Freight%20Transportation%20in%20the%20Upper%20Midwest

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Freight Transportation in the Upper Midwest

• Transportation Border Working Group
• Calgary, Alberta
• Mr. Travis Gordon
• Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• October 20, 2004

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Agenda

• Overview of the efforts
• Look at some preliminary results
• Discuss next steps

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Upper Midwest/Great Lakes region
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U.S. freight activity and economic indicators
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Usage of the freight transportation system
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Distribution of freight activities (1997)
Source 1997 CFS
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Distribution of employment (1997)
Source US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Freight traffic in the region
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Capacity of the freight transportation system
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Existing Highway Conditions
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Existing Railroad Line Haul Conditions
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Existing River Conditions
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Usage and Capacityoverall assessment

• Pre-2000 projections for freight activities need
  to be adjusted downward (40-50 increase in VMT
  by 2020 instead of 75)
• Capacity shortage is still a serious problem
• Intermodal issues

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Study results (continued)

• Administrative Issues
• There may be benefits of standardizing size and
  weight regulations across the region
  (non-designated roads), but the cost is too great
• Opportunities for regional cooperation in ITS
  applications for commercial vehicles

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Study results (continued)

• Performance Measures
• Safety Economic efficiency Economic
  development Environment Reliability Congestion
• Synthesis of Practices
• There are benefits of multi-state cooperation it
  makes sense
• Learning from the experiences of the I-95
  Corridor Coalition and others

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Rational for a Regional Freight Database

• Provide a Central Focus for Studying Freight
  Movements in the Midwest
• A Regional Perspective in the Freight
  Infrastructure
• Bring together a diversity of organizations and
  professionals state agencies, MPOs, shippers,
  carriers
• Report on the condition of the regional freight
  infrastructure
• Link freight movements with economic development
• Relate Data from a Wide Range of Sources
• Network Data Flows / Capacity / Administration
• Regional Data Economic Activity / Population
• Analysis / Modeling / Simulation / Forecasting

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The Data Repository

• Highways
• Railroads
• Waterways / Ports
• Airports
• Intermodal Facilities
• Population / Socioeconomic Data
• Economic Activity Major Economic Sectors
  Involved in Goods Movement

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The Delivery System

• Internet-Based Delivery
• CITRIX MetaFrame Installation
• Users access site using Web Browser
• No software requirements for user
• Limited Access
• Users operate delivery system on Toledo Server
• Images, not data, transferred to users
• GIS Format
• Modified ArcView Application
• Full range of mapping and query functions
  available
• Analysis tools will be added

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The Delivery System
Isochrone Map Hours from Toledo, Ohio
Free-Flow Scenario
40 of US Households Within 10 Hours 72 of
US Households Within 20 Hours
2-Hour Isochrone 5-Hour Isochrone 10-Hour
Isochrone 20-Hour Isochrone
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The Delivery System
Isochrone Map Hours from Toledo, Ohio
Congestion Scenario Over Identified Links
32 of US Households Within 10 Hours 70 of
US Households Within 20 Hours
2-Hour Isochrone 5-Hour Isochrone 10-Hour
Isochrone 20-Hour Isochrone
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Recommendations

• Continue the pooled fund approach until federal
  re-authorization passes
• Maintain momentum
• Produce deliverables
• Coalition
• Commercial Vehicle Operations ITS
• Information Management
• Performance Measures
• Outreach

• Define longer term when reauthorization is clear

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Upper Midwest Transportation Coalition
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Contacts

• Website www.uppermidwestfreight.org
• Ernie Wittwer, wittwer_at_engr.wisc.edu,
  608-263-3175
• Travis Gordon, gordont_at_cae.wisc.edu, 608-262-6639

Thank you!