National Freight Advisory Committee DEC 9, 2013 UPDATE

National Freight Advisory Committee -NFAC

Six NFAC Subcommittees  Project Delivery & Operations  Research, Innovation, and Technology  International Freight Strategies and Operations  Safety and Environment  First & Last Mile  International

USDOT Freight Policy Council – Members  Deputy Secretary  Under Secretary and two Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Transportation Policy  Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs  Deputy Administer FAA  Deputy Administer FHWA  Administrator FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator)  Deputy Administrator FRA  Deputy Administrator MARAD  Acting General Counsel, CFO & Assistant Secretary for Budget & Programs  Deputy Administrator for Research & Innovation  Deputy Administrator PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)  Deputy Administrator SLS (??)

US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  Six month committee findings  Improving the Nations Freight Transportation System – findings of Special panel on 21 st Century Freight Transportation.  Bipartisan agreement  Freight corridors & intermodal connectors  First & Last mile  New Revenue needed

Dec – Feb Meetings  Dec 6 – Canadian Freight Investments and the impact on US Ports – Tay Yoshitani Texas Transportation Institute –Border Challenges and Impacts – Juan Villa FHWA Gateways and Corridor Concepts - Travis Black, FHWA Office of Planning  Dec 20 – Strategies to improve Intermodal IANA, CSX Baltimore, Soy Transportation Adoption of SWOT (Successes, Weakness, Opportunities & Threats)   Jan 3 - Multistate Projects How to encourage collaboration Lessons learned from successful & less than successful projects 

Dec – Feb Meetings  Jan 9 – Possible second shutdown.  Jan 9-10 – Face to Face meeting – Chicago Create and Joliet BNSF Intermodal Facility Draft Recommendations for Feb NFAC Meeting (First & Last Mile committee may join)  Next Full NFAC Meeting February – (Unless we have another shutdown)  Timeline for Recommendations: May 2014  Implementation after Recommendations - (What & How)

Washington Freight Advisory Committee – WFAC Work done thus far  Advise the Washington State Freight Plan, The Washington Transportation Plan & develop a resource manual for policy makers at the state and federal level.  Committee discussions have focused on freight trends and policy deficiencies at the State and Federal level that negatively impact freight movement. Members perspectives created the foundation of report  Key at-grade rail crossings have been identified – we are still trying to develop a phased priority list.  International border issues have been discussed and included

Work completed thus far  Agriculture, manufacturing/assembly have brought their issues forward  Tribal and retail/wholesale freight movements were discussed last meeting and the committee needs to review the summary in our draft  Today’s meeting will focus on Sea Ports, Airports, and River Commerce  We have received the unreviewed data of potential freight projects for our inventory from WSDOT, local governments and port stakeholders.  We are working with modal stakeholders to determine priorities and identify potential missing links.  Once we have the list vetted and revised we will bring the draft list to the committee  At a future meeting we will develop a final inventory of our state and local freight projects to be included in the State Freight Plan

Why the inventory is important  Planning: Under the Federal-aid program, FHWA does not select or prioritize projects. All projects, including those that are freight-focused and freight-related, must originate in the State and MPO’s planning process.  We have received 140 local project submissions  in Easter Washington  78 are from PSRC 30 from Seattle  Some duplicates exist, vetting will help determine freight value  WSDOT is drilling down to specific projects vs milepost to milepost designations

Future Meeting(s)  What elements haven’t we included?  Environmental Perspective to be solicited and discussed  Final inventory recommendation for this initial round  Final report recommendation vote