# Presentation: 672017

## Financing Freight Transportation Improvements:

**Financing Freight Transportation Improvements:**
**Exploring Future Options _________________________________________**
**U. S. Department of Transportation Conference**
**April 30, 2001**
**_____________________________**
**Randy Evans**
**Vice President**
**Real Estate & Industrial Development**
**CSX Transportation**

## I-95 Corridor CoalitionMid-Atlantic Rail Operations Study —An Integrated Strategy to EliminateChoke Points

***I-95 Corridor Coalition******Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Study —******An Integrated Strategy to Eliminate******Choke Points***

***U.S. Department of Transportation***
***Conference***
***St. Louis, MO***
***April 30, 2001***

## Project Objective

**Develop a short-term rail investment program for the Mid-Atlantic transportation corridor (Virginia through New Jersey) that will – **
**Eliminate key rail choke points**
**Increase rail-freight and rail-passenger service capacity **
**Relieve congestion on the rail, highway, and air systems**

## Project Participants

**Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern**
**Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey**
**I-95 Corridor Coalition**

## Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail Service CSX

## Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail Service Norfolk Southern

## Mid-Atlantic Corridor Rail ServiceAmtrak

## Mid-Atlantic CorridorCSX, NS, and Amtrak Rail Service

***Mid-Atlantic Corridor******CSX, NS, and Amtrak Rail Service***

## Mid-Atlantic CorridorMajor Highways

***Mid-Atlantic Corridor******Major Highways***

## Issue:  Do Rail and Truck Have the Capacity to Handle the Growing Volume of Freight?

***Issue:  Do Rail and Truck Have the Capacity to Handle the Growing Volume of Freight?***

*Source:  FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data and WEFA forecasts*

**2020**
**Additional Truck Tons**

**2020**
**Additional Rail Tons**

**2000**
**Truck Tons**

**2000**
**Rail Tons**

**Truck and Rail ****Volume 2000**

**Truck and Rail ****Volume 2020**

## Freight Growth, 2000-2020Regional growth rates (all modes, all commodities), andHighway links with highest growth rates (truck freight density in tons)

**West Region 100%**

**South Region 89%**

**Northeast Region 79%**

**Central Region 89%**

***Freight Growth, 2000-2020******Regional growth rates (all modes, all commodities), and******Highway links with highest growth rates (truck freight density in tons)***

*Source:  FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data and WEFA forecasts*

- Mid-Atlantic Corridor

## Rail Freight Flows, 2000All commodities; rail freight density in tons

***Rail Freight Flows, 2000******All commodities; rail freight density in tons***

*Source:  FHWA , MMFAF Project, based on Reebie Associates data*

- Mid-Atlantic Corridor

## Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues

**Congested rail traffic because of increasing**** demand**** for freight, Amtrak, and commuter-rail services, resulting in inefficiencies for the railroad operators and unreliable services for shippers and the traveling public**
**Lack of north-south ****doublestack service**** along Mid-Atlantic/I-95 corridor generally and at specific locations like Baltimore and Wilmington where low tunnels, bridges, or catenary wires block double-stack rail access to the ports**
**Inability to accommodate modern, higher**** railcars**** introduced by domestic shippers and heavier marine intermodal**** containers**** being used by international shippers**

## Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues (continued)

**Differences in allowable**** speeds ****and**** weight limits**** between passenger and freight rail operations, resulting in inefficient use of shared rail rights-of-way**
**Need for new or improved track to accommodate ****high-speed passenger rail service**** between Washington, DC and Richmond**
**Limited ability to route around ****construction ****and**** accidents****, particularly on segments of the corridor with only two tracks**
**Limited capacity at intermodal freight and passenger rail ****terminals**** along the corridor, and congested landside access to many of the terminals**

## Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor Issues (continued)

**Need for improved safety at highway-rail ****at-grade crossings**
**Limited ****real-time**** ****information**** on freight and passenger rail operations in the corridor, and**
**Limited ****information-system links**** for sharing operational and other data among the three railroads **

## Project Tasks

**Demand Estimates (2000, 2010, 2020)  **
**Choke Points Analysis and Actions**
**Physical infrastructure, information systems, operations and scheduling practices, business agreements, and regulatory requirements**
**System Strategies (packages of actions to address choke points)**
**Benefit, Cost, and Impact Assessment**
**Program Development**

## Mid-Atlantic Corridor Choke PointsLevels of Analysis

***Mid-Atlantic Corridor Choke Points******Levels of Analysis***

***Lane Performance (Trip, Shipment)***

***Network Performance (System)***

***Segment Performance (Choke Point)***

***Segment Performance (Clusters of Choke Points)***

## Products

**Program**** recommendations for action by the railroads, the states, the I-95 Corridor Coalition, the US DOT, and Congress**
**Report**** documenting issues and opportunities**
**Briefings**** and presentation materials**

## I-95 Corridor Coalition Opportunities

**Advance coordination among Amtrak, CSX, and ****Norfolk Southern**
**Identify corridor-wide rail transportation needs and opportunities, including commuter rail issues**
**Accelerate application of ITS and advanced rail technologies**
**Identify costs, benefits, and related impacts **
**Investigate innovative approaches to financing and constructing new capacity**
**Provide new forum and develop public-private partnerships**

## Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts

***Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts***

**Coalition**
**Gene Donaldson/****I-95 Corridor Coalition**
***	******GDonaldson@mail.dot. state.de.us***
**Marygrace Parker/****I-95 Corridor Coalition**
**	*****Marygrace_Parker @thruway.state.ny.us***** **
**I-95 Coalition Web Site**
**	*****www.i95coalition.org/ projects/marop.html***

**Railroads**
**John Bennett/Amtrak**
***BennettJ@amtrak.com***
**Rick Crawford/NS**
***Rick.Crawford@nscorp.******com***
**Randy Evans/CSX**
***Randy_Evans@csx.com***

## Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts(continued) 

***Mid-Atlantic Rail Operations Project Contacts******(continued)****** ***

**New Jersey**
**Ted Matthews/NJDOT**
***	******TheodoreMatthews@ dot.state.nj.us***
**John Powers/NJDOT**
***	******JohnPowers@ dot.state.nj.us***
**Pennsylvania**
**Edwin (Ran) Marshall/PennDOT**
***	******EMarsha@     dot.state.pa.us***

**Delaware**
**Mike Kirkpatrick/DelDOT    *****	***
***	******MKirkpatrick@ mail.dot.state.de.us ***
**Maryland**
**Dave Ganovski/MdDOT**
***	******DGanovski@ mdot.state.md.us***
**Virginia**
**George Conner/VADRPT**
***	******GConner@ drpt.state.va.us*** ** **