Commercial Vehicle Operations andIntermodal Freight Activities:

I-95 Corridor Coalition

2014 AASHTO SCOHT Annual MeetingJuly 14-17, 2014 ; Philadelphia , PA

Marygrace ParkerProgram Coordinator, Freight Mobility, Safety & Security

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I-95 Corridor CoalitionI-95 Corridor Coalition - Interagency Cooperation and Coordination since the early 1990’s -- Interagency Cooperation and Coordination since the early 1990’s -

$4.7 trillion economy (40% of U.S. $4.7 trillion economy (40% of U.S. GDP), the 2nd largest economy in the GDP), the 2nd largest economy in the worldworld

21% of Nation’s road miles; 35% of 21% of Nation’s road miles; 35% of Nation’s VMT Nation’s VMT

565 million long-distance (>100 miles) 565 million long-distance (>100 miles) trips annuallytrips annually

5.3 billion tons of freight shipments 5.3 billion tons of freight shipments annuallyannually

Encompassing major portions of the U.S. Economy and Long-Distance Trips

VisionThe transportation network in the corridor will be

safe, efficient, seamless, intermodal and will support economic growth in an environmentally

responsive manner.

MissionWe work together to improve multimodal

transportation services in the region through information sharing and coordinated management

and operations.

I-95 Corridor CoalitionI-95 Corridor Coalition What We Do…What We Do…

I-95 Corridor Coalition

The New Business Model

Yesterday and Today…

Yesterday… Today…

Member Agency Driven Program Member Agency Driven Program

Goal: Accelerate transportation system improvements for long-distance freight movement and passenger travel

Goal: Accelerate transportation system improvements for long-distance freight movement and passenger travel

Recognition: National model for multi-jurisdictional coordination

Recognition: National model for multi-jurisdictional coordination

Funding Source: Surface Transportation Legislation

Funding Source:Member agency support(State and District DOTs)

I-95 Corridor Coalition Current Focus Areas

• Intermodal Passenger & Freight Initiatives• Coordinated Operations & Sharing Best Practices• Real Time Traveler Information• System Performance Measurement• Transportation Financing• Training• Climate Change and Adaptation

I-95 Coalition Leadership and Structure

Co-ChairsDebbie Bowden, Motor Carrier and Logistics Policy Advisor, Office of Freight and Multimodalism, Maryland Department of Transportation

Rick McDonough, Director, Planning and Development Bureau, Office of Modal Safety and Security, New York State Department of Transportation

Juan Flores, Administrator, Office of Freight Logistics and Passenger Operations, Florida Department of Transportation

I-95 Coalition Executive Board

Steering Committee

Intermodal Freight and Passenger Movement

Committee

Other Coalition Committees

Commercial Vehicle Operations

Subcommittee

Executive Director and Staff

Intermodal Freight & Passenger Movement Committee

The Goal

Promote reliable, efficient, and balanced intermodal transportation throughout the Coalition States by supporting leadership,

information technology, and operations that improve the intermodal movement of freight

and passengers.

Intermodal Freight & Passenger Movement Committee

2014-15 Focus Areas• Freight Planning & Performance Measures

– Freight Data, Freight Planning, and Freight Performance Measures/Freight Systems and Freight Data Tools

– Maritime/Marine Highway & MAP 21 • Enhancing Commercial Vehicle Information and

Advancing Commercial Vehicle Operations– Enhance Commercial Vehicle Travel Information Data

Availability• Significant Events Response

– Resiliency & Recoverability (Port Access) 9

Commercial Vehicle Operations Information Portal

•Critical to take a “One Stop Shop” look from a commercial vehicle operations perspective

•I-95CC CVO Online Portal provides direct links to Member States’ Commercial Vehicle sites for registration, credentialing, permitting, regulations, and related trucking information

•Working with states to share best practices on “trucker-friendly” agency web-sites and to encourage access to pertinent data for developers (i.e. bridge height/weight info)

•See portal at: http://i95coalition.org/i95/CommercialVehicleOperationsPortal/tabid/127/Default.aspx

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NASTO/I-95 Corridor Coalition Hurricane Sandy After Action Review

