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Efforts to Address Freight Mobility in the Mississippi Valley Region

Efforts to Address Freight Mobility in the Mississippi Valley Region. National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education ( C FIRE) Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory University of Wisconsin-Madison Todd Szymkowski, P.E., PTOE – TOPS Deputy Director

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Efforts to Address Freight Mobility in the Mississippi Valley Region

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  1. Efforts to Address Freight Mobility in the Mississippi Valley Region National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory University of Wisconsin-Madison Todd Szymkowski, P.E., PTOE – TOPS Deputy Director www.mississippivalleyfreight.org www.cfire.wistrans.org www.topslab.wisc.edu

  2. Overview • Motivations • Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study • Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition

  3. Motivations • Economic health of region • Trade between the states • Dependence on manufacturing and agriculture sectors • Growing congestion on all modes • Freight bottlenecks • International competitors

  4. Economic Health of Region

  5. Economic Health (cont’d)

  6. Economic Health (cont’d)

  7. Trade (manufacturing)

  8. Trade (agriculture)

  9. Growing Congestion on All Modes

  10. Growing Congestion (cont’d)

  11. Competitiveness

  12. Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study • Efforts to address freight originated with UMFCS (active since 2003) • Involvement included… • Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin as well as provinces of Ontario and Manitoba • Also, FHWA, UW-Madison, UIC and Univ. of Toledo

  13. Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study (cont’d) • Potential activities (short term) • Collect improved data • Document regional freight funding needs and consequences • Create an ongoing regional organization • Improve political and public understanding of freight • Support multi-modal solutions for bottlenecks • Address regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings • Define a freight focal point in each state transportation agency

  14. Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study (cont’d) • Potential activities (long term) • Support river and lake lock improvements • Define a regional freight network • Define the role and structures appropriate for PPPs • Develop freight related planning approaches • Implement regional freeway management technologies; multi-state traffic operations program (MSTOP) • Consider modifications to Jones Act of 1920 – particularly provisions related to vessel production

  15. Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition (MVFC) • Memorandum of Understanding • Charter • Committees • Executive • Technical • Policy Advisors • Traffic Operations Coalition • Customer • Pooled Fund • Priority Initiatives

  16. Charter • Describes how the Coalition will carry out its mission of… • Sharing information between state agencies • Reaching out to shippers/carriers • Defining a system of multimodal freight corridors • Evaluating, implementing and operating technologies • Evaluating, implementing and enforcing traffic and vehicle regulations • Identifying bottlenecks • Defining and supporting national transportation policies

  17. MVFC Organizational Structure

  18. Pooled Fund • Signed in February 2007 • $450,000 • 9 states at $50K for two years • Wisconsin is lead state • Priority Initiatives • Regional Freight Workshop • Logistics for the Public Sector Training Course • Model Freight Planning Approaches • Mississippi Valley Traveler Information Clearinghouse • Define Regional Freight Bottlenecks • Expanded Truck Parking Facilities

  19. Questions? Todd Szymkowski szymkowski@engr.wisc.edu (608) 263-2684

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