Multi-state Freight Planning in the Mid-America Freight Coalition Presented by Jason Bittner, Deputy Director National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE)
Mid-America Freight Coalition Operating since 2001-2002 Memorandum of Understanding Key Efforts to Date Regional Bottleneck Study Truck Parking Analysis Corridor Development Regional Authorization Positions Performance Impacts Information clearinghouse
Regional Freight Planning Effort Corridor Focus Regional Economic Health Uniformity and consistency Identify underutilized capacity Communications Executive Buy-in
WHAT ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS Continuous communications Customer service Identifying key regional commodity groups and champions Find commonalities and don’t get hung up on the differences