KYTC Freight Planning
for the
OPPM MeetingOPPM Meeting
on
September 8, 2004
by
Rob Bostrom, P.E.
Division of Division of
Multimodal ProgramsMultimodal 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) http://www.kytc.state.ky.us/otd/default.asp
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.
