AASHTO SCORT

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• AASHTO SCORT
• Milwaukee Wisconsin
• Is It Now Time We All Come Together For Freight's
  Projected
• 80 Growth?
• Can We - Will We? We Need Your Help!

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All States Were Not Created Equal! Eastern
States, et al Must Love One Another to Succeed
California One Huge State
MAROPS Many Small Ones
Different Problems With Five States Than Just
One!
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Can We Now Move Forward On Major Projects?
Dont Give Up Now?

• How Do We Team Up?
• Obstacles?
• NCHRP-09 (in progress)- what has worked
• What Else Is Necessary?
• Trust and fairness?
• An engagement and lasting marriage?
• Obligations/Accountability

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Many Projects Are Already Well Defined

• MAROPS I-95
• Baltimore Tunnels
• CREATE
• I-81
• New Orleans Gateway
• CSX- Gateway

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So Who Wants What and Why?
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Some of What I Feel RailroadsMay Want? What Else?

• Safety Related Projects Always 1st
• Enhanced Shareholder Value
• A Projects Whose Internal ROIC -----
• Equals or exceeds a variable moving threshold
  minimum / target on railroad internal projects
  deemed long term financially viable/critical

Can Federal/State money helps augment or push
projects higher on carriers competitive internal
projects priority list?
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Some of What I Feel Most States Want? What Else?

• Safety/Security/Economic Projects
• Ability to Retain and Enhance Jobs
• Keeping Entire Regions Globally Competitive
• Improve Air Quality
• Partners They Can Trust

- Could/Should Federal/State investments be
required to meet well defined agreed goals,
objectives represented benefits? - Should
punitive damages, paybacks of bonding or other
financial sources be considered as a
critical link?
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Can We Balance Projects As A Marriage with
Obligations One That Can Not Fail?
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We All Must Figure This Out Now Or we may all
Lose!

• Railroads
• Multi-States
• Individual States
• National Economy At Large
• US Competitiveness In A Global Market

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What Cornerstones? What Foundations? Will Bring
Us Together For Multi-State Projects of
Significance?

• Needs? Will? Trust?
• What Are The Required Conditions
• For the Railroads
• For States Federal Government

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It Now Is Your Time To Tell Us Your
Suggestions!(Lets Brainstorm and Talk)

• Can we establish Federal, multi- State and
  Carrier marriages that are divorce free!
• Our Facilitators will help record your input
• Remember - No such thing as a bad idea!
• Just Throw it out there for discussion
• Get as many ideas as you can on easel paper

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Two Easel Lists!

• What Railroads Require/desire
• What States Require/desire