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AASHTO SCoWT September 21, 2016. Stephen Shafer Office of Intermodal System Development U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. FIXING AMERICA’S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT. FAST ACT was signed December 4, 2015
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AASHTO SCoWTSeptember 21, 2016 Stephen Shafer Office of Intermodal System Development U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
FIXING AMERICA’S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT • FAST ACT was signed December 4, 2015 • Establishes a freight program with State formula funds and competitive grants - $10.8B over 5 years • Emphasis on Intelligent Transportation Systems through the ATCMTD Grant Program -- $300M over 5 years • Planning and performance measurement requirements • Port Performance Act • National and State Freight Plans • Multimodal Freight Network
MARAD PORT PROJECTS Everett, WA Seattle M5 Corridor Tacoma, WA Pasco, WA Portland, OR Eastport, ME Garibaldi, OR Duluth, MN Newport. OR Lewiston, ID Benton, WA Coos Bay, OR Maine Ports, ME M95 Corridor ProvPort, RI Port of Albany Newark, NJ Quonset, RI Wellsville, OH NE Gateway Toledo, OH Bayonne, NJ W. Sacramento, CA South Jersey Port Corp, NJ Wilmington, DE Green Trade Corridor, CA Neptune Jeffersonville, IN Stockton, CA Oakland, CA Baltimore, MD Richmond, VA Tri-City, IL Virginia Ports, VA M55 Corridor Hueneme, CA Norfolk Cates Landing, TN Catoosa, OK Port of L.A., CA Port of Long Beach, CA Little Rock, AR Fulton, MS San Diego, CA Charleston Georgia Ports Pascagoula, MS Mobile, AL Pier 29, HI JaxPort, FL New Orleans, LA Gulfport, MS Houston, TX Main Pass Cross Gulf, FL Orange, TX Corpus Christi, TX Port Manatee, FL Port of Miami, FL LOOP Gulf Gateway Cross Gulf, TX Gulf Landing Port Dolphin Brownsville, TX Guam Dillingham, AK Port Pelican Auke Bay, AK Saint Croix VI ARRA Grants (3) TIGER FY2011 (4) Marine Highway (11) TIGER FY2014 (7) FASTLANE (5) Port Conveyance (10) TIGER FY2012 (7) TIGER FY2009 (7) TIGER FY2015 (4) Deep Water Ports (8) TIGER FY2016 (5) TIGER FY2010 (6) TIGER FY2013 (8)
FY16 Grants $169.2M awarded for port improvement projects totaling $432.2M • TIGER VIII$54.5 for projects totaling $147.8M • Little Rock, AR $6.2M/$9.9M • Guam “H” Wharf $10M/$20M • Albany, NY $17.2M/$49.6M • USVI Finch Terminal $10.7M/$13.3M • Everett, WA $10M/$55M • FASTLANE$114.7M for projects totaling $284.4M • Port of Savannah Int’l Multi-modal Connector $44M/$128.7M • Conley Terminal Intermodal Improvements and Modernization (Massport) $42M/$102.9M • Maine Intermodal Port Productivity Project $7.7M/$15.4M • Cross Harbor Freight Program (rail@ PANYNJ) $10.7M/$17.8M • Coos Bay Rail Line Tunnel Rehabilitation $11M/$19.6M
EXAMPLE PROJECT – MASSPORT FASTLANE Grant $42M awarded for Conley Terminal Intermodal Improvements and Modernization
StrongPorts Planning & Engagement Financing Project Support Port Planning and Investment Toolkit Community Planning FAST ACT: National Highway Freight Program & FASTLANE Grants Port Talk TIGER Grants Performance Measurement Build America Transportation Investment Center Planning Grants Port Conveyance System Planning Grant Authority Project Management & Support
Port Planning and Investment Toolkit 9 PPIT is envisioned to inform and guide: • Developing capital plans that clearly identify future needs; • Determining the most cost-effective, sustainable and efficient solutions to port challenges; • Positioning port projects for federal funding such as TIGER grants; and • Getting port infrastructure projects into MPO and state transportation programs to qualify for other government funding; • Obtaining private sector funding to support their infrastructure projects.
Intermodal Connectors Study 10 • Background • List of National Highway System intermodal connectors developed in 1998 • Purpose • Develop information on use, condition, and performance of freight intermodal connectors • Suggest options for initiatives to improve connector program • Key Elements of Study • Review literature and data on connectors • Conduct 18 case studies • Analyze use, condition, and performance of large sample of connectors • Conduct local and national stakeholder outreach
Case Study FindingsPort Findings Port connectors have the worst average International Roughness Index (IRI) scores (“poor”) of any mode Need for a systematic program to update the designation of port terminal intermodal connectors Some local roads used as connectors are not officially designated Some improvements to connectors are not reflected in the designations Some local roads designated as connectors are no longer used for that purpose Need better truck traffic data to distinguish between port and local truck traffic
Case Study FindingsAbility to Model Road Congestion using NPMRDS • The National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) can be used to determine truck speeds and congestion • Example: Truck speeds outside the Port of Baltimore from 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Growing Congestion and the Marine Highway Solution • International trade growth can only increase congestion. • Landside infrastructure can’t support the growth. Roads and railroads are near capacity, are costly, and take decades to expand. • The U.S. moves about 6% of freight by water • Europe - 40% • The U.S. has about 25,000 miles of coastal and inland waterways that are operating below capacity. • $4.8 Million in FY2016 grants should be announced soon… U.S. Coastal & Inland Waterways
Thank you! Questions? Stephen.Shafer@dot.gov