Regional Freight Planning in Baltimore

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Regional Freight Planningin Baltimore

• Jocelyn Jones
• Baltimore Metropolitan Council
• 410/732-0500, x1049
• jjones_at_baltometro.org
• March 21, 2001

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Overview

• About Baltimore
• Freight Movement Task Force
• Useful Resources

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About Baltimore

• Five counties Baltimore City
• Major interstates I-70, I-95, I-83
• Port of Baltimore (POB)
• BWI Airport
• Railroads CSX, NS, shortlines

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Freight Movement Task Force

• Established in 1994
• Incorporates freight issues into the MPO planning
  process
• Four meetings per year
• Private sector chair vice-chair

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Task Force Fact Sheet
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Recent Meeting Topics

• Airport air cargo passenger growth, Fed Ex
  tour
• Port dredging, terminal operations
• Rail Conrail merger, state rail plan
• Consultant perspective on international
  regional issues
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge status

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Task Force Activities

• Operational Focus
• Truck Parking Subcommittee
• Freight Trends
• Intermodal Connectors

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Truck Parking Subcommittee

• Safety issue Trucks park along highway
  shoulders and vehicles occasionally run into the
  back of them.
• Is there a need for more truck parking spaces
  along I-95?

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Truck Parking Subcommittee (contd)

• Major participants state police, private truck
  stop operators (TSOs), two truck associations, MD
  DOT modal administrations
• Key point subcommittee chair had relationships
  with chair of TSO council and state police

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Truck Parking Subcommittee (contd)

• Information collected
• Interviews with TSOs revealed that spaces are
  available
• TSOs identified spaces available at various
  times of day
• State police identified where trucks park on
  shoulders

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Truck Parking Subcommittee (contd)

• Information collected (contd)
• Many big signs advertise rest areas, few little
  signs advertise TSOs
• States truckers map was outdated, difficult to
  get, cost 1

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Truck Parking Subcommittee (contd)

• Recommendations
• New signs related to truck stops
• Revise truckers map, improve distribution,
  offer for free
• Review enforcement practices, if no change takes
  place

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Freight Trends
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Intermodal Connectors

• March Workshop to identify potential improvements
  on connectors and other local roads
• Invitees truck, rail, port, air cargo, econ.
  dev., public works reps intermodal terminal
  mgrs logistics mgrs TSOs

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Intermodal Connectors

• Participants are asked to identify improvements
  in advance of workshop, develop prioritization
  criteria, encouraged to participate in site
  visits
• Improvements on intermodal connectors are
  reviewed by consultant, local public works to
  review others

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Useful Resources

• Connect with peers mailing lists, attend
  meetings
• Publications Traffic World, modal
  newsletters/magazines
• Other Groups Council of Logistics Management,
  Traffic Club
• Site Visits
• Training Building the Partnership