coalition, the US DOT, and Congress • Report documenting issues and opportunities • Briefings and presentation materials

  19. I-95 Corridor Coalition Opportunities • Advance coordination among Amtrak, CSX, and Norfolk Southern • Identify corridor-wide rail transportation needs and opportunities, including commuter rail issues • Accelerate application of ITS and advanced rail technologies • Identify costs, benefits, and related impacts • Investigate innovative approaches to financing and constructing new capacity • Provide new forum and develop public-private partnerships

  20. Coalition Gene Donaldson/I-95 Corridor Coalition GDonaldson@mail.dot. state.de.us Marygrace Parker/I-95 Corridor Coalition Marygrace_Parker @thruway.state.ny.us I-95 Coalition Web Site www.i95coalition.org/ projects/marop.html Railroads John Bennett/Amtrak BennettJ@amtrak.com Rick Crawford/NS Rick.Crawford@nscorp.com Randy Evans/CSX Randy_Evans@csx.com Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts

  21. New Jersey Ted Matthews/NJDOT TheodoreMatthews@ dot.state.nj.us John Powers/NJDOT JohnPowers@ dot.state.nj.us Pennsylvania Edwin (Ran) Marshall/PennDOT EMarsha@ dot.state.pa.us Delaware Mike Kirkpatrick/DelDOT MKirkpatrick@ mail.dot.state.de.us Maryland Dave Ganovski/MdDOT DGanovski@ mdot.state.md.us Virginia George Conner/VADRPT GConner@ drpt.state.va.us Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts(continued)

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