Highway Freight Movement - Wisconsin Initiatives

1. Highway Freight Movement - Wisconsin Initiatives AASHTO BOD Roundtable November 19, 2012 Nov 2012 Mark Gottlieb Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Chair AASHTO Subcommittee on Highway Transport

2. Areas of Emphasis • Freight Operations and Safety • Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition • Wisconsin Truck Parking Grant • Safety and Design Support • Industry Engagement, Reform, and Network Planning • Annual Freight Summits • Regulatory Reform and Harmonization • The Priority Freight Network • AASHTO SCOHT Resolution *Source: Wisconsin Connections 2030 Plan; WisDOT Strategy 2010-2011

3. Freight Operations and Safety GLRTOC Partners & Mission The Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition (GLRTOC) • Founded 2009 • Eight Member Agencies • Mission: Improve cross-regional transportation operations in support of regional economic competitiveness and improved quality of life.

4. Freight Operations and Safety GLRTOC Strategies & MCOM Award • Three Strategic Focus Areas • Efficient freight operations • Reliable mobility • TIM / ETO • Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Award (2013-2015) • Connected Centers and Gateway System Expansion • Smart Work Zone Collaboration and Performance

5. Freight Operations and SafetyTruck Parking • FHWA Discretionary Truck Parking Grant. • Received $1.0 million (Requested $1.8 Million). • Plan will include both public rest stops and private truck stops along I-94. • Building from lessons learned from the experiences of Minnesota, Michigan, and others gaining efficiencies. • Provide real time information about available parking space upstream and online. • Support integrated multi-state regional transportation operations and services for our freight stakeholders.

6. Freight Reform Initiative • Inviting industry to participate in annual Freight Summits. • Regulatory reform and multi-state harmonization. • Development of a Multimodal Priority Freight Network.

7. Annual Freight Summits

8. Regulatory/TS&W Changes • Repealed permit requirement for 3-vehicle recreational combination. • Repealed permit requirement for utilities/co-ops/suppliers to haul poles and pipes over legal length. • Increased single vehicle legal length from 40 ft. to 45 ft. • Increased combination vehicle length from 65 ft. to 75 ft. • New “Farm and Field” permit allowing hauling of agricultural commodities to or from a farm or field at 90K lbs on 6 axles (except Interstates). • New “Sealed Transport” permit allowing hauling of sealed international containers at 90K lbs on 6 axles including Interstates.

9. Harmonization • Minnesota/Wisconsin MOU - Harmonize permit conditions and size/weight law between states. • Work together on development of an electronic interface between MN and WI permit systems. • This Portal will eliminate having to enter duplicative application data. • Both states will review their portions of the route and issue permits according to existing state law. • Have regular operational contact to keep the sister state informed on near border restrictions and head off cross-border re-routes.

10. Freight Network Project To better address freight related issues, and to be responsive to freight industry needs, we set out to: • Develop a prioritized transportation network that targets freight mobility needs. • Establish a dynamicprocess that defines a short term program of potential activities, including ongoing data updates. • Encourage increased integration of freight data into WisDOT program and policy decisions. • Create an investment and decision support tool, NOT a long range plan or State Freight Plan.

11. Priority Highway “Freight Factor” • Highway segment based scoring developed to summarize many freight-specific data points. • Highway segment scores over 1 have met at least one of the criteria thresholds, which were set high (all scoring values are well above the statewide average). • Higher scoring segments have a relatively higher freight mobility value, and can be used for prioritization. • Scores could be used to match up with other Department data in GIS, informing the project initiation and scoping process.

12. Priority Highway Freight Criteria • Commodity flow characteristics • Originating, Terminating, Internal and Overhead • Commodities have different flow characteristics and supply chains • High truck volume on routes not designated Corridors 2030 Backbone or Connector. • Higher than average daily trucks per lane. • WisDOT’sPrimary and Secondary Oversize/Overweight Highway Freight Routes.

13. Draft Highway Freight Factor Priority Scoring Map

14. Freight Data Warehouse • Information about Wisconsin’s top freight commodities is contained in the Commodity Profiles. • Template maps showing analysis of Wisconsin commodities, industry clusters and commodity flow.

15. Maps showing highways and counties generating the most Food Product tonnage reveal Commodity Flow Corridors for further study and analysis .

16. Freight Network GIS Benefits • Dynamic trends can be quickly incorporated into alternatives analyses – to make quality investment decisions in real-time. • Analysis results are transferable to existing program prioritization algorithms. • Planning and programming maps and data are easily shared within WisDOT through the interactive corridor maps application. • Interactive GIS database allows WisDOT to add new features, like future data updates and analysis of change over time.

17. Screen shot from WisDOT’s Interactive Corridor Maps Application Tool for Planning & Programming Staff

19. AASHTO SCOHT Resolution • SCOHT Committee and Specialized Carriers met in Milwaukee July 2012. • Two charges of the Committee and themes coming out of the meeting: • Size and Weight Study requirements in MAP 21 • Permit condition harmonization • Resolution does not speak to Size and Weight. Only permit operational conditions.

20. AASHTO SCOHT HarmonizationResolution • The volume of freight, including OSOW, is growing. • Trip time reliability is critical. • Unnecessary differences in OSOW permit requirements can result in delays that increase cost or impair emergency response. • Harmonization can improve customer service, reduce cost, and increase efficiency in government agencies.

21. AASHTO SCOHT Resolution • Initial focus on harmonization of regulation in five areas: • Escort requirements • Warning flags, lights and signs • Days and hours of operation • At the same time Resolution has been adopted by AASHTO Regional SCOHT committees and work to harmonize within each region is underway.