Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-07-136

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

The AASHTO-FHWA Freight Transportation Partnership II
Meeting the Freight Challenge: Moving Ahead/Staying Ahead –
Synthesis of Findings from the AASHTO/FHWA Survey and Meeting

5. Report Date

August 30, 2007

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Kate Quinn, FHWA; Jennifer Symoun, SAIC

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

SAIC
1710 SAIC Drive
McLean, VA 22102

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-06-D-00005

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

HOFM

15. Supplementary Notes

16. Abstract

The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) co-hosted the AASHTO-FHWA Freight Partnership II meeting on February 14–16, 2007 in Natchez, Mississippi. Meeting participants represented State Departments of Transportation (DOT), metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), FHWA division offices, FHWA Headquarters, and the private sector. This meeting was a follow-on to the Freight Partnership conference held in Columbus, Ohio in April 2005.

The Freight Partnership II meeting was held to build upon the outcomes of the first Freight Partnership conference by populating the national freight policy framework, identifying and sharing the successes in developing champions and permanent capacity that have occurred since the first conference, and identifying freight professional development needs that are necessary in order to build permanent capacity and advance freight transportation. As with the first conference, a survey was held prior to the meeting to identify the state of the practice in freight transportation for State DOTs, FHWA, MPOs, and Regional Councils. The survey gathered information on freight priorities, freight plans, freight professional development needs, awareness of the national freight policy framework, level of permanent capacity, moving from planning to project implementation, participation in freight advisory councils and multi-jurisdictional freight coalitions, and freight needs. The results of this survey were discussed in a web conference prior to the Freight Partnership II meeting and were also used to shape the panel discussions and workshops held during the meeting.

This report discusses the findings from the survey and the Partnership II meeting.

17. Key Words

Freight, partnership, policy, professional development, professional capacity, planning, advisory councils, multijurisdictional coalitions, multimodal

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the public.

19. Security Classification (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classification (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No of Pages

109

22. Price

n/a