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The Importance of Freight Capacity

The Importance of Freight Capacity. Freight, Energy and the SCOM. Use of Freight. Use of Freight.

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The Importance of Freight Capacity

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  1. The Importance of Freight Capacity Freight, Energy and the SCOM

  2. Use of Freight Use of Freight • The goods and materials that consumers want and manufacturers need are dependent upon being transported by truck on our highways, by railcar, plane, via waterway or a combination of these methods. • Trucks transport more than 70 percent of all goods by weight in the United States. • From 1980 to 2007 the amount of freight shipped in trucks measured in ton-miles has grown by over 100 percent. • The goods and materials that consumers want and manufacturers need are dependent upon being transported by truck on our highways, by railcar, by plane, via waterway or a combination of these methods. • There were 19 billion tons of goods and materials worth more than $13 billion involved in domestic, import and export shipments in the year 2002.

  3. Advantages in the Transportation Industry Advantages to the Economy • Transportation related industries create many jobs for Americans – more than 10 million existed in 2000. • In the last two years, the oil and gas extraction industry added 36,000 jobs around the nation, according to Dean Baker, an economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C. • The efficiency of the U.S. freight system allows for lower prices that we see in local retail and grocery stores. • Transportation-related industries create many jobs for Americans – more than 10 million existed in 2000.

  4. Advantages in the Transportation Industry Advantages to the Economy • Additionally, it is assumed that every fracking job creates at least one more job in other areas, such as trucking, steel manufacturing, hotels, shops, and housing, where oil and gas workers spend their wages • The efficiency of the U.S. freight system allows for lower prices that we see in local retail and grocery stores. • Transportation-related industries create many jobs for Americans – more than 10 million existed in 2000.

  5. Demand For Freight Transportation Demand For Freight Transportation • The demand for freight depends on two primary factors: population growth and increases in economic activity. • The demand depends on two primary factors: population growth and increases in economic activity.

  6. Need for Greater Freight Capacity Need for Greater Freight Capacity • Between 1980 and 2000, there was an 80% increase in vehicle miles traveled on America’s highways, while only 4% more lane miles of public roads have been built. • Truck miles traveled have grown at greater rates than the rates for passenger car miles. • Between 1980 and 2000, there was an 80% increase in vehicle miles traveled on America’s highways, while only 4% more lane miles of public roads have been built. • Truck miles traveled have grown at greater rates than the rates for passenger car miles. • Increased imports for the U.S. are also taxing the ports, roads and railroads. • One obstacle to solving these issues are the towering costs to build and maintain our transportation infrastructure.

  7. Future Issues to Face Current Concerns of the Freight & Energy Industries • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets • Geometric design of highways, particularly roundabouts in rural and light-commercial areas, and tight turning radii at intersections and interchanges. • Structural design of rural roadways to accommodate heavier more frequent loads. • Bridge roadside barrier issues.

  8. Future Issues to Face Current Concerns of the Freight & Energy Industries • GPS accuracy for restricted under-clearances of bridges. There have been a lot of over-height bridge hits lately. • Insufficient parking at rest areas to accommodate increasing truck volumes. • Oversize overweight permitting and Superloads often associated with energy developments such as wind, fracking, etc. • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets

  9. Future Issues to Face What do they want from SCOM? • A collaborative effort from the highway technical community to figure • outthe following: • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements to the transportation system required • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets

  10. Future Issues to Face What do they want from SCOM? • A collaborative effort from the highway technical community to figure out: • How to improve transportation/freight planning between the government and private sectors for local, regional, and national needs • How to improve travel time reliability • How to make future infrastructure expenditures more strategic than those made in the past • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets

  11. Future Issues to Face What Next? • Develop relationships with AASHTO’s Special Committee on Freight and Economic Development and the Standing Committee on Rail Transportation. Contact: • Leo Penne, LPenne@aashto.org • Christopher Smith, CSmith@aashto.org • Shayne Gill, SGill@aashto.org • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets

  12. Future Issues to Face What Else? • Develop relationships and discuss cross-cutting issues with other AASHTO SCOH committees, such as Design, Construction, etc. Form possible Joint Technical Committees • Develop relationships with and discuss cross-cutting issues with the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning • Develop relationships with Industry on local, regional, and national levels • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets

  13. Future Issues to Face • How to pay for the increasingly expensive improvements the transportation system requires • How to address environmental issues relating to our nation’s transportation system • How to improve safety and reduce injuries on roads, railroads, airports and other transportation assets THANKS.

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