FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR MULTI-STATE/JURISDICTIONAL DECISION MAKING

1. FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR MULTI-STATE/JURISDICTIONAL DECISION MAKING Christine Johnson, Director FHWA Operations Core Business Unit

2. Tuesday Charges • Yesterday we covered existing coalitions • Discussed the positive aspects and challenges for these arrangements. • Today we will explore future directions • I have some ideas to share • Be creative in your deliberations today • Remember the customer and the end to end focus. • Demands multi-jurisdictional, intermodal & public/private collaboration.

3. Freight Transportation Perspectives State and MPO focus is regional and local; private sector focus is increasingly national and global Private Sector(Shippers, Carriers) Global National Regional Local Public Sector(States, MPOs)

4. Highway Flows of International Freight Moving into and From the Port of Charleston

5. Future Directions • What should the future look like for Multi-State/Jurisdictional coalitions as we consider Reauthorization? • Continue Ad Hoc • Federal enabling of coalitions • Directing Creation of coalitions • Cross Cutting Issues • Intermodal focus for coalitions • Private and public investment in coalitions

6. Ad Hoc Coalitions • Encourage, support, and provide leadership for states and other transportation interests to continue ad hoc arrangements. • Support creation of multi-jurisdictional coalitions on a systematic basis. • Work with States and MPO’s to advance coalitions • Provide data/analytical support • Continue pooled fund arrangements with SPR. • Pro-actively create International Coalitions to address international trade/transportation issues

7. Pros Do not need congressional authority Work within existing frameworks already understood No new sources of funding required No new institutional considerations Cons No specific funding provided Difficulty in sustaining coalitions beyond planning phase Increase in time to complete needed improvements Ad Hoc Approach

8. Enabling Coalitions • Creating Coalitions through partnering • Request Congressional enabling authority • Provide Seed Money for coalitions • Establish Coalitions with state and local stakeholders • Program guidelines from USDOT

9. Pros Create sustainable coalitions for project delivery Funding provided to initiate activities Institutionalize end to end perspective Foster private/public partnerships Facilitate timing of projects Cons Getting congressional authority and funding State and local restrictions New institutional relationships required Public/private partnerships required Creating Coalitions

10. Multi-Jurisdictional Program • Directing the Creation & Funding of Multi-Jurisdictional Coalitions - Program • Analytically define legitimate, rational coalitions. • Coalitions would be authorized and funded by Congress • Private sector help in defining geography of coalitions. • Include international coalitions. • Consider innovative financing as well as traditional grant programs to multistate entities • Define roles of the coalitions in relationship to authorized state & local governments

11. Pro’s Ongoing activities supported Institutionalize end to end perspective Building new partnerships Matching natural flows Con’s Complex funding challenges Overcoming Jurisdictional restrictions Difficulty sustaining partnerships Multi-Jurisdictional Program

12. Cross Cutting Issues

13. Intermodal Focus for Coalitions • Provide specific funding for multi-jurisdictional intermodal transportation planning and implementation • Combining rail, highway, air, and ports as appropriate to deliver an intermodal network • Overcoming funding issues among modes and public and private sector

14. Pros Ability to address end to end needs Some of the plans would get built Deliver the best transportation network to customers Cons Current Funding limitations Jurisdictional issues across modes State and local restrictions Intermodal Focus

15. Private and Public Investment • How should private and public sector funding be brought together? • Consider public investment in private sector facilities – calculate public benefits • Private and public sector merging funds to plan & implement decisions. • Engaging the private sector in the decision-making

16. Pros Ability to fund more improvements with cost sharing Private sector perspective included Positive impact on timing of projects Cons Can face state and local restrictions Public funds viewed as having “strings” attached Difficult to engage the private sector Public sector timing is not compatible with private sector demands Public and Private Investment

17. Anything Goes