AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- James Lynch, Montana
Vice Chair -- Jeff Honefanger, Ohio
Secretary -- Jim March, FHWA
Liaison -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

MEETINGS CALENDAR
YEAR	DATE	STATE	WEBPAGE	CONTACT	Save-the-Date
2008	June 25-27	St. Louis, MO	Annual Meeting Missouri DOT	Jan Skouby jan.skouby@modot.mo.gov (573) 522-5202	2008 Meeting: Save-the-Date Now Available

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MEETING PROGRAM

AASHTO HIGHWAY TRANSPORT
JUNE 25^th and 27^th 2008

SAVE-THE-DATE Flyer
Now Available

2008 SCOHT AGENDA
Now Available

2008 SCOHT REGISTRATION
Now Available

HOTEL REGISTRATION:

Rooms have been held at:
The Hilton--St. Louis at the Ballpark
One South Broadway @ Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
Hilton St. Louis Accommodations page
Tel: 1-314-421-1776

NOTE REMINDER:

Registrants must make their own room reservations

Please mention the name of the conference when making arrangements

For more information of this meeting, please contact:
Tina Grothoff, CMP
General Services Technician/Travel Service Assistant
MoDOT
Phone: 573-522-4031
Fax: 573-526-2422
E-Mail: Tina.Grothoff@modot.mo.gov

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RECENT Meeting

Subcommittee on Highway Transportation

Washington Briefing
February 21-22, 2008

Meeting Materials:

Save-the-Date: 2008 Washington Briefing
(NOW AVAILABLE)
SCOHT Agenda: 2008 Washington Briefing
(NOW AVAILABLE)

Washington panel says Motor Carrier issues will be on Congressional Agenda

The Subcommittee on Highway Transport (SCOHT) hosted it's first annual Washington Briefing this February 21-22 of 2008. The main discussion for this year was Motor carrier issues ranging from truck size and weight to hours of service, which are likely to be examined in Congressional hearings this year, as reported by a Washington panel Legislative Report update.

Administrators from more than 20 state departments of transportation got a first hand report from a panel of key House and Senate staffers at a two day conference of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Highway Transport.

Helena Zybilkewycz, Senior Professional Staff Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said that Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) "is committed to accomplishing reauthorization by 2009." But Stephen Gardner, a staff member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said "a reauthorization bill isn't likely to pass until 2010." He added that the committee was going to do everything within its power to make it happen by the deadline.

Gardner said "A lot depends on how long it takes the new White House to put out its report and how it's presented to Congress. There are four committees that are involved with surface transportation and if you start shifting responsibilities between those committees you can anticipate a long drawn out process."

The panel, which also included Suzanne Newhouse, minority staff member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation, said that apart from SAFETEA-LU reauthorization, their committees will be holding hearings on five other key issues related to the trucking industry. Those issues are:

size and weight limits; which may include an attempt to measure the impact current truck sizes and weights have on existing transportation infrastructure;

hours of service; not just a broad examination of the number of hours operators can drive but taking a look at the unique situations in which there may be a need to make adjustments related to functionality and efficiency;

the Cross Border Pilot Program; an examination of the DOT long haul program which allows Mexican motor carriers into the U.S.;

high risk motor carriers; identification of those carriers with consistent safety violations and who score poorly on compliance reviews and targeting them for enforcement; and

tax credits; the issuance of tax credits to motor carriers who add safety enhancements such as lane departure warning devices to their fleets.

The panel members said they were also hearing a lot of talk on Capitol Hill about the possibility of new regulations and driver training rules for motor carriers. They encouraged participants to offer their suggestions to Congress either through AASHTO or their individual state organizations. "Your input is important," Zybilkewycz said.

MEETING PRESENTATIONS :
2006 European SCAN
Commericial Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Enforcement in Europe
Status of Implementation PPT

Debbie Freund
FMCSA Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Activities
PPT

Jim Lynch
Statement fo the Transportation Department of Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming
before the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission PDF

Elaine King
TRB Trucking Related Publications and Projects, 2007-08
DOC

Truck Size & Weight Enforcement
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management & Operations PPT

Jeff Secrist / Quon Kwan
FMCSA Smart Park Project Manager
Smart Park: Real-Time Parking Information for Truckers PDF

Julie Lane
FMCSA, Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Program Update PPT

Bryan Price
Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM)
PPT

Leo Lopez
U.S. Mexico Border Demonstration Project
North American Borders Division PPT

For more information on meeting materials, please contact:
Andrea Ryan
202-624-5804
aryan@aashto.org

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Archived Meetings

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Coeur d' Alene, Idaho------------->2006

Burlington, Vermont ------------->2005

Cleveland, Ohio ------------->2004

San Antonio, Texas --------->2003

Annapolis, Maryland -------->2002