What, Why and How

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What, Why and How
A Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated Transportation
System

• Patricia McDonald, Secretary
• Vermont Agency of Transportation

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated Transportation
What Would It Look Like?

• Transparent to the consumer, regardless of modes
• Reliable (quick and efficient are desirable,
  reliable is
• essential)
• Highly integrated with ITS and electronic
  information systems
• Supports effective public / private partnerships
  that combine public infrastructure with private
  delivery systems
• Provides diverse options a more flexible, less
  vulnerable system

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated Transportation
Why Do We Need It?

• Maintain economic competitiveness in world
  markets
• Target investment in an era of limited
  transportation funding
• Enhance security requirements post 9/11
• Investment capital in infrastructure important,
  but a 20th century approach
• Manage transportation systems the 21st century
  approach

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated
Transportation
How Do We Do It?

• Different needs - different systems
• Passenger systems
• Freight systems
• Analyze relationships between passenger and
  freight systems
• Identify opportunities for multi-use resources
  e.g. Canamex, I10, I35, I95 corridors

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated
Transportation
Passenger Systems

• European examples Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
• Northeast corridor potential
• Urban vs. rural resources
• Alleviation of traffic congestion

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated Transportation
Freight Systems

• Opportunities beyond containerized cargo
• Security concerns related to international trade
• Better management of existing infrastructure.
• Limitation (fiscal, geographical, environmental)
  on capital investment and physical expansion of
  facilities.

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Seamless, Multimodal, Integrated Transportation
Examples

• Passenger Vermont Operations Council
• Freight I95 Corridor Coalition Intermodal
  Program Track
• SCOHT - shift in perspective

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THINK SEAMLESS, MULTIMODAL, INTEGRATED
TRANSPORTATION
BIKE PED
AIR
PASSENGER
RAIL
FREIGHT
Patricia McDonald, Secretary Vermont Agency of
Transportation 802-828-2657 Patricia.mcdonald_at_stat
e.vt.us