KYTC Freight Planning for the OPPM Meeting on

KYTC Freight Planning for the OPPM Meeting on September 8, 2004 by Rob Bostrom, P. E. Division of Multimodal Programs

Presentation Overview • Freight Planning Team – Purpose – Members – Accomplishments – Upcoming activities • Other Freight Planning Activities – Research – Multimodal – Modeling

Freight Planning Team Background • Highway Capacity Crisis

Freight Planning Team Background • Coordination difficulties – Transportation Cabinet • • – – – Traffic Operations Planning Multimodal Programs Aviation KY Trans. Center Justice Cabinet (Veh. Reg. ) FHWA Public Sector IAP defunct • Truck Safety • Intermodal Issues

Freight Planning Team Members • Members – Brent Sweger, Rob Bostrom, J. R. Ham, Nancy Miracle, Steve Ross and Bernadette Dupont • Different expertise – Multimodal, modeling, MPO, IAP continuity, rail, federal connection

Freight Team Background: Vision/Goals/Objectives • Nimble team which helps coordinate freight planning activities for KYTC. Form larger task teams as needed. • Goals – Education & awareness – Training – Address freight capacity and safety problems – Facilitate needed research

Accomplishments • Web site – http: //transportation. ky. gov/Multimodal/KYTC_ Freight. htm • Freight newsletter • FHWA/partnering • Training – – Talking Freight Kentucky Freight workshop Tennessee Freight Planning Workshop Partnering Conference/Managed lanes • Tools – HERS – Geofreight – FAF

Upcoming Freight Planning Team Activities • Freight capacity – Research – Solutions • Training – Freight Summit in spring – Tools • Second phase – Focused team meetings (topic oriented) – Task team formation

KY Freight Planning Activities • New Research – Commercial Vehicle Monitoring station (weigh station) optimization; used KYSTM to assess trips using weigh stations and make recommendations on where to place mid-state CVM locations – Development of strategic plan for incident management – Facilitate automatic identification of commercial vehicles. – Development of strategic plan for improving freight capacity on interstate corridors – Riverports

KY Freight Planning Activities • Ongoing Research – 1996 Commercial Vehicle Information Systems & Networks (CVISN) – ARTIMIS & TRIMARC – Kentucky’s First Virtual Weigh Station – Advantage I-75

KY Freight Planning Activities • Completed Research – Identification of Truck/Intermodal Facilities

KY Freight Planning Activities • Multimodal – KY Statewide Rail Plan http: //transportation. ky. gov/multimodal/railsystems. htm – Rail/riverport position – Riverports • Planning study • Brochure: http: //transportation. ky. gov/multimodal/pdf/riverportsbrochure. pdf – Ferry Operations http: //www. kytc. state. ky. us/Multimodal/ferry. htm – Dept. of Aeronautics http: //www. kytc. state. ky. us/Aeronautics/home. htm – Transportation Delivery (Public Transportation)

KY Freight Planning Activities • Traffic Modeling/Forecasting w/ trucks – Combined Cincinnati-Dayton model • North-South Initiative (I-75 Corridor between greater Cincinnati and Dayton) • Analyzed truck lanes and other freight solutions – Kentucky Statewide Traffic Model (KYSTM) • Built in 1997 for I-66 Corridor Study • Truck purpose – Various models • Bowling Green • Simpson County

KY Statewide Traffic Model • In use since 1975 • Most important recent use was I 66

KYSTM Update • More accurate truck assignments • Rail layer • Intermodal hubs Identified • True GIS • Other new applications

Conclusion • KYTC Freight Planning Activities – New Freight Team – Purpose, accomplishments & coming activities – Decision-maker awareness/buy-in/guidance • Continuation of Traditional Freight Planning Activities – Research – Multimodal – Truck Modeling • OPPM: Give the team some feedback! • Thank you for your attention.