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Talking Freight Promoting Economic Revitalization through Enhanced Freight Transportation. Eric G. Madden Deputy Secretary for Aviation and Rail Freight Pennsylvania Department of Transportation June 16, 2010. Why invest in rail freight ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Talking Freight
Promoting Economic Revitalization through Enhanced
Freight Transportation
Eric G. MaddenEric G. MaddenDeputy Secretary for Aviation and Rail FreightDeputy Secretary for Aviation and Rail Freight
Pennsylvania Department of TransportationPennsylvania Department of Transportation
June 16, 2010June 16, 2010
Why invest in Why invest in rail freight?rail freight?
National Highway System National Highway System Estimated Peak-Period Estimated Peak-Period
Congestion: Congestion: 19981998
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) www.FHWA.dot.gov
National Highway System National Highway System Estimated Peak-Period Estimated Peak-Period
Congestion: Congestion: 20202020
Source: FHWA
Domestic Freight Flow - 2002 Domestic Freight Flow - 2002 (truck/day)(truck/day)
Source: FHWA
Domestic Freight Flow - 2035 Domestic Freight Flow - 2035 (truck/day)(truck/day)
Source: FHWA
National Rail-Freight TrendsNational Rail-Freight Trends
If all freight rail were shifted to trucks tomorrow, it would
add 92 billion truck vehicle-miles-of-travel to the highway system and
cost federal, state and local transportation agencies an additional $64 billion for highway improvements over the next 20 years.
Source: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) www.transportation.org
Major National Rail-Freight Major National Rail-Freight Choke Points and Congested Choke Points and Congested
AreasAreas
Source: AAR
Source: AAR
Current Volumes Compared Current Volumes Compared to Current Capacityto Current Capacity
Source: AAR
Current Volumes Compared Current Volumes Compared to Current Capacityto Current Capacity
What does this mean?What does this mean?
States and stakeholders must now:• Understand the true meaning of
global logistics;• Reach out to new partners;• Realize the new consequences of
various decisions; and• Accommodate the rebirth of true
planning.
Priority Rail-Freight CorridorsPriority Rail-Freight Corridors
Rail-Freight ImprovementsRail-Freight ImprovementsPA Portion of National Freight Core System•Removing double-stack clearance obstacles
•286K-compliant
•Right-of-Way Preservation
•Intermodal yard capacity
•Track and bridge upgrades
Regional and Short-Line SecondaryFeeder System•286K-compliant
•Intermodal facilities
•Track and bridge upgrades
•Highway/Rail Crossings
Economic/Business Development Connections•Strategic siding locations
National Focus: TIGER INational Focus: TIGER I
• Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grant program
• Top three awards were rail projects1. Norfolk Southern Crescent Corridor
Intermodal Freight Rail Project -- $105 million
2. CREATE Program Projects, Illinois -- $100 million
3. CSX National Gateway Freight Rail Corridor -- $98 million
Benefits of Freight Benefits of Freight InvestmentInvestment
Economic- Every $1 freight-rail infrastructure investment yields a $3 return (AAR)
- Freight rail employs more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians, with the potential for thousands more
Environmental- A freight train can haul a ton of freight 457 miles on one gallon of fuel
- If just 10 percent of highway long-distance freight switched to rail, national fuel savings would exceed one billion gallons a year and annual greenhouse gas emissions would fall by some 12 million tons.
System Preservation- a single intermodal train can haul the equivalent of 280 trucks (AAR)- less highway maintenance costs, fewer accidents
CSX National GatewayCSX National GatewayAn $842 million public‐private
partnership that will upgrade tracks, equipment and facilities, and provide
double‐stack clearance.
CSX estimates that Pennsylvania will see more than $650 million in public benefits:
• 250,000-ton CO2-emissions reduction;
• New intermodal terminals in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh;
• Freight from nearly one million trucks shifted to the railway, saving more than $40 million in highway-maintenance costs; and
• $35 million savings in logistics costs.
Norfolk Southern Crescent Norfolk Southern Crescent CorridorCorridor
Project includes straightened curves, added passing tracks, improved signal systems and new terminals. Norfolk Southern estimates Pennsylvania will annually see:
• 651,000 long‐haul trucks diverted to rail;
• 10.5 million gallons of fuel saved;
• 116,000 tons CO2 reduction;
• more than $35 million in traffic congestion savings;
• estimated $9 million in accident cost avoidance; and
• 26,000 jobs created or enhanced over the next 10 years.
Crescent Corridor, Parallel Crescent Corridor, Parallel InterstatesInterstates
21
Interstate Highways
NS Rail Lines
New Intermodal Terminals
Expanded Intermodal Terminals
Other Crescent-Served Terminals
The East’s most comprehensive public-private partnership to
improve rail-freight transportation
•300 miles of new passing track and double track when fully developed
•New or expanded terminals in 11 markets
•$2.5 billion in new investments through full corridor development as early as 2021 depending on matching public funds
More domestic shipping options
•2,500 mile network from New Jersey to Louisiana parallels Interstates 20,40, 59, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 85 and 95
•Most-direct intermodal rail route between the Northeast and South
651,000 Annual Trucks Diverted 10.5 Million Gallons of Fuel Saved 116,000 Tons Reduced Tons of CO2
$7.1 Million Pavement Savings $35.6 Million Congestion Savings $9 Million Safety Savings $177 Million Logistics Savings
583,000Fewer Trucks
7,000 Fewer Trucks
335,000 Fewer Trucks
99,000 Fewer Trucks
1,100 Fewer Trucks
62,000 Fewer Trucks
125,000 Fewer Trucks
5/3/10
*Public benefits derived from Cambridge Systematics analysis
Crescent Corridor
Thank youThank you
Contact: Eric Madden – [email protected]
Pennsylvania State Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail Plan