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LET’S CREATE CAPACITY NOW! Houston Trucking Update

May 14, 2018Houston, Texas

Brian L. FielkowCEO, Jetco Delivery

Source: ATATires

Regulations

EquipmentFuel

Drivers

Barriers to entry are rising!

Insurance

Cost Pressure

UNDERSTANDING THE CAPACITY CRUNCH


The Driver Shortage


The ELD Mandate


The Resin Boom is building

LET’S CREATE CAPACITY NOW!

Driver Retention

➢ Treatment

➢ Pay Increases

➢ Quality of Life

➢ Technology

Utilize Extended Hours


Port Houston has done its

part

Truckers will use late hours

Shipper consignee

hours

?


✓ Correct cargo description

✓ Correct dims (flatrack or crate dims included?)

✓ Proper hazmat documentation

✓ Main contact and backup

✓ Correct and complete pick up numbers

✓ Is cargo ready when professional driver arrives? Waiting time —> no one wins!

✓ Declare cargo value if you desire coverage above published limits

✓ Schedule vs Appointment

ELIMINATE ERRORS… ELIMINATE WASTE…CREATE CAPACITY

MYTH: In Texas, you can not legally load a 40’ container with more than 46,000# cargo

FACT: We can legally haul over 54,000# in a 40’ container

Permits, routes and proper equipment required

LET’S CREATE CAPACITY

MAXIMIZE CARGO WEIGHTS

The law provides for:

• Sealed intermodal containers only

• Must be used for international travel

• No hazmat; no flatracks; no open tops; no break-bulk. Continue to buy trip permits for indivisible loads.

• 6-axle configuration at 93,000 pounds GVW (3-axle truck + 3-axle chassis)

• 7-axle configuration at 100,000 pounds GVW (4-axle truck + 3-axle chassis)

• No interstate travel; TX Dot authorized routes only

• Transport must begin or end at a port of entry

• A county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico (or bay/inlet)

• Transport is limited to a 30-mile radius of the port of entry


THE NEW TEXAS HEAVY WEIGHT CONTAINER LAW

➢ Permit cost

➢ Capital cost

➢ Lack of available equipment

➢ Is the extra payload worth the additional cost?


ISSUES WITH THE NEW LAW

THANK YOU!

Brian FielkowCEO, Jetco Delivery

713.676.1111

[email protected]

jetcodelivery.com

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.drivingtoperfection.com/

Texas Freight Mobility Plan 2017 May 14, 2018

TEXAS FREIGHTMOBILITY PLAN 2017Greater Houston Freight Committee

May 14, 2018


Texas Freight Advisory Committee

TxFAC plays a critical role in TxDOT Freight Planning activities:

▪ Advise TxDOT on freight issues, priorities, projects and funding needs

for freight improvements

▪ Elevate freight transportation as a critical component of the state’s

economic vitality and competitiveness.

▪ Ensure the participation of private sector freight stakeholders in

TxDOT’s transportation planning process

▪ Ensure that freight transportation needs are addressed and private

sector freight stakeholders are included in TxDOT’s transportation

planning, programming, investments, and implementation processes

▪ Provide input into the development of the Statewide Freight Plan

▪ Help TxDOT identify and target freight investments

▪ Assist TxDOT in prioritizing freight investments by identifying high

priority and strategic freight transportation projects that facilitate

safe and efficient movement of freight throughout the state

▪ Develop TxDOT’s Freight Transportation Action Items on Key Freight

Issues

2

TxFAC Makeup

• 24 Members and 12 Ex-Officio Members

• All modes of freight transportation

• Elected officials

• Representatives from public and private

sector freight agencies, businesses, and

governmental units

Next Meeting – May 31 at Houston TranStar


Freight Plan Development Process

3

Stakeholder Meetings

7 TxFAC meetings

23 stakeholder workshops in 12 cities

3 MPO webinars plus individual meetings

2 TxDOT District Webinars

Meetings with railroad, ports, and border regions

Coordination with neighboