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Title: Freight Planning in Rhode Island Case Study: Freight Rail Improvement Project


1
Freight Planning in Rhode IslandCase Study
Freight Rail Improvement Project
  • Katherine Trapani
  • Supervising Planner, RI Statewide Planning
  • Steve Devine
  • Chief of Intermodal Planning, RIDOT

2
1000 square miles (1500 including Narragansett
Bay)
  • Often compared to the size of
  • Forest fires
  • Cattle ranches
  • Ice shelves

3
About RI Statewide Planning
  • Statewide planning agency within Dept. of Admin.
    and single statewide MPO
  • State Planning Council (MPO Board) has no elected
    officials
  • All 39 cities and towns are required to have
    comprehensive plans
  • Comprehensive plans are consistent with State
    Guide Plan (28 elements)

4
Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)
  • TAC has 26 members
  • State and local officials
  • Members of the public
  • Non-government organizations
  • Construction Industry
  • Trucking Association
  • Economic Development

5
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
  • Eligible applicants
  • Cities and towns
  • State agencies
  • Members of the public
  • Transportation providers

6
TIP Criteria
  • Mobility
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Environmental Impact
  • Economic Impact
  • Consistency with State and Local Plans
  • Safety, Security, and Technology

7
TIP Criteria
  • Works for all modes
  • Highway projects proposed by cities and town
  • Bike path project proposed by a member of the
    public
  • Rail project proposed by Providence and Worcester
    Railroad

8
Long Range Plan 2004
  • Freight and Northeast Corridor Focus Group
  • FedEx, Amtrak, PWRR, ProvPort
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
    Focus Group
  • EMA, State Police, Trucking Assoc., USCG, ITS,
    Bridge Turnpike Authority

9
Freight Planning Needs Assessment
  • Training Opportunities
  • Data and Modeling
  • Publications and Professional Organizations
  • Outreach to Freight Community
  • Guidance to Local Governments
  • University of Rhode Island Transportation Center
  • Designated Point of Contact
  • Walter Slocomb, Freight Coordinator

10
Case Study Freight Rail Improvement Project
(FRIP)
  • 22 miles of improvements
  • Central Falls Quonset
  • 12 miles new track south
  • of Providence
  • 5 miles upgraded track
  • north of Providence
  • 5 miles of shared track

11
Funding
  • FRA 50/50 funding track rehabilitation
  • FHWA funds planning, design and bridge
    clearance work
  • State matching funds
  • GARVEE funds

12
Benefit Increased Freight Traffic
  • Clearances needed for high wide freight,
    including tri-level automobile carrier rail cars
  • Operational flexibility

13
Benefit Commuter Rail
  • The FRIP gives us the 3rd track flexibility for
    commuter service on the Northeast Corridor to
    Warwick and Wickford Junction

14
Contact Information
  • Katherine Trapani
  • RI Statewide Planning
  • 401-222-6479
  • katherinet_at_doa.ri.gov
  • www.planning.ri.gov
  • Steve Devine
  • RIDOT
  • 401-222-4203
  • sdevine_at_dot.ri.gov
  • www.dot.ri.gov
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