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Freight Planning Resources

Freight Planning Resources. Midwest Transportation Planning Conference June 5, 2008 Iowa City, Iowa Stuart Anderson Office of Systems Planning Iowa Department of Transportation. Topics. 2007 AASHTO Survey Framework for a National Freight Policy Multi-Jurisdictional Freight Coalitions

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Freight Planning Resources

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  1. Freight Planning Resources Midwest Transportation Planning Conference June 5, 2008 Iowa City, Iowa Stuart Anderson Office of Systems Planning Iowa Department of Transportation

  2. Topics • 2007 AASHTO Survey • Framework for a National Freight Policy • Multi-Jurisdictional Freight Coalitions • Other Resources

  3. 2007 AASHTO Survey • Very low to moderate level of capacity to understand and address freight transportation needs: • FHWA Division Offices: 78 percent • State DOTs: 66 percent • MPOs/RPOs: 62 percent • Top training needs: • Engaging the private sector • Freight financing • Freight planning • Freight logistics

  4. 2007 AASHTO Survey (cont.) • Top technical assistance needs: • Developing a freight plan • Gathering comprehensive freight data • Freight forecasting • Developing freight performance measures • High priority freight issues in the next 5-10 years • Congestion • Commercial vehicles (truck, size & weight) • Intermodal connections/planning/facilities • Rail

  5. National Freight Policy Framework • U.S. Department of Transportation (www.dot.gov/freight) • Vision: The United States freight transportation system will ensure the efficient, reliable, safe and secure movement of goods and support the nation’s economic growth while improving environmental quality. • Objective 1: Improve the operations of the existing freight transportation system. • Objective 2: Add physical capacity to the freight transportation system in places where investment makes economic sense

  6. National Freight Policy Framework (cont.) • Objective 3: Use pricing to better align freight system costs and benefits and encourage the deployment of new technologies • Objective 4: Reduce/remove statutory, regulatory & institutional barriers to improved freight transportation performance • Objective 5: Proactively identify and address emerging transportation needs • Objective 6: Maximize the safety and security of the freight transportation system

  7. National Freight Policy Framework (cont.) • Objective 7: Mitigate and better manage the environmental, health and community impacts of freight transportation • Framework includes strategies, tactics and responsibilities for each objective

  8. Objective 5: Proactively Identify and Address Emerging Transportation Needs • Strategy 5.1: Develop data and analytical capacity for making future investment decisions • Strategy 5.2: Conduct freight-related research and development • Strategy 5.3: Maintain dialogue between and among public and private sector freight stakeholders • Strategy 5.4: Make public sector institutional arrangements more responsive

  9. Strategy 5.3: Maintain dialogue between and among public and private sector freight stakeholders • Tactic 5.3.2: Increase public sector awareness of trends in private sector freight operations and investment • Tactic 5.3.3: Strengthen interagency dialogue on freight issues • Tactic 5.3.5: Endorse/establish freight advisory boards for public agencies • Tactic 5.3.6: Raise awareness of best practices for freight operations and investment

  10. Multi-Jurisdictional Freight Coalitions • NASCO • Shadows I-35/I-29/I-94 and connecting transportation infrastructure in Canada and Mexico • Includes cities, counties, states, provinces and private sector representatives along the corridor. • Support multi-modal infrastructure improvements, technology/security innovations and environmental initiatives • Northern Great Plains • Includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba • Develop and implement regional solutions

  11. Multi-Jurisdictional Freight Coalitions (cont.) • Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition • Covers Mississippi Valley states • Supports planning, operation, preservation, and improvement of transportation infrastructure in the region • National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (University of Wisconsin – Madison) • www.mississippivalleyfreight.org • Trans-Iowa/Illinois Freight Corridor Study • Freight Corridor from Des Moines, IA to Galesburg, Il • Regional organizations along the corridor • Increase awareness of corridor as viable freight corridor

  12. Other Resources • AASHTO: freight.transportation.org/index.html • FHWA: www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd • Talking Freight Seminars (monthly, web-based seminars hosted by FHWA) • National Highway Institute Courses: • Integrating Freight in the Transportation Planning Process • Uses of Multimodal Freight Forecasting in Transportation Planning • Engaging the Private Sector in Freight Planning

  13. Questions? Stu Anderson Office of Systems Planning Iowa Department of Transportation 515-239-1312 stuart.anderson@dot.iowa.gov

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