The Minnesota Strategic Freight Investment Initiative

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Mn/DOTs Freight Initiatives Understanding the
Shipper/ Carrier Customer Segment A Work in
Progress
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Mn/DOT Customer Segments
Commuters Personal Travelers Emergency Vehicle
ops Farmers Carriers Shippers Intermodal
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Mn/DOTs Freight Policy Structure
Mn/DOT Modal Division Senior Management
CTS Logistics Task Force
Areas of Influence
Data, Education Planning
Research Development
Governance Policy
Projects Deployment
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The Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee
Vision Statement
A partnership between government and business to
exchange ideas, recommend policy and actions that
promote safety, productivity and sustainable
freight transportation systems for Minnesota.
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The Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee
Objectives

• Ensure freight is included in planning,
  investment, and operation of Minnesotas
  transportation system
• Establish guidelines to measure and manage the
  states freight transportation needs
• Represent the needs and requirements of freight
  transportation to the public, elected officials,
  and other public entities

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Recent Freight MilestonesIn Minnesota

• Commissioners Freight Investment Plan
• MFAC Strategic Plan
• Freight Focus Groups during IRC Planning
• Minnesota Statewide Freight Flows Study
• Freight performance measures
• Research project funding
• Outreach activities

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The Minnesota Statewide Freight Flows Study
Available at www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/freight.ht
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MFAC Strategic Plan

• Integrate Freight into Transportation Planning
• Focus on Freight Bottlenecks
• Partner on Freight and Logistics Research
• Focus on applied research to benefit industry
• Options to Expand Multi-modal Infrastructure
• Leverage federal financing programs
• Communicate Freight Needs to Support Economic
  Vitality
• Marketing plan
• Expand involvement - local chambers, ad hoc
  taskforces

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Commissioners Freight Investment Plan Elements

• Minnesota Rail Service Improvement Program (MRSI)
  12M
• Port Improvement Program 8M
• City Bonding Requests 17.8M
• Other .8M
• Total 38.6 Million

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Freight Research Outreach

• ISO 9000 for motor carrier safety
• Feasibility of a shipper panel for PM
• Short-line Intermodal markets
• Modal shifts Upper Mpls harbor
• I-94 Trade Corridor
• FHWA Freight Planning Workshop Sept, 2000
• Freight Luncheon, Aug. 7th, 2001
• CTS Logistics Forum, Dec. 2001

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Regional Approaches to Freight Planning and Trade
Issues
National I-10 Freight Corridor Feasibility Study
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LATTS Phase II Supplement Database Findings
1) Collect data on intermodal connectors. 2)
Examine benefit/cost procedure for intermodal
freight projects. 3) Add rail flow data. 4)
Designate important trade transportation
corridors. 5) Identify specific products
passing through the Alliance region. 6)
Strategies to increase public and private sector
coordination. 7) Expand upon the barrier issues
identified in LATTS I. 8) Examine funding
issues/mechanisms relevant to reauthorization.
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LATTS Phase IIMonitor Results of Implementing
LATTS I
1) Highlight success stories in financing
projects. 2) Show importance of implementing
LATTS I a) Projects to increase operating
throughput b) ITS applications c) Technological
advances d) Public awareness campaigns e)
Increased quantity and quality of jobs f)
Public/private partnerships g) Public investment
in rail projects
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The I-10 National Freight Corridor
Arizona
Texas
Mississippi
Florida
New Mexico
Alabama
California
Louisiana
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I-10 Freight Corridor Project Vision

• To meet current and future growth in trade
  traffic (primarily truck) within the I-10
  corridor
• Assist partnering state DOTs to continually
  improve highway system performance.
• Provide for efficient, reliable, fast and safe
  intermodal transportation system for moving goods
  in international and domestic trade.

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I-10 Freight Corridor Project Goals

• Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the overall
  transportation system
• To assess the need for, and the feasibility of,
  deploying a broad range of alternatives to
  facilitate the movement of goods along the I-10
  corridor, including but not limited to
• Capacity enhancements
• Technological upgrades
• Operational alternatives
• Policy Alternatives
• Private Sector Partnerships

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Opportunities for Regional Partnering

• The I-94 Corridor
• Intermodal Service to Southern California

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For More Information
Visit the Mn/DOT Freight Website at
www.dot.state.mn.us/ofrw/freight.html Or
Contact Mark Berndt at mberndt_at_wilbursmith.com w
ww.wilbursmith.com/LATTS www.i10freightstudy.org/