URBAN GOODS MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES AROUND ATLANTA

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URBAN GOODS MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES AROUND ATLANTA
The
Team
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STUDY OF HOURLY TRUCK MOVEMENTS
James Gordon, GDOT Project Manager

• Marsha Anderson Bomar,
• Street Smarts Project Manage

Office of Public Relations Local
Governments Trucking Industry
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MANAGING TRUCK MOVEMENTSAROUND ATLANTA

• More than 70 implementable strategies
• Six categories
• Three prioritized tiers

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STRATEGY CATEGORIES
Private
Public
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GDOT STAFF PRIORITIES

• Increased Enforcement--1 Overall
• Time of Day Messaging for Trucks
• On-Line Truck Route Maps
• Truck Information Signs Designed/Installed
• Freight Movement-Specific ITS Application
• Continuous Truck Data Collection Program
• Develop Smart Freight Corridors
• Investigation of Truck Havens

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STRATEGIES BEING DEVELOPED

• GDOT Task Orders
• Truck Havens Characteristics Research
• NaviGAtor Truck-related Information Section on
  Website Preliminary Definition Developed
• Public Education Program (with Vicki Gavalas)
• ARC Regional Freight Task Force
• Freight Planning portion of Mobility 2030
• RFP to be released in Nov/Dec for major freight
  analysis
• Identification of specific truck-friendly
  projects for TIP
• Improvement of I-20/285 Interchanges

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

• GDOT and Georgia Motor Truck Association
  developing appropriate messages for CMS for night
  time trucker information
• GDOT Update of Statewide Transportation Plan
  multimodal focus
• ARC acquisition of Reebie Freight database and
  development of user tools

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FREIGHT ADVISORY TASK FORCE

• Creating a long term forum for discussion of
  problems and opportunities
• Identification of priority freight corridors
• Identification of significant freight bottlenecks

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Planning
Driver-Oriented
Operational
Early Conversation
ARC Task Force includes railroad, trucking
industry and the ports. Support for mobility
improvements, the concept of a Public Private
Initiative for a truck only corridor was
discussed. Area to be connected from Austell to
the airport area via a southwest crescent.
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LONG RANGE PLAN AND TIP

• Mobility 2030 Long Range Plan and 2005-2010 TIP
  include
• Cross regional corridor improvements
• Smart corridor-system optimization
• Investment focus on 20 most congested corridors
• ITS Deployment

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TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Intersection improvements
• Regional ITS infrastructure
• TIME Task Force
• Regional Traffic Ops Task Force

• Freeway Ramp metering
• Interchange upgrades for trucks
• Bridge replacements
• Truck Climbing Lanes

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SPECIAL STUDIES

• Truck Only Lanes (Free and TOT)
• Regional Freight and Goods Movement Study
• Multi-modal Corridor Studies
• Continuation of GDOT Truck Study implementation

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URBAN GOODS MOVEMENT

• Limited activities addressing UGM
• ARC study will include some elements

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THANK YOU!

• For more information
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail marsha_at_streetsmarts.us

Select documents available on website _at_
www.streetsmarts.us