AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- David Cole, Maine
Vice Chair -- Vacant
Secretary -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

State Initiatives

Highway Projects with Freight Benefits Some highway projects specifically improve conditions for freight, but most often, improved freight mobility is just one part of a project’s overall benefits. The Nickel Fund projects listed below are considered to have freight benefits because they are in an area that has a high volume of truck traffic, are near a port or intermodal border, or make it easier for large or heavy trucks to maneuver more and efficiently.
2003-05 Nickel Fund-Highway Improvement Projects with Freight Benefits PDF

Iowa
Intermodal Pilot Project
The Department currently has one funding program, the Intermodal Pilot Project Program, to provide assistance to intermodal projects. This funding came from oil overcharge funds through the Department of Energy to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and then to the Iowa Department of Transportation in the late 1980s. The fund was established with $725,000 for new intermodal transportation facilities or to improve, restore, conserve, repair, rehabilitate or expand existing intermodal transportation facilities.
Railroad Assistance Program

Georgia
INTERCITY RAIL PLAN - The Intercity Rail Passenger Plan prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GADOT) collected extensive information on current intercity travel within the State for 1995, made forecasts of future travel by all modes, examined the suitability of existing railroad corridors for rail passenger service, and estimated ridership, revenues, costs, and external benefits of intercity rail passenger service in a number of possible corridors. From these corridors, a first-priority network of lines was recommended, as well as a second-priority network. The priority lines are are discussed in more detail at the end of the summary.
http://www.dot.state.ga.us/homeoffs/planning.www/intermodal/interc5.htm

New Jersey
NJDOT BREAKS GROUND ON PORTWAY - First project to Go to construction is doremus avenue bridge in Newark Transportation Commissioner James Weinstein and other dignitaries broke ground for the $31million Doremus Avenue bridge replacement project in Newark, the first part of the Portway International /Intermodal Program to go to construction. The presentation you are about to view will take approximately 25 minutes using a 28.8 modem. Use the back and forward buttons to navigate through the presentation. The Portway button in the sidebar brings you back to this page. There are accompanying sound files, however, the presentation also contains text if you do not have sound capability. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/press/2000releases/f000724b.htm

Colorado
The Colorado Department of Transportation has done a study, "To evaluate the feasibility of improving existing and/or constructing future transportation corridors and intermodal facilities to enhance the mobility of freight services within and through eastern Colorado." The process is documented in an Adobe Acrobat file showing how the plan will be developed. http://www.dot.state.co.us/TransData/Structure/EastCOMobilityStudy/