Mid America Freight Coalition Pooled Fund Program
The industries and farms of the Mississippi Valley region can compete in the marketplace only if their products can move reliably, safely and at reasonable cost to market. Growing congestion threatens the sustainability of this freight movement. The people of the region are dependent upon farms and industries for their livelihoods and their economic quality of life depends on the flow of goods to our markets. The Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition was created to protect and support the economic wellbeing of the industries, farms and people of the region by keeping the products of those industries, farms and people flowing to markets reliably, safely, and efficiently. The objective of this project are as follows: (1) Share information between agencies that will improve the understanding of freight issues and the management of freight services and facilities. (2) Reach out to and share ideas with private sector shippers and carriers on approaches to making freight flow more smoothly through the region. (3) Gather, analyze and share information on the movement of freight throughout the region with sister agencies and with private sector interests. (4) Define a system of regionally significant freight highway, rail and water corridors and facilities and establish performance expectations for those facilities that will guide their management and operations. (5) Evaluate, implement and operate technologies and other roadway appurtenances from a regional perspective and in a manner that supports the reliable, efficient and safe movement of freight. (6) Evaluate, implement and enforce traffic and vehicle regulations that promote the reliable, efficient and safe movement of freight. (7) Identify corridors or bottlenecks that frustrate the movement of freight and then taking actions, individually or as a group, to improve those corridors or bottlenecks. (8) Define and support national transportation policies that will support and improve the movement of freight in the region.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $1475000
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(156)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
501 High Street
Frankfort, KY United States 40622Wisconsin Department of Transportation
4802 Sheboygan Avenue
Madison, WI United States 53707Ohio Department of Transportation
Research Program
1980 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH United States 43223Missouri Department of Transportation
1617 Missouri Boulevard
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO United States 65102Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155Michigan Department of Transportation
Van Wagoner Building
425 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI United States 48909Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower State Office Building
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS United States 66603-3754Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010Indiana Department of Transportation
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204-2249Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL United States 62764 -
Project Managers:
Hanus, Lynn
- Start Date: 20120314
- Expected Completion Date: 20130930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 41937
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bottlenecks; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Traffic regulations; Transportation corridors
- Identifier Terms: Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition
- Uncontrolled Terms: Freight flow
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01560768
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(156)
- Files: RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 22 2015 1:03AM