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Building a freight performance measurement system in maryland

Presentation for Talking Freight , November 16, 2011 Debbie Bowden Freight and Economic Policy Analyst, Office of Freight and Multimodalism Maryland Department of Transportation 7201 Corporate Center Drive Hanover, Maryland 21076 410-865-1094 dbowden1@mdot.state.md.us.

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Building a freight performance measurement system in maryland

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  1. Presentation for Talking Freight , November 16, 2011 Debbie Bowden Freight and Economic Policy Analyst, Office of Freight and Multimodalism Maryland Department of Transportation 7201 Corporate Center Drive Hanover, Maryland 21076 410-865-1094 dbowden1@mdot.state.md.us Building a freight performance measurement system in maryland Office of Freight and Multimodalism

  2. Objectives of this presentation • Present Maryland’s framework for a freight performance measurement system • Explain the approach and process in building the system • Highlight successes • Outline the continuation plan

  3. Maryland Freight System • Port of Baltimore and Port of Salisbury • Two Class I Railroads – • CSX - National Gateway • Norfolk Southern – Crescent Corridor • Major highway freight corridors – • I-95 and I-81 north-south • I-70 and I-68 east-west • Three airports

  4. Department structure

  5. Guiding documents • Maryland Transportation Plan • Annual Attainment Report • Statewide Freight Plan

  6. Process – the approach • Communication • Collaboration • Cooperation

  7. Process – gathered measures • Collected measures • Interviews and outreach • Over 70 freight performance measures

  8. Process -- guiding principles • Purposeful • Maintainable • Manageable • Integrated

  9. Process – established the context • Develop categories for the purpose of the data/measurement • Measure actionable policy goals and objectives • Measure need and benefit/cost in order to forecast freight projects • Measure the achievement of the freight system through key indicators • Provide data to populate freight system modeling • Influence and respond to possible freight performance measure requirements in next federal surface transportation authorization  • Correlated goals, policies, and measurements

  10. Process – the mechanics Integrated into the established collection and reporting system Highlighted freight measures: Index Narrative

  11. Process – identified measures

  12. Process – identified measures

  13. Process – identified measures

  14. Continuation strategy Participate in development of next 20-year vision document Develop an internal reporting document to reflect successes of our freight planning efforts Continue outreach and education

  15. Questions and Answers For more information, please contact me. Debbie Bowden 410-865-1094 or dbowden1@mdot.state.md.us

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