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Appendix C: Agenda

Collage of logos for AASHTO, the USDOT FHWA, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and Freight Partnership III.

AASHTO/FHWA Freight Partnership III Meeting

Building for the Future

March 10-13, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 10, 2009

2:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Registration for Participants

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM – FHWA Freight Council Meeting

6:00 to 8:00 PM – Reception for Participants

March 11, 2009

7:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Registration

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM – Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – Welcome to the Meeting:

Welcome and Introductions: Allen Biehler will introduce the Governor
Ed Rendell – Governor of Pennsylvania
Barry Seymour – DVRPC Executive Director
Jeff Lindley FHWA Associate Administrator – Operations – HQ
Allen Biehler Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Meeting the Challenge of a National Freight Policy

8:50 AM – Meeting logistics – Kate Quinn

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM – Multi-jurisdictional Decision Making – I-70 Corridor – Ed Strocko Moderator

Keith Bucklew – Director of Freight Mobility, Indiana DOT – Confirmed
Kathryn Harvey – State Design Engineer, Missouri DOT- Confirmed
Daniel Haake – Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Columbus Ohio Confirmed

10:00 to 10:15 AM – Break

10:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Implementing multi-jurisdictional decision making: Work Group Discussion on key questions:

  • barriers to coordination and implementation,
  • key elements that indicate a corridor should advance,
  • how define logical break points,
  • How to craft an agreement that has continuity over time
  • Who needs to be engaged?

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM – Lunch

Lunch Speaker – Jocelyn Jones- Introduction
Michael D. Williams Director of Supply Chain Services Southeast Business Unit, Coca Cola Enterprises INC. Confirmed

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Freight Performance Measures – Crystal Jones Moderator

Bill Gardner – Minnesota DOT confirmed
Barbara Ivanov – Washington State DOT – confirmed
Dan Murray – American Transportation Research Institute – confirmed

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Regional work groups – Breakouts to discuss and develop Freight Performance Measures

Breaks as needed – food and drinks available in mid afternoon

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Round Table Discussions:

  1. State's approach to freight transportation – what they do to help – Barbara Ivanov – Washington State DOT confirmed
  2. Coordinating Port and Metropolitan issues – National Marine Highways – Barbara Nelson Richmond MPO Invited Lauren Brand Confirmed South Atlantic & Alan Hicks Confirmed Southern California
  3. Incorporating private sector in freight transportation planning (MPO's and States) What works, what doesn't – Don Shanis from DVRPC
  4. Freight Data Local and National- Rolf Schmitt and Michael Sprung confirmed
  5. Corridor Coalitions – I-95 – George Schoener & Marygrace Parker confirmed
  6. Rail and Intermodal Rail – What is important and working with the Public Sector Rick Crawford Norfolk Southern confirmed, Bill Goetz CSX confirmed, Victor Aragones confirmed
  7. Harnessing information transfer technology to improve freight efficiency – Cross Town Improvement Program (CTIP) – Randy Butler confirmed
  8. Truck Size & Weight Enforcement Technologies and Program Issues – Mike Onder, Tom Kearney and John Nicholas confirmed
  9. Situational Awareness – How to keep your fingers on the pulse (Industry, economics, fuel prices, etc.) Chip Millard confirmed & Kate Quinn Confirmed
  10. Freight Professional Development Program and the National Highway Institute Bud Cribbs and Carol Keenan confirmed

Dinner on your own

March 12, 2009

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM – Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM to 9:15 AM – Freight Transportation Funding and Financing – Tony Furst Moderator

Freight Rail Financing in Pennsylvania – Eric Madden, Deputy Secretary for Aviation and Rail Freight, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Funding Projects at the MPO – Ted Dahlberg, DVRPC
National Infrastructure Corporation for Loans and Grants to Fund Freight projects – George Schoener Executive Director I-95 Corridor Coalition
Potential Funding Sources for Projects of National and Regional Significance – Leo Penne AASHTO Confirmed

9:15 AM to 11:15 AM Work group discussion on Funding and Financing Freight Transportation Projects

  • What projects have you successfully funded and how?
  • What projects would you have liked to fund and couldn't?
  • What were/are the barriers to advancing freight projects?
  • Competing for funding
  • dedicated funding
  • eligibility issues
  • Legislative issues (local, state, and federal)
  • What would you like to see put in place to enable you to advance critical freight transportation projects?

Break as needed

11:45 AM – Box Lunch – Show case products: Executive Supply Chain DVD, Industry Training Opportunity, Tuition Assistance, Freight Academy, AASHTO – Transportation Finance Institute and the Bottom Line Report

1:00 PM – leave for Freight field trips

5:30 PM – Return from Freight Field Trips

Dinner on your own

March 13, 2009

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Summary of previous days' efforts and next steps – Kate Quinn
  • Results of Work Groups
  • Highlights of Field Trips
  • Discussion and what's next?

9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Reauthorization discussion led by: Leo Penne & Tony Furst

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM – Wrap up and final thoughts



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