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Border Freight Scoping Study

Border Freight Scoping Study. Scott Smith Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 23 October 2006. Freight Scoping Study. A three month effort Late September – December 2006. Funded by Section 5512 of SAFETEA-LU (TRANSIMS development)

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Border Freight Scoping Study

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  1. Border Freight Scoping Study Scott Smith Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 23 October 2006

  2. Freight Scoping Study • A three month effort • Late September – December 2006. • Funded by Section 5512 of SAFETEA-LU (TRANSIMS development) • Sponsored by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration • Objectives • Articulate the freight issues in Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, and the decisions to be supported by improved modeling • Identify available data for a freight model • Outline how TRANSIMS might be adapted for the regional simulation of freight

  3. Presentation Outline • What is the Transportation Analysis Simulation System (TRANSIMS) • Findings to date • Freight issues • Decisions to be supported by improved modeling • Data to support an improved model

  4. TRANSIMS • Microsimulation model • Differences from conventional 4-step • Simulation of individual entities • e.g., households or freight movements • Generation of tours • Not tied to • Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) • Time-of-day buckets • Detailed modeling of highways and intersections • But, any model is only as good as the available data

  5. Freight Issues • Cross-Border and Domestic • Freight Growth • NAFTA • Feeder port possibility • Primary mode is truck • Increasing need for reliable travel times • Congestion • Cross Border • Other highway Freight Flows throughNew York State

  6. Issues Two crossings for commercial vehicles NAFTA impact on commercial traffic Congestion at borders and on highways Security concerns Initiatives Warnings for truck queues Pre-clearance FAST, NEXUS Bridge expansion Inspection station relocation and expansion Cross-Border Congestion

  7. U.S. Domestic Issues • Economic Growth • Congestion • Grand Island Bridges • Narrow lanes • Steep grade • I 90 / I 290 Interchange • Non-freeway movements • Route 219 • Route 63

  8. Decisions to be Supported • Ferry • Mode shifts: truck to rail New York Queenston – Lewiston: Bridge, Plaza and Approach Improvements • Peace Bridge and Plaza • Improvements • Airport Area Development Niagara Falls Route 63 Ontario ITS Investments • Grand Island Bridge Improvements QEW Improvements • I90 / I290 Interchange Buffalo Route219

  9. Data: Freight Movements • Internal vs. External • Cross-border vs. domestic • X-X • CCMTA National Roadside Study • Regional models (e.g., FAF) • X-I • CCMTA National Roadside Study • Regional models (e.g., FAF) • Local economic forecasts • Local origins/destinations • I-I • Urban goods movement • e.g., warehouse to retail I-I X-I X-X X-X

  10. Data: Traffic Flows • All traffic • Existing regional model as a source of data • Background congestion • Truck traffic • Sources • Satellite tracking of trucks • Toll counts (classification) • Other traffic counts, including classification • Turning movement counts

  11. Data: Highway Network • Four-step model • Link capacities • Microsimulation model • Intersection capacity • Signals • Turning lanes • Road physical characteristics • Hills, curves • Lane width • Barriers • Tolls, border crossings

  12. Topics for Discussion • Issues affecting freight movements • Decisions to be supported • Scope of a planning model • Domestic with cross-border coordination • Bi-national • Data sources for traffic growth and mode split • Data sources for origin-destination movements • Data for modeling the highway network • Classification counts for calibration and validation

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