Governor’s Freight Industry Summit
Draft November 12, 2012
Sandra K. Beaupre’
Wisconsin DOT
 Multimodal Priority Freight Network Project
Overview
 Project Deliverables and Benefits
 Future Activities and Next Steps
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To better address freight-related issues, and be more
responsive to freight industry concerns, WisDOT set out to:
 Develop a prioritized transportation network that targets freight
mobility needs
 Establish a dynamic process that defines a short term program of
potential activities, including ongoing data updates
 Evaluate how to encourage increased integration of freight data into
WisDOT program and policy decisions
 Create an investment and decision support tool, rather than a long
range plan or State Freight Plan
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• Key Discussion Points
o Preliminary Freight Network Analysis
Findings
o Freight Network Stakeholder Outreach to
Date
Map Credit: ops.fhwa.dot.gov, 2007
• Areas for Future WisDOT
Consideration
o Policy Issues Based on Analysis Findings
o Policy Issues Based on Stakeholder
Feedback
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Photo Credit: dsi-tms.com
 September – Held additional stakeholder meetings with air
cargo representatives, additional Wisconsin trucking
businesses and marine port operators
 Documented where “Freight Factors” for other modes were
already present, or could be incorporated
 Completed Stage 1 scoring for Priority Highway Freight
Network “Freight Factor” for program analysis
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 High-level renderings of the state’s Multimodal
Priority Freight Network
 Communication tool for policy makers and freight
stakeholders
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 Highway segment based scoring developed to summarize
many freight-specific data points
 Highway segment scores over 1 have met at least one of
the criteria thresholds, which were set high (all scoring
values are well above the statewide average)
 Higher scoring segments have a relatively higher freight
mobility value, and can be used for prioritization
 Scores could be used to match up with other Department
data in GIS, informing the project initiation and scoping
process
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 Commodity flow characteristics
 Originating, Terminating, Internal and Overhead
 Commodities have different flow characteristics and supply
chains
 High Truck Volume on routes not designated Corridors
2030 Backbone or Connector
 Higher than average daily trucks per lane
 WisDOT’s Primary and Secondary Oversize/Overweight
Highway Freight Routes
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Thresholds
Criteria
• Highway Freight
Segments (traffic
segments) assigned
scores for priority
ranking
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 Information about Wisconsin’s top freight
commodities is contained in the Commodity Profiles
 Template maps showing analysis of Wisconsin
commodities, industry clusters and commodity flow
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Raw Materials
 Agriculture – Crops,
Livestock and Poultry
production
 Mining – Construction
and Industrial Sands;
Stone and Aggregates;
Coal and Metallic Ores
 Forest Products –
Logging and Timber
Manufactured Products
 Food Products (value-added)
 Paper and Pulp Products, Printing
 Primary and Fabricated Metal Products
 Industrial and Commercial Machinery
 Transportation Equipment
 Clay, Concrete, Glass and Stone Products
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(Construction)
Lumber and Wood Products, Furniture
Chemicals, Rubber and Plastic Products
High-Tech Computing, Navigation and
Instruments
Electrical Equipment
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 Top Wisconsin freight
commodities by tonnage,
value and regional economic
importance
 Profiles contain descriptive
statistics, commodity flows
and forecasts
 Profile data helped identify
critical freight routes and
facilities
Maps showing highways
and counties generating
the most Food Product
tonnage reveal Commodity
Flow Corridors for further
study and analysis .
Originating Food Tons
by County:
Originating Food Tons
by Highway:
Less than 100,000
Less than 50,000
100,000 to 500,000
50,000 to 500,000
500,000 to 1 million
500,000 to 1.5 million
1 million to 2 million
1.5 million to 3.5 million
Over 2 million
Over 3.5 million
 Dynamic Trends can be quickly incorporated into alternatives
analyses – to make quality investment decisions in real-time
 Analysis results are transferable to existing program
prioritization algorithms
 Planning and programming maps and data are easily shared
within WisDOT through the interactive corridor maps
application
 Interactive GIS database allows WisDOT to add new features,
like future data updates and analysis of change over time
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 Finalize preliminary year end report on the Multimodal
Priority Freight Network
 Integrate freight data “Factors” into current and future
programs
 Update Commodity Flow Data to 2011 in early 2013, develop
data maintenance and update policies for other information
 Engage in ongoing dialogue with freight stakeholders
 Continue efforts to improve and refine data and analysis
methods
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