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HRTPO and Urban Freight R/R Operations

HRTPO and Urban Freight R/R Operations. Robert B. Case, PE, Principal Transportation Engineer. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail. Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways Reporting rail needs developed by others Promoting the consideration of freight

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HRTPO and Urban Freight R/R Operations

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  1. HRTPO and Urban Freight R/R Operations Robert B. Case, PE, Principal Transportation Engineer

  2. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail • Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways • Reporting rail needs developed by others • Promoting the consideration of freight • Promoting projects which help freight rail

  3. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail • Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways • Reporting rail needs developed by others • Promoting the consideration of freight • Promoting projects which help freight rail

  4. Suffolk Rail Impact Study (2007) • Purpose • To analyze the effects of increasing rail traffic through Suffolk on mobility and safety of its citizens • To provide the City with options to reduce the impacts

  5. Traffic Impact of an Inland Port in Hampton Roads (2011) • Purpose: • To examine the impacts an inland port located on the western edge of Hampton Roads would have on regional highway congestion.

  6. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail • Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways • Reporting rail needs developed by others • Promoting the consideration of freight • Promoting projects which help freight rail

  7. Regional Freight Study (2007) • Purpose • To identify, develop, and evaluate transportation strategies to improve the movement of goods.

  8. Future Needs for Rail • Heartland Corridor Project • Commonwealth Railway Line Purchase • APM Terminals Rail Yard Expansion • Suffolk Connection from CSX to Commonwealth Railway • Portsmouth Subdivision Height Clearances • Intermodal Improvements- Crewe to Suffolk • Double Stack Clearance Improvements for CSX

  9. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail • Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways • Reporting rail needs developed by others • Promoting the consideration of freight • Promoting projects which help freight rail

  10. Freight Transportation Advisory Committee (FTAC) • Purpose • To advise the HRTPO Board re freight • To raise awareness of importance of freight • To collect public input re freight

  11. FTAC Membership • Butch Crane, K-Line America • Keith Helton, Givens Transportation • Ron Drogan, CrossGlobe Group • Bill Bell, Northrop Grumman • Chris Luebbers, Norfolk Southern • Art Moye, Va. Maritime Assoc. • Curtis Hall, Target • Brien Craft, Wal-Mart Distribution

  12. FTAC Activities • Co-sponsored inaugural Virginia Freight Transportation Summit • Produced “A Region United” video promoting the importance of freight movement to Hampton Roads citizens.

  13. HRTPO Involvement in Freight Rail • Recommendations for reducing conflict between rail and highways • Reporting rail needs developed by others • Promoting the consideration of freight • Promoting projects which help freight rail

  14. Prioritization Tool • Used for selecting projects for HRTPO Long-Range Transportation Plan • from which all capacity-building highway and transit projects must be selected • Rail • Candidate intermodal projects are given points for “Improves Freight Movement by Rail”

  15. Regional Performance Measures • Purpose • To set targets and determine progress thereby informing selection of projects • Measures include: • Rail Mode Share, freight w/ local origins • Rail Mode Share, freight w/ local destinations • Targets for these:

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