A Presentation to the Federal Highway Administration

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A Presentation to the Federal Highway
Administration
Freight Modeling in Florida .the Teamwork
Approach

• By the State of Florida
• Department of Transportation

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Freight Modeling Partnering Tools an
important decision
McCullough
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Building a Modeling TEAM
McCullough The Model Task Force is a grou
..not appointed by Department procedure
Thanks
How Modeling grew in Florida
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Florida had 15 Urban Areas in 1980
coming soon FIHS
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25 Urban Areas in 1990
FIHS

• Florida models
• 25 Urban

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7 Non-Urban Areas have Models
McCullough The emerging urban areas will already
have model when they too become designated urban
area
FIHS

• Florida models
• 25 Urban
• 7 Non-Urban

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Models are Joined to Form Regional Models
FIHS

• Florida models
• 25 Urban
• 7 Non-Urban
• 6 Regional

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Florida also has a Statewide Model
FIHS

• Florida models
• 25 Urban
• 7 Non-Urban
• 6 Regional
• 1 Statewide

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Building a Modeling Team
McCullough The Model Task Force is a grou
..not appointed by Department procedure
Thanks
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HOW ORGANIZED
District 1
5 MPOs
McCullough
District 2
2 MPOs
District 3
4 MPOs
District 4
5 MPOs
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District 5
4 MPOs
District 6
1 MPO
District 7
4 MPOs
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HOW ORGANIZED
District 1
5 MPOs
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District 2
2 MPOs
District 3
4 MPOs
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District 4
5 MPOs
CENTRALOFFICE
District 5
4 MPOs
District 6
1 MPO
District 7
4 MPOs
District 8
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HOW ORGANIZED
1 Jim Baxter
5 MPOs
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2 Imran Ghani
2 MPOs
3 Craig Gavin
4 MPOs
4 Shi-Chiang Li
5 MPOs
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5 Susan Sadighi
4 MPOs
6 Phil Steinmiller
1 MPO
7 Danny Lamb
4 MPOs
8 Joey Gordon
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Building a Modeling TEAM
McCullough The Model Task Force is a grou
..not appointed by Department procedure
Thanks
Bridging the Policy/Technical gap
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TEAM BUILDING
The central office functionsas the TEAM
FacilitatorBridging the GAP
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TEAM BUILDING
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Factors Affecting Freight Demand
Macro-Economic Factors
Demographic Trends
Socio-Economic Dynamics
Direct Factors
Freight Demand
Cost and Level-of-Service
Technological Advancements
Indirect Factors
Transport Infrastructure
Government Policy
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Goods Movement Modeling vs.Truck Modeling

• Goods Movement Modeling
• Macroeconomic based commodity analyses
• Multi-modal by nature
• Broad brush data, analyses and assumptions
• Truck Modeling
• Trip based analysis
• Can be multi-modal, but most typically truck only
• Local data targeting site level analyses

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gt200 MILES
5
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lt50 MILES
75
Truck Trips
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Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Small Trucks
Big Trucks
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Thats why the FIHS Is so important 3 of the
roads carry more than 50 Of the Truck VMT
(Vehicle Miles Traveled)
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Building Freight Partners (Urban, Regional
Statewide)

• Florida models
• 25 Urban
• 7 Non-Urban
• 6 Regional
• 1 Statewide

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5
gt200 MILES
20
lt50 MILES
75
Truck Trips
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Truck/Goods Movement Efforts
Pensacola
Ft. Walton
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Panama City
Gainesville
Volusia
Ocala
Spring Hill/Hernando
Pasco
Orlando
Hillsborough
Pinellas
Polk
Indian River
Sarasota
St. Lucie
Martin
Charlotte/
Legend
Punta Gorda
Florida MPO's
Palm Beach
Lee
Truck/Goods Movement Efforts
Broward
Miami
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Freight Modeling Partnering Tools an
important decision
McCullough
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FREIGHT MODELING TEAM BUILDING