The Impact of the Louisiana Rail Infrastructure: A System Analysis and Plan

The objectives of this research are to work with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to obtain way bill data; provide an updated Geographic Information System mapping of rail infrastructure with associated freight flow data; provide the necessary updates to the 2015 state rail plan per the requirements of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA) of 2008; using waybill data, in conjunction with Implan, determine the current economic impact of rail in Louisiana and a benefit/cost analysis of potential future investments; outline the funding sources for rail including federal and state funding (including but not limited to USDOT, USDA, and DRA), and capital grant programs; identify areas with the potential to implement Public Private Partnerships; and identify corridors for investment that will maximize economic development opportunities, intermodal connectivity and improve the efficiency of Louisiana’s freight transportation system.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $149999
• Contract Numbers:

  1000290

  19-4SS

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245
• Project Managers:

  Zeringue, Kirk

• Performing Organizations:

  University of New Orleans

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  2000 Lakeshore Drive
  New Orelans, LA  United States  70148
• Principal Investigators:

  Stich, Bethany

• Start Date: 20181004
• Expected Completion Date: 20200103
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Commodity flow; Economic impacts; Financing; Freight transportation; Geographic information systems; Infrastructure; Investments; Mapping; Public private partnerships; Railroads; Waybills
• Identifier Terms: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01684538
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 1000290, 19-4SS
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 29 2018 9:46AM