Project Selection Process

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Project Selection Process

• Washington Public Ports Association
• May 16, 2007
• Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
• Karen Schmidt
• Executive Director

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F U T U R E O F
Project Selection
Freight
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Pre 1998 no one was concerned how goods appeared
on our shores and in our stores.
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Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
F U T U R E O F

• Created in 1998
• Focus solely on improving freight movement
• Elevate the importance of freight mobility
• Projects selection every other year

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• All project applications are scored by a
  technical team and a Board team
• Successful applicants are interviewed on specific
  questions about their projects
• Board makes final determination which projects
  are selected state freight share of project
  costs
• All projects are partnerships involving
  numerous partner combinations

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• Scoring criteria created in 1997 to address both
  rail and highway projects equally
• Some questions favor road some favor rail
• Most of current Freight Board list is funded
• Board seeks new funds every session
• 2008 session may have a funding proposal we
  want to be sure there are good freight projects
  already identified

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Previous Types of Freight Projects

• Grade Separations
• On dock rail access
• Improved off-ramps
• ITS improvements
• Deficient bridge replacement
• All weather roads
• Alternate truck routes

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Strategic Threshold

• Must be on a Strategic Freight Corridor
• 4 Million Tons Roadway
• 5 Million Tons Railway
• 2.5 Million Tons Waterway
• Must be part of a state or regional plan

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Project Selection Criteria
Freight Mobility for Project Area Freight
Mobility for the Region, State Nation General
Mobility Safety Freight Economic
Value Environment Partnership Consistency with
Regional State Plans Cost benefit Special Issues
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Project Selection Criteria
Freight Mobility for Project Area Reduce
truck, train car delays 0-25 points Increase
capacity for peak hour Truck or train
movement 0-10 points
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Project Selection Criteria
Freight Mobility for the Region, State
Nation Importance to the regional freight
System regional economy 0-10
points Importance to the state freight System
state economy 0-10 points Direct Access to
port or international border 0-10
points Provides a corridor/system solution 0-5
points
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Project Selection Criteria
General Mobility Reduce
vehicular traffic delay 0-10 points Reduce
queing and backups 0- 7 points Reduce delay
from use of alternative railroad crossing 0-5
points Address urban principal arterials
0 or 3 points
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Project Selection Criteria
Safety Reduce railroad crossing accidents 0-5
points Reduce non-railroad crossing
accidents 0-5 points Provide emergency vehicle
access 0 or 5 points Close related railroad
crossings 0-5 points 1 crossing
- 3 points 2 or more crossings 5
points
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Project Selection Criteria

• Freight Economic Value
• Benefit mainline rail operations 0-5 points
• Support faster train movements
• through project vicinity 0-5 points
• Access to key employment areas 0-5 Points
• employment
• industry
• alternate access

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Project Selection Criteria
Environment Reduce vehicle emissions 0-5
points Reduce train whistle noise 0-5
points in crossing vicinity
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Project Selection Criteria
Partnership Partnership participation
1-20 points After initial 20
match Public sector participation - 1 point
for every 4 Private sector participation 1
point for every 2 Critical timing of partner
investments 1-5 points
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Project Selection Criteria
Consistency with Regional State
Plans Addressed in regional and/or state-level
transportation plans 2-5 points In
regional plans 3 points In state-level plan
2 points
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Project Selection Criteria
Cost benefit Cost-effectiveness 0-7 points
reduced delay time/project cost Degree to
which least-cost alternatives are considered
3 points evidence that least cost was
considered
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Project Selection Criteria
Special Issues Degree of special/unique
circumstances not otherwise addressed 0-8
points
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Project Selection Criteria
Bonus Question Diesel Emissions How the project
could provide an overall health and environmental
benefit. How was the information and evaluation
arrived at to support the benefit statement?
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2007 FMSIB Call for Projects

• Call for projects authorized June 1
• Call for projects issued June 5
• Applications due August 30
• Initial Scoring completed September
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• Preliminary Review October 2
• Project Interviews October 30
• Board Selection November 16

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You may find it boring and perplexing to deal
with transportation policy and funding issues
but the reality is
Youre either at the table or
youre on the menu John Ficker President Nat
ional Industrial Transportation League
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• Applications available on FMSIB website
• www.FMSIB.wa.gov