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NASTO AAR Key Agency Take-Aways

Permit Office-Related– Standardize Legal Language– Examine Emergency Permit Types– “Harmonize” processes across states and with Federal agencies

Emergency Operations-Related– Consider key industries with permit requirements and route

limitations• Cranes, Power Generation, Emergency Housing, Fuel,

Water/Food, Debris – Include permit office in planning and day-of-event execution– Provide enhanced information to the heavy-haul industry

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NASTO Special Hauling List-Serve

•Established (and continue to maintain) a NASTO Special Hauling List-Serve to enable prompt state-to-state communications between permit offices in the NASTO states

– Delaware DOT (Dennis Blades) serves as “Administrator”

– SASHTO List-Serve may be established if there is identified need

Continuing to coordinate with states and AASHTO as necessary on other harmonization and communication efforts

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Significant Weather-Related Events ResponseHighway-Bridge Closure Policies Survey

• Program emerged from recent significant weather-related events such as Hurricane Sandy

• I-95CC Executive Board in mid-2013 requested a Significant Weather-Related Events Response Project– Determine issues to be addressed – Identify the Coalition’s prospective coordinative role as an

information facilitator during emergency response

• Establish a Significant Events Project Team - Completed

• Conduct initial Bridge-Highway Closure Policies Survey with all 16 Members States – June – September, 2013 - Completed

• Issued Final Survey Report with Recommendations – Sept. 2013 14

Bridge-Highway Closure Policies Survey Recommendations

• Formalize a common set of guidelines for state highway/bridge closures to encourage systematic, regional coordination.

• Establish a common guideline for closure triggers such as sustained wind speed trigger point range for highway/span bridge/causeway closure to all traffic

• Subset triggers pertaining to heavy vehicles/trailers and motorcycles

• Identify the authority in each state and the process they must follow in order to coordinate cross border closures. Streamline the process to avoid unnecessary delays in coordination.

• Encourage broader use of social media and website postings, and establish a protocol guideline for the timing of notice postings for bridge/highway closures.

• Identify key outlets and methods for communications. Encourage states to add state motor truck associations and other identified key outlets to closure notification lists.

• To encourage regional communication, establish a protocol guideline for content, timing of notifications, communications method (tele/email…), and recipient of notifications to neighboring DOTs and local jurisdictions and operating authorities pertaining to highway/bridge closures.

Freight Academy

• Designed to broaden professional development building on FHWA NHI Courses

• Builds “boots on the ground” expertise including private sector perspectives

• Participants represent cross-section of planning, policy and operations positons that impact freight (including OS/OW permits)

• 2014 Academy just completed on May 2nd with 34 Participants from across the U.S.

• Anticipate holding 2015 Academy (spring)

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I-95 Coalition Truck Parking Initiative

Coalition’s test system is comprised of three modules: Data-Collection Data-Integration Data-Dissemination

Comparative technology field tests, in support of the Data-Collection module, were completed at Chesapeake House, MD:

Optical imaging/video analytics Laser technology In-pavement sensors

In-pavement sensors selected as the technology-of-choice, based on extensive field testing and analysis of findings

Now moving forward with Tier I deployment of in-pavement sensors

During system demonstration, parking availability data will be available via:

Truck Parking Website IVR Telephone System (with automatic call-back feature) Continuously-generated external data feed, for states and third-parties,

with parking availability information to display on message signs, etc.

IVR Telephone SystemTruck Parking Website

Truck Parking Deployment StatusTier I

PurposeDemonstrate technical proof-of-conceptTest under a range of conditions, configurations, scenariosLimited cadre of carriers/drivers will test Beta system

Public rest areas in VA, MD and DE:Ladysmith, Va. Rest Area (Northbound) -- INSTALLEDMaryland I-95 Welcome Center (Northbound) - INSTALLEDDelaware Travel Plaza – In discussions with site management

Timetable: Calendar Year 2014 –

Tier II Extend to additional lots

Timetable – Calendar Year 2015

Questions?

THANK YOU!

I-95 Corridor CoalitionMarygrace Parker, i95mgp@ttlc.net

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