Multimodal National Freight Policy Freight Corridors

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1 Multimodal National Freight Policy Freight Corridors presented to TRB Executive Committee Policy Session presented by Lance R. Grenzeback Cambridge Systematics, Inc. January 26, 2011 Transportation leadership you can trust.

2 Presentation Framework Corridors Policy Issues 2

3 Elements of the Freight Transportation System Economic Structure Type of Businesses, Number of Households Industry Logistics Patterns Supply Chains, Distribution Networks Freight Infrastructure Highways, Rail Lines, Ports, Airports... Commodity/Vehicle Traffic Flows Trucks, Planes, Rail Cars, Ships... Organization and Public Policy Ownership, Regulation, Pricing... 3

4 Freight Corridors Local Metro State Mega-Region National/ International 4

5 Presentation Framework Corridors Policy Issues 5

6 Freight Transportation Demand Source: IHS-Global Insight, Inc., 2007 TRANSEARCH and 2009 economic projections 6

7 National Truck Corridors 7 Source: IHS-Global Insight, Inc., 2007 TRANSEARCH

8 Mega-Region Truck Corridors 8 Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., based on IHS-Global Insight, Inc., 2004 TRANSEARCH data

9 Truck Corridor Congestion 9 Source: FHWA, Peak-Period Congestion on High-Volume Truck Portions of the National Highway System, 2007, Freight Analysis Framework 3.1, 2010.

10 Truck Corridor Bottlenecks 10 Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Estimated Cost of Freight Involved in Highway Bottlenecks. Report prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Transportation Policy Studies, November 12, 2008.

11 Truck Bottleneck Chokepoints Columbus (OH) I-70, I-71, SR-315 Interchange Critical Choke Point Critical Choke Point 11 Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Ohio Freight Mobility, prepared for Ohio Department of Transportation, October 2005

12 National Rail Corridors 12 Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., National Rail Freight Infrastructure Capacity and Investment Study, prepared for the Association of American Railroads, 2007

13 Rail Corridor Congestion 13 Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., National Rail Freight Infrastructure Capacity and Investment Study, prepared for the Association of American Railroads, 2007

14 Rail Corridor Bottlenecks Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Phase II Study, prepared for the I-95 Corridor Coalition, November,

15 Rail Corridor Chokepoints Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Phase II Study, prepared for the I-95 Corridor Coalition, November,

16 Presentation Framework Corridors Policy Issues 16

17 Freight Policy Issues: National Weak policy mandate to maintain and improve freight corridors and connectivity Limited ability to trace the benefits, costs and risks of investment in freight corridors up the supply chain to the economy and jobs No sustained program to finance freight projects of national and regional significance 17

18 Freight Policy Issues: State Mismatch in scale between private sector and public sector planning and investment in freight transportation systems: the private sector thinks about multi-state markets and trade blocs; the public sector, about single jurisdictions Dearth of freight transportation planning expertise within state DOTs and state economic development agencies 18

19 Freight Policy Issues: Metropolitan Little data and less knowledge about urban goods movement Increasing tension between the demand for more freight transportation to support population and economic growth and the demand for less freight transportation to support livable communities 19

20 Multimodal National Freight Policy Freight Corridors presented to TRB Executive Committee Policy Session presented by Lance R. Grenzeback Cambridge Systematics, Inc. January 26, 2011 Transportation leadership you can trust.