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Ohio Statewide Freight Study/Plan. Ohio Department of Transportation with Parsons Brinckerhoff. Ohio $Imports. Trade imbalance – To gain economic balance, we must export. Ohio $Exports. Ohio’s No. #1 customer = Canada. National Freight System at a Glance. Ohio Rail System. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Statewide Freight Study/Plan
Ohio Department of Transportationwith
Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Ohio Department of TransportationOhio $Imports
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Trade imbalance – To gain economic balance, we must export
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Ohio Department of TransportationOhio $Exports
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Ohio’s No. #1 customer = Canada
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Ohio Department of TransportationNational Freight System at a Glance
Ohio Department of TransportationOhio Rail System
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Rail Freight Traffic Density Amtrak Passenger Rail Service
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Ohio Department of TransportationStatewide Freight PlanOhio Plan Development
– Included in Ohio’s Long Range Transportation Plan AO 2040Update and expansion of the 2010 Statewide Rail Plan
• Freight Rail – Modal analysis included in the Statewide Freight Plan
• Passenger Rail– Modal analysis covered within AO 2040 transit
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Ohio Department of TransportationState Rail Freight
Ohio has a very strong rail freight system
Large amount of public and private investment over the last 10 years, especially in intermodal
Capacity to do more, within economic and service constraints– Shipment size– Customer accessibility to rail– Speed and reliability
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Ohio Department of TransportationFreight Rail Issues
Abandonments or underuse – there are still rail lines which are in disuse, with the threat of abandonment– Represents overcapacity, yet the rail corridors may once again be
needed
Marginal economics of some short line operators; lack of traffic to reinvest
Deficient infrastructure (especially short lines) such as inability to handle 286k pound cars; rail bridge and grade crossing deficiencies
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Ohio Department of TransportationFreight Multimodal Needs Short term: Strategic rail lines
in shale oil country may need reactivation
Many short-line railroads need upgrades to handle standard 286K pound railcars
Railroads have the capacity and economic potential to absorb some growth
Natural gas reserves are spurring transportation fuel conversion and increased desire for fueling infrastructure.
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Inactive Rail Lines (blue)
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Ohio Department of TransportationRail Strategies Mode shift:
– Good data on truck freight to gauge the commodity/distance that could be “divertible” to rail;
– Expanding domestic intermodal via NS and CSX investments– Estimate benefits to highway system, and other public benefits
Reporting on rail freight deficiencies (“state of the system?”) to illustrate investment needs
New or expanding markets– Shale oil and gas– Agriculture export– Overweight highway loads
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Ohio Department of TransportationStatewide Freight PlanNext Steps:
MAP 21, SEC. 1118 Requirements for State Freight Plans Freight trends, needs, and issues Freight policies, strategies, performance measures
to guide investment Improved ability to meet national freight goals Technologies and strategies to improve freight
safety and efficiency Improve facilities that ease the intermodal exchange
of goods
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Ohio Department of TransportationStatewide Freight Study / Plan
Mark LockerThe Ohio Department of Transportation
Office of Statewide Planning & ResearchManager Maritime, Freight & Logistics
With the Help of Parsons Brinckerhoff
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