Extreme weather
Source: USDOT
Chicago’s temperature will feel similar to
Arkansas if emissions increase or similar to
Tennessee if emissions are lowered.
Extreme weather
Corn
N
E
80%
IA
REDUCTION IN
GREENHOUSE
GASES IS
NEEDED BY
CHICAGO TO
REACH THEIR
2050 TARGET
Wheat
173
miles
K
S
150
miles
Corn
MO
I
L
Source: CNT,
Chicago’s
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Changes in crop production between 1950-2010
Attavanich, W., B.A. McCarl, Z. Ahmedov, S.W. Fuller, and D.V. Vedenov, "Climate Change and Infrastructure: Effects of Climate
Change on U.S. Grain Transport", Nature Climate Change, on line at doi:10. 1038/nclimate1892, VOL 3 JULY 2013, 638-643,
2013.
Population Growth
Total square feet of food warehouse space 2010
Source: http://www.mwpvl.com/html/grocery_distribution_network.html
Public Health
Source: Chachula
Food deserts in Chicago by racial composition
Public Health
http://foodsecurity.uchicago.edu/research/the-search-for-an-oasis-2/attachment/chicago-figure-4-2/
Diesel Price History
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_diesel_price
Food Costs
Labor Market
http://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/labor/ata-reports-97-percent-truck-driver-turnover-rate_20131212.html
Labor Market
Average employment in
agriculture declined
between 2002 and 2012,
and is projected to
decline faster for selfemployed and unpaid
family workers than for
wage and salary workers
between 2012 and 2022.
Wage and salary
workers were 62 percent
of average agricultural
employment in 2012,
and are projected to be
68 percent of average
agricultural employment
in 2022.
https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=1814
Public Investment
Source: USDOT
Public Investment
Most folks probably think of
farm subsidies when they think
of the USDA. However, farm
programs only account for 19
percent of total USDA outlays.
The vast majority of USDA
spending, 69 percent, goes to
food subsidies: food stamps,
school breakfast and lunch
programs, and the Special
Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC). In fact,
spending on food stamps alone
this year will account for
roughly half of total USDA
spending. - See more at:
http://www.downsizinggovernment.or
g/usdas-budgetboom#sthash.UxzFxrRF.dpuf
VOLUME MOVEMENT BY MODE
2007
OVER
1/4
RAIL
OF ALL U.S. FREIGHT
ORIGINATES, TERMINATES
OR PASSES THROUGH THE
CHICAGO REGION Source:
CMAP
BARGE
TRUCK
67%
OF FREIGHT IS MOVED BY
TRUCK IN THE CHICAGO
REGION Source: CMAP
232
BILLION
ANNUAL VALUE OF FOOD
TRUCK FREIGHT THAT
ORIGINATES, TERMINATES
OR PASSES THROUGH THE
CHICAGO REGION
Source: FAF, 2007
Rail ownership, capacity issues
Barge ownership, capacity, access,
applicability issues
Truck how most of our food now travels.
What is needed to green truck freight?
What would green freight look
like? What are our options?
Source: NAS
“Jack of All Trades” truck inefficiencies
Source: NAS
Available truck efficiencies
OTR / Metro modal
Last mile truck
First mile trucks
Metro-mile tractor
Over the road truck
OTR efficiencies
Source: NAS
Sleeper vs. no sleeper cab
Autonomous Freight Truck Cab
2015 – 2020
New Vehicle Potential Fuel Savings
Technologies Source: NAS 2010
Alternative fuels
A Refrigerated Case
Here is an example of how a shipper can work with its transportation and logistics
partner to devise an intermodal solution for moving perishable goods.
The Challenge. Responding to market demand for its product, an ice cream
manufacturer decides to increase supply and test the efficacy of moving volume
across the country via refrigerated rail containers. Given the sensitive nature of its
product, the cardinal challenge is maintaining a consistent temperature to prevent
spoilage and shrinkage.
The Solution. The shipper opts to partner with a transportation and logistics provider
that possesses its own refrigerated intermodal containers, has established
relationships with Class I railroads, can coordinate first-mile and final-mile truck
transportation, and provide total visibility during the entire length of haul.
During the move, each container is monitored by the 3PL through an installed alarm
device that provides inside and outside ambient temperature, fuel level, and global
positioning information. The shipments arrive on time and intact during the three-day
transit from the Midwest to the West Coast. The 3PL uses its own trucks to complete
the pickup and delivery at the point of arrival, while working with contracted drayage
partners during the first-mile leg. Using an intermodal bridge, the shipper greatly
reduces fuel use, carbon footprint, and total transport costs without sacrificing service
at a minimal increase in transport time.