1. Critical Commerce Corridors

2. The World is Changing
Lincoln Highway, 1927

3. Lincoln Highway, 2000

4. 1939 New York World’s Fair
Futurama depicted the vision in 1960.

5. Post WW-II US Highways

6. Federal Highway Act, 1956 Two-12 ft lanes in each direction
50 to 70 mph speed
No intersections
No rail crossings
Pay with fuel taxes

7. Monuments of the Millennium (ASCE Award, 2000)

8. Interstates of the Past
Under capacity

9. Increased to Capacity From 1975 to 2000
Average Annual Daily Traffic + 225%
Average Annual Heavy Truck Traffic +550%

10. Today

11. 1998 Freight – (15 Billion Tons, $9 Trillion)
National summary of freight by tons and value moved by each of the modes for 1998;
This is only domestic movements, and international shipments represent another 10% of total U.S. freight activity.
Truck is the largest mode in the United States, as this figure includes not only the intercity movements, but also the local and regional activities. The other modes, while important, are dominated by truck volumes, especially in the local or shorter regional markets.
For the other modes, rail and water handle bulk products, which are quite heavy, but generally less expensive on a per ton basis.
Air shipments, while carrying small total tonnages compared to the other modes, do carry higher valued products.

12. Truck Volumes 1998

13. FHWA Freight Forecasts – 1998, 2010, 2020

14. Truck Volumes 2008

15. Truck Volumes 2035

16. Congestion 2002

17. Congestion Projection 2035

18. CHANGE (video)

19. THE QUESTION . . .
In 2040
How will we move people in this country?

20. In
How will we move goods in this country?

21. IN 2040
How will be pay for it?

23. Vision of Transportation in 2040
Interstate transportation corridors
Highway
Truck only lanes
High speed rail
Tying into
Water Ports
Airports
Intra-city transportation

27. Freight Transportation
Freight Transportation Companies
Not rail
Not truck
Not water
Containerization of domestic freight

28. Critical Commerce Corridors
3C Network

29. Financing
Future of fuel tax??
Usage fees

30. 2040’s ??

31. 2040
The Future
It's ours to make!