Ernie Perry, PhD
Mid-America Freight Coalition
ebperry@wisc.edu
608-890-2310
Ten States
22% of total
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population
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23% of Country’s
total truck tonnage
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63% of Nation’s total
rail tonnage
Inland waterway
system –about all of
it!
Linking Regional and State
Freight Planning to MAP-21
Freight Provisions
Major Freight Provisions
 National Freight Network
 Priority Freight Network
 Critical Rural Corridors
 I-states
 Prioritization
 Freight Advisory Committees
 Freight Planning
 Freight Performance
USDOT Provisions
 Truck SW Study
 Parking study
 C&P
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Our goal is to identify
the region’s system
Compare to USDOT
PFN designation
Ensure state and
regionally important
corridors are
represented
Make it Multimodal
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We looked at:
1. Volumes
2. Value
3. Matrix Criteria
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/p
kg/FR-2013-02-06/html/2013-
02580.htm
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Meets Significant MAP-21 PFN criteria
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• Identify important
state and regional
corridors and provide
criteria related to NFN.
• Provide states with
catalogue of corridors
and criteria
• Document importance
to system, economy,
state, region and
nation.
Why is PFN designation Critical?
1) Economic development
2) Program benefits
3) Focused funding and maintenance
4) Business concentration can be expected to
continue
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Identify value and
economic
contribution
Identify policy
option and
investment
strategies to support
growth
Employment w/in 3 miles
each side of corridor
Businesses Employees
Nation MAFC
FHWA Major Freight
Corridor Miles
2009 GDP (billions)
2010 GDP (billions)
2011 GDP (billions)
29,417
$13,974
$14,499
$15,076
6,508
$2,813
$2,936
$3,049
MAFC Region
2,606,162
32,458,110
Corridor
920,809
13,637,546
Percentage
35%
42%
Corridor
Combined MSA GDP
(millions)
I-94
I-80
I-90
I-65
I-55
$1,023,926
$768,315
$689,712
$652,225
$621,375
%
22%
20%
20%
20%
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Compared Counties
with 15 miles of
four lane highway
Differences in 6
socioeconomic
factors range from
10% to 180%
Accelerated growth
rates –over 12% for
number of
businesses
Bypass studies
http://library.modot.mo.gov/RDT/rep
orts/Ri00058/ss08002.pdf
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 Multimodal Economic Network
Ships 44% of domestic tonnage, receives 30 % of
domestic water born tonnage.
32% of the network, 63% of the tonnage!
M70, M 94(Avenue of Saints), Great Lakes – St Lawrence Seaway, M71, M65, M75…
Wind, solar, natural gas….?
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National Freight
Advisory Committee
Freight Policy Council
State Freight Advisory
Councils
Top line customer,
performance based
relationship
MAP-21 Resources-MAFC
http://midamericafreight.org/projects/study/map-21-resources/
Full Bill Text
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr4348enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr4348enr.pdf
MAP-21 Overview Presentation-AASHTO
http://www.transportation.org/Documents/Lee-2012-08-29.pdf
MAP-21 Freight Provisions-STB
http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/docs/RETAC/2012/Sept/Freight%20provisions%20MAP-21.pdf
FHWA Site on MAP-21-FHWA
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/
Webinars on MAP-21-FHWA
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/webinars.cfm
Q & A on MAP-21-FHWA
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/qandas/index.cfm
MAP-21 Guidance-FHWA
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/guidance/index.cfm
MAP-21 Deadlines-Iowa DOT
http://www.iowadot.gov/pol_leg_services/Map21/MAP21%20Deadlines%20by%20Date.pdf