Freight Transportation Planning and Modeling

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Freight Transportation Planning and Modeling

• CE 451/551

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Outline

• Freight Planning
• Impetus
• Activities
• Case study
• Freight Modeling
• NHI notes
• Iowa model example

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Big changes, last 50 yrs.

• 1960s intermodalism (containers)
• 1980ish rail and trucking deregulation
• Lower rates
• Greater competition
• Concentration of service
• Integrated logistics (supply chain management)
• Need for reliable networks (JIT)

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Big Changes

• Resulted in
• freight bill drops from 15 of GDP in 1980 to 11
  in 1990 ()
• Improved transportation
• Cost savings
• Competitive edge
• freight transportation intensity
• ratio of total ton-miles to total Gross Domestic
  Product
• 0.59 in 1970 to 0.38 in 2002 (2000 dollars)
• suggests increase in freight transportation
  productivity
• Truck trips to grow much faster than auto trips
• ISTEA/TEA21/SAFETEA-LU MPO Freight Planning
  Mandate

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MPO Freight Planning Goals (from SCAG)

• 1. Economic Efficiency
• 2. Congestion Mitigation
• 3. Safety Improvement
• 4. Air Quality Improvement and
• 5. System Security.

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Freight Stakeholders

• National
• Air Freight Assoc
• American Assoc of Port Authorities
• American Trucking Associations
• Assoc American Railroads
• Intermodal Assoc of North America
• National Assoc of Manufacturers
• National Industrial Transportation League
• National Private Truck Council
• State/Local
• Iowa Motor Truck Association
• manufacturers, builders, wholesalers and
  retailers

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How to make the freight planning process work???
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ID and make Improvements

• Brainstorming and prioritizing (e.g., KC
  distributed cameras to truck drivers)
• Improvements should be quickly implemented (e.g.,
  Signing, signal timing, corner widening)
• MPO needs to develop
• positive track record

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Effective Planning Approaches

• Ad hoc working groups (task forces) OK
• Corridor studies (e.g. TH10)
• Modeling/data collection (private!)
• Trust is important, results in
• Willingness to provide data
• Data are not misused
• Unnecessary data are not collected

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Appreciate Perspectives

• MPO long range is 20 years
• Carrier long range is 6 12 months!
• MPO may not fully understand time is money
• Shippers/carriers may not understand planning
  process and jargon
• Release of proprietary information may result in
  loss of competitive position
• Shippers/carriers participate to be good
  corporate citizens
• Good for planners to visit shipper/carrier
  facilities to learn gain respect

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Maintaining Private Sector Interest

• Time management
• Education/communication
• Short term results
• Consider participant interests
• Review group focus/purpose
• Consider appointing a well known/respected member
  of the private freight community as chair

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Example of Public/Private Freight Planning
See http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning/
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Chicago MPO (CATS)

• Longest history of freight planning, dedicated
  staff, models
• Intermodal advisory task force
• Motor carrier travel surveys
• Separate trip table for trucks
• ID bottlenecks
• Draft intermodal element of TIP
• Inventory facilities and resources
• Projects 55 increase in truck travel 1990-2020

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CATS Task Force Recommendations

• Operational restrictions/system management
  measures enforcing curbside management
  restrictions, promoting off-peak travel, not
  restricting truck access to central business
  districts
• Vehicle restrictions considerations for
  multi-unit and combination vehicles
• Viaduct clearances
• Strategic and supplemental regional arterial
  programs accommodating through trips not well
  served by expressways
• Driver information and incident management
  including ITS considerations and
• Intermodal facilities/industrial areas improving
  access to terminals and improving intermodal
  transfers

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CATS Specific Bottlenecks

• Signs and signals
• Lane width and turning bays
• Speed limits
• Merges and ramps
• Viaducts and grade crossings
• Access to terminals and
• Restrictions, rules, regulations, and others

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CATS IFIGIS (Intermodal Facilities Inventory GIS)

• National Highway System Connectors
• Background Geography

• Intermodal Facilities
• Rail Network
• Road Network
• Trucking Terminals
• Container Depots
• Water Terminals and Ports
• Public Use Airports
• Operational Constraints

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CATS Benefits of Participation

• ensure against rash and unwise policies, such as
  closing an expressway terminal
• preserve the existing competitive balance between
  private companies
• have working relationships with CATS and with
  other companies
• staff can speak the freight sector's language and
  is aggressive at soliciting the members' input

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Statewide Freight Modeling

• From NHI notes

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Freight Model Improvement Program
http//www.fmip.gov/