Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 1 FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR MULTI-STATE/JURISDICTIONAL DECISION MAKING Christine Johnson, Director FHWA Operations Core Business Unit

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 2 Tuesday Charges  Yesterday we covered existing coalitions  Discussed the positive aspects and challenges for these arrangements.  Today we will explore future directions  I have some ideas to share  Be creative in your deliberations today  Remember the customer and the end to end focus.  Demands multi-jurisdictional, intermodal & public/private collaboration.

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 3 Public Sector (States, MPOs) Private Sector (Shippers, Carriers) Global National Regional Local Freight Transportation Perspectives State and MPO focus is regional and local; private sector focus is increasingly national and global

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 4 Highway Flows of International Freight Moving into and From the Port of Charleston

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 5 Future Directions  What should the future look like for Multi- State/Jurisdictional coalitions as we consider Reauthorization?  Continue Ad Hoc  Federal enabling of coalitions  Directing Creation of coalitions  Cross Cutting Issues  Intermodal focus for coalitions  Private and public investment in coalitions

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 6 Ad Hoc Coalitions  Encourage, support, and provide leadership for states and other transportation interests to continue ad hoc arrangements.  Support creation of multi-jurisdictional coalitions on a systematic basis.  Work with States and MPO’s to advance coalitions  Provide data/analytical support  Continue pooled fund arrangements with SPR.  Pro-actively create International Coalitions to address international trade/transportation issues

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 7 Ad Hoc Approach  Pros  Do not need congressional authority  Work within existing frameworks already understood  No new sources of funding required  No new institutional considerations  Cons  No specific funding provided  Difficulty in sustaining coalitions beyond planning phase  Increase in time to complete needed improvements

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 8 Enabling Coalitions  Creating Coalitions through partnering  Request Congressional enabling authority  Provide Seed Money for coalitions  Establish Coalitions with state and local stakeholders  Program guidelines from USDOT

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 9 Creating Coalitions  Pros  Create sustainable coalitions for project delivery  Funding provided to initiate activities  Institutionalize end to end perspective  Foster private/public partnerships  Facilitate timing of projects  Cons  Getting congressional authority and funding  State and local restrictions  New institutional relationships required  Public/private partnerships required

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 10 Multi-Jurisdictional Program  Directing the Creation & Funding of Multi- Jurisdictional Coalitions - Program  Analytically define legitimate, rational coalitions.  Coalitions would be authorized and funded by Congress  Private sector help in defining geography of coalitions.  Include international coalitions.  Consider innovative financing as well as traditional grant programs to multistate entities  Define roles of the coalitions in relationship to authorized state & local governments

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 11 Multi-Jurisdictional Program  Pro’s  Ongoing activities supported  Institutionalize end to end perspective  Building new partnerships  Matching natural flows  Con’s  Complex funding challenges  Overcoming Jurisdictional restrictions  Difficulty sustaining partnerships

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 12 Cross Cutting Issues

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 13 Intermodal Focus for Coalitions  Provide specific funding for multi- jurisdictional intermodal transportation planning and implementation  Combining rail, highway, air, and ports as appropriate to deliver an intermodal network  Overcoming funding issues among modes and public and private sector

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 14 Intermodal Focus  Pros  Ability to address end to end needs  Some of the plans would get built  Deliver the best transportation network to customers  Cons  Current Funding limitations  Jurisdictional issues across modes  State and local restrictions

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 15 Private and Public Investment  How should private and public sector funding be brought together?  Consider public investment in private sector facilities – calculate public benefits  Private and public sector merging funds to plan & implement decisions.  Engaging the private sector in the decision- making

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 16 Public and Private Investment  Pros  Ability to fund more improvements with cost sharing  Private sector perspective included  Positive impact on timing of projects  Cons  Can face state and local restrictions  Public funds viewed as having “strings” attached  Difficult to engage the private sector  Public sector timing is not compatible with private sector demands

Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations 17 Anything Goes