State of Ohio Freight Plan

Presented by: Mark Locker, Program ManagerThe Ohio Department of TransportationStatewide Planning and ResearchMaritime, Freight Mobility & Logistics

History• Statewide Freight Study

• Began prior to MAP-21• Included as part of Ohio’s Long Range Transportation Plan “Access

Ohio”• During MAP-21 “ Moving Ahead for Progress into the 21st Century”

• MAP -21 encouraged States to submit Freight Plans• Ohio began converting the “Study” to a MAP-21 compliant “PLAN”• Mid America Freight Coalition (MAFC): connecting the plans

• FAST Act “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act”

• Requires all States to submit a State Freight Plan:• Access State Freight fund allocation• Sec. 1105 Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Project funds • Sec. 1116 National Freight Program• Established; Primary Freight Network (PFN) & Multi-modal Freight Network (MFN)

Access Ohio Long Range Plan

Ohio’s Freight Plan

• “Access Ohio” & “Transport Ohio” teams coordinated

• Development of the Strategic Transportation System & Facilities

• Multi-modal in scope• Targeted Interviews

with Industry, OEM’s, Trucking, Rail, Airports, Maritime, Others

• Public Involvement

• Developed using• Statewide Model• Volumes• Tonnage• Value• National & Statewide

Commodity Flows• Energy Production• Economic data• OEM Logistics and Supply

Chain Interviews

Ohio’s Strategic Freight Highway Network

Analysis and Mapping

US DOT Designated MFN (Multi-Modal)

PFN (Highway) vs. Ohio Freight Network

US DOT Network Designations• Ohio has 2,324.04 miles of highway (PFN)• 5% of the National 41K mile Freight Network• 5th largest Network in the US (ie. Texas, California, Illinois,

Florida)• Ohio’s designated freight network is much larger than PFN

• MFN includes;• Marine Highways (M-70, M-90)• PFN• Air Cargo Hubs• Rail Network (primarily Class 1)• Intermodal Facilities

Fast Act Questions• A “list of Freight Projects” is static once submitted• How to update as a State’s program evolves?

• A State has a STIP• Must every Freight Project have a freight component in

the “Purpose and Need”• Most projects include traffic data, truck volumes, safety,

crash, economic importance, tonnage, commodities, connections to a larger system

• Not directly on the PFN or MFN? • Has a direct “Nexus” to an intermodal system

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