Piedmont Triad Motor Carriers Survey

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1 Piedmont Triad Motor Carriers Survey The Winston-Salem Forsyth Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in cooperation with the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART), the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the High Point Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is sponsored a Piedmont Triad Motor Carriers Survey. The survey gave motor carriers an opportunity to help shape the transportation future of the region. The results will be used to update the region's travel forecasting model, which is used by transportation officials to develop long-range transportation plans and to help identify transportation priorities and needs for the region. Motor carrier personnel with route and road network knowledge were encouraged to participate (Examples: Drivers, Route Managers, and Terminal Managers). Purpose: Develop a better understanding about highway freight movements in and out of the Piedmont Triad Provide information to the North Carolina DOT to assist strategic efforts to improve the state's transportation systems Identify key stakeholders and issues for continuing engagement/dialogue Identify bottlenecks or deficiencies in the current transportation systems that hamper efficient freight operations Provide background information about freight carriers Provide supplemental information for the Piedmont Triad Regional Model Enhance the Winston-Salem Urban Area Long-Range Transportation Plan s Freight Component Use the collected data to make decisions that will help to manage demand and capacity Create-Origin-Destination Database Develop methods and tools to quantify public benefits of freight improvement projects Notes: Survey Period: May 13, June 7, 2010 Piedmont Triad Roundtable for Logistics and Distribution assisted with survey distribution 150+ invitations were mailed 21 survey participants 12 survey participants were from the same company

2 Piedmont Triad Motor Carriers Survey Terminology Drayage: the charge made for hauling freight on carts, drays or trucks. For-hire / Work for hire: A work made for hire is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally-recognized author of that work. Free trade zone: A free trade zone (FTZ) or export processing zone (EPZ) is an area of a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in hopes of attracting new business and foreign investments. It is a region where a group of countries has agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers. Free trade zones can be defined as labor intensive manufacturing centers that involve the import of raw materials or components and the export of factory products. Heavy Haul / Heavy specialized carrier: a trucking company franchised to transport articles which because of size, shape, weight, or other inherent characteristics require special equipment for loading, unloading, or transporting. Intermodal transportation: transportation movement involving more than one mode, e.g. rail-motor, motor-air, or rail-water. Less-than-truckload: (LTL) a quantity of freight less than the required for the application of a truckload rate (Usually less than 10,000 pounds). Private carrier: a company not primarily engaged in the transportation business, but hauls its own property. Terminal: A facility including building structures, and equipment for the storage transfer, handling, delivery and reception of vehicles and materials. Truckload: (a) quantity of freight that will fill a truck; (b) quantity of freight weighing the maximum legal amount for a particular type of truck; (c) when used in connection with freight rates, the quantity of freight necessary to qualify a shipment for a truckload rate.

3 Piedmont Triad Motor Carriers Survey Results Question 1: Please provide the physical address of your Piedmont Triad Company/Terminal locations. Survey participants were given the opportunity to list up to 5 locations. Location Evans Town Rd, Greensboro, NC (12 Responses) 4715 Evans Town Rd, Greensboro, NC (2 Responses) 200 Distribution Dr, Greensboro, NC Doune Street, Winston-Salem, NC Idlewild Industrial Drive, Winston-Salem, NC Soabar St, Greensboro, NC Old Oak Ridge Rd, Greensboro, NC 1759 S. Andy Griffith Parkway, Mount Airy, NC Brevard Road, High Point, NC Location Starita Road, Charlotte, NC Swathmore Ave, High Point, NC Old Dominion Way, Thomasville, NC Question 2: How long has your company operated in the Piedmont Triad? Survey participants were given the opportunity to enter years and months. 83 Years 54 Years 52 Years 50 years (12 Responses) 30+ years 30 Years (2 Responses) 23 Years and 1 Month 20+ years 12 Years

4 Question3: Question4: How many full-time employees does your company employ in the Piedmont Triad? Open-ended question 1200 (6 Responses) 1100 (7 Responses) (2 Responses) 5 What geographic area does your operation cover? (Check all that apply) Survey participants were given a list of 6 responses to choose from: Local, Piedmont Triad, North Carolina, east Coast, United States, and Other (Please Specify). Local (19 Responses) Piedmont Triad (19 Responses) North Carolina (18 Responses) East Coast (16 Responses) United States (14 Responses) Other-Most International Points Other-Globally Other-Mid-Atlantic and Southeast

5 Question 5: Question 6: Please check the following that describes your operation. (Check all that apply) Survey participants were given a list of 8 responses to choose from: Forhire, Private, LTL, Truckload, Express Package, Specialized, Intermodal drayage, and Other (Please Specify). For-hire (4 Responses) Private (3 Responses) LTL (15 Responses) Truckload (16 Responses) Express Package (3 Responses) Specialized (2 Responses) Intermodal dray age (13 Responses) Other-Warehousing, FTZ, Dedicated fleet Other-Maintence shop and yard switchers Other-Heavy Haul Other-Warehousing What are the primary commodities being hauled by your operation? (Check all that apply) Survey participants were given a list of 7 responses to choose from: General Freight, Bulk (e.g. Feeds, Grain, Fertilizers, Pellects, etc.), Garbage or refuse, Construction materials, Bulk liquids (e.g., Petroleum), Specialized Haulage (Temp. Control, Heavy Equipment), and Other (Please Specify). General Freight (19 Responses) Construction Materials Specialized Haulage (Temp. Control, Heavy Equipment) Other-Food products Other-Refrigerator Trailers Other-Fabricated items such as storage vessels; industrial equipment and machinery

6 Question 7: How many vehicles currently operate out of your terminal location(s)? Survey participants were given a list of classes of trucks to choose from. The responses per location were Open-ended. Terminal Location 1 (Class 1-5, Cars/Small Trucks) (12 Responses) Terminal Location 1 (Class 6-7, Cargo Haulers/Dump Trucks) 1 1 Terminal Location 1 (Class 8, Tractor-Trailers) (12 Responses) Terminal Location 2 (Class 1-5, Cars/Small Trucks) Terminal Location 2 (Class 8, Tractor-Trailers) Terminal Location 3 (Class 8, Tractor-Trailers) 45 Terminal Location 5 (Class 8, Tractor-Trailers) 20

7 Question 8: What are the primary routes for the commodities you haul? Open-ended question I-95 I-40 I-85 US 29 I-77 US 421 US 220 US 74 US 64 US 52 Question 9: Do you use the route that is the shortest distance between the pick up and delivery? Survey participants were given two responses to choose from: Yes or No (What causes a more indirect route?). Yes (17 Responses) No (What causes a more indirect route?) We primarily travel under single trip or blanket permits due to overweight or over dimensional loads. In those cases, we are required to use the routes dictated by the state. If we are not traveling under permit, we will use the route with the shortest distance and/or time, as may be applicable.

8 Question 10: We would like you to identify areas on the Piedmont Triad highway system where drivers experience operational or safety problems. Examples of operational problems that hinder truck movements include: Route or bridge restrictions Insufficient turning radius Poor traffic signal timing Poor or inadequate signs Intersection conflicts or at-grade railroad crossings. Please indicate the location(s) of your most difficult problem area(s) and provide a brief description of the problem at that location. Open-ended question US 52 North of Winston Salem-This is a problem area both in terms of traffic and in terms of road condition. I-40 Business through downtown Winston-Salem-The on ramps create traffic hazards, the bridges are structurally deficient, and the road quality is poor. Intersection of Interstate 40 (Bypass) and US-52-This intersection is a traffic hazard with the way traffic flows from 52 onto Interstate 40. Stratford Rd and Hanes Mall Road-Poor traffic signal timing Question 11: Additional Comments Open-ended question We dispatch Express delivery and PU trucks out of our locations. They use the shortest (time) route to get on area and then they spend the majority of their time on secondary roads and also residential streets. At the end of the day they return to the station (depot) using the most efficient manner and route. Generally the shortest distance-route for various store combinations could dictate otherwise. Also, could route to backhaul locations using a longer route.