1. Federal Railroad Administration Karen McClure, Economist karen.mcclure@dot.gov

3. Southeastern

4. Total 2008 Rail Freight: Tons STATEOriginateTerminateTraversing Alabama 44,988,178 54,104,547169,320,827 Arkansas 20,388,358 27,224,120163,396,378 Florida 46,397,368 69,611,29083,683,988 Georgia 38,976,862 83,519,393196,738,197 Kentucky 91,358,493 39,624,782269,612,230 Louisiana 41,880,089 42,774,666129,507,846 Mississippi 11,007,804 17,513,471119,231,922 North Carolina 13,333,312 58,654,206103,429,602 South Carolina 14,492,301 31,327,93176,007,961 Tennessee 23,368,923 41,358,750264,230,408 Virginia 45,262,425 77,162,396179,486,210 West Virginia 118,095,022 22,476,305214,355,442 TOTAL 509,499,135 565,351,8571,969,001,011

5. Cargo Oriented Development Cargo-Oriented Development (COD)– Government and business working together to improve freight mobility, encourage economic growth, and reduce total transportation costs to shippers and urban communities. Key Issues: Increase road capacity at highway-rail grade crossings, provide sufficient urban intermodal rail terminals with coordinated routes for short haul truck, fund short line railroad track improvements.

6. Potential Resources Section 130 Funding for Grade Crossings Short Line Tax Credit--Valued at $165M per year Expected legislation in 2012 to extend Tax Credit Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Loan Program Potentially powerful US DOT program whose value has never been realized 22 Loans over 15 years Grants Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair (Disaster Relief) Rail Line Relocation (RLR) TIGER Grants – Tiger I Total $1.5B--$269 for rail related projects – Tiger II Total $600 M—$166 M for rail related projects – Tiger III Total $511M--$134 M for rail related projects – TIGER IV Total $500M --TBD

7. FRA TOOLBOX The Intermodal Transportation and Inventory Cost Model (ITIC-IM): Analysis of long-haul freight movement: truck to rail modal diversion and the economic benefits of infrastructure investment or policy decisions. Evaluates alternative choices with regards to shipment size, modal choice, and cost. GradeDEC.Net: Online evaluation of the costs and benefits of highway-rail grade crossing infrastructure investments in terms of safety, environmental benefits, and changes in highway user travel time.