Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study

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Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study
Transportation Research Forum March 22, 2004
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Todays presentation

• Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study
• Deliverables of the study
• Conference paper

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Study Goals

• Improve the freight transportation system of our
  region
• Document conditions
• Understand needs
• Understand administrative constraints
• Synthesize existing efforts
• Build coalition

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Main Participants

• Sponsoring DOTs IL, MN, IA, OH, IN and WI
• Non-Sponsoring Participants MI, ONT, MAN
• Research team and study management
• Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
• University of Toledo (UT)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

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Study Topics

• Performance metrics
• Synthesis of practices
• Demand
• Capacity
• Administrative

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Performance Metrics

• Synthesize current state of practice of freight
  performance measures
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• Identify performance measurements that could be
  utilized with existing information sources and
  systems

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Study Topics

• Performance metrics
• Synthesis of practices
• Demand
• Capacity
• Administrative

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Synthesis of Practices

• Review cooperative efforts in regional planning
  that involve public agencies
• Identify key factors for success
• Identify a model for cross-jurisdictional
  cooperation
• Database of research relevant to this region

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Study Topics

• Performance metrics
• Synthesis of practices
• Demand
• Capacity
• Administrative

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Demand/Usage

• Collect and document available data
• Assess data quality (cross-checking, data mining)
• Spatially reference all data and link attributes
  (GIS)
• Work with capacity area of study

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Study Topics

• Performance metrics
• Synthesis of practices
• Demand
• Capacity
• Administrative

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Capacity and Data Management

• Develop database for freight transportation
  facilities and infrastructure
• Spatially reference all data and link attributes
  (GIS)
• Work with demand/usage area of study
• Serve as data repository

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Study Topics

• Performance metrics
• Synthesis of practices
• Demand
• Capacity
• Administrative

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Administrative Issues

• Document and analyze non-physical capacity issues
  (e.g., size and weight regulations, hazardous
  material transportation, and ITS projects)
• Synthesize past studies looking at impacts of
  regulatory inconsistencies

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Deliverables

• Data
• Clearinghouse of regional freight data
• Maps
• Regional commodity flow by mode
• Level of service
• Analysis
• Capacity
• Size and weight exemptions

• Synthesis
• Performance measures
• Regional cooperation case studies
• ITS-Commercial Vehicle project implementation
• Data standards
• Facilitation
• Dialogue among the states and provinces

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Conference Paper

• Improving Freight Transportation in the Upper
  Midwest and Great Lakes Region
• Based on first stakeholders meeting
• Identified outcomes and challenges

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Conference Paper

• Stakeholders Meeting
• June 3, 2003 Toledo, Ohio
• 35 stakeholders in attendance, public and private
  sector
• Goals
• Inform stakeholders of the study process and gain
  support
• Gather information
• Begin a process of communications and
  teambuilding
• To define an agreed-upon and achievable plan of
  action for the study

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Conference Paper

• Outcomes
• Performance Measures
• Capacity
• Administrative Issues
• Demand/Usage

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Conference Paper

• Challenges
• Data issues
• Communication
• Complexity
• Scope of the study
• Potential strategies

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Contacts

• Website www.uppermidwestfreight.org
• Ernie Wittwer, wittwer_at_engr.wisc.edu,
  608-263-3175
• Travis Gordon, gordont_at_cae.wisc.edu, 608-262-6639

Thank you!
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Project Governance
Steering Committee States, Provinces, Federal
Advisory Committee Carriers, Metropolitan
Planning Organizations, Shippers, Economic
Development groups
Research Team University of Illinois at Chicago,
University of Toledo, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Midwest Regional UTC
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Timeline

• Summer 2002 Idea is developed
• June 2003 First meeting of the steering and
  advisory committees
• August 2003 Pooled fund is set up and study
  contract officially begins
• December 2003 Steering Committee meeting in
  Chicago

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Timeline (cont.)

• March 2004 Second meeting of the steering and
  advisory committees, initial deliverables to be
  presented
• July 2004 Draft report due
• August 2004 Third meeting of the steering and
  advisory committees, results to be presented,
  discussion of next steps
• October 2004 Study contract officially ends,
  final report due

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Waybill Sample Corridor BEAs
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98 Waybill SampleShipments Terminating in the
corridor BEAs Origin REAs ( Tons)
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98 Waybill SampleShipments Originating in the
corridor BEAs Terminal REAs ( Tons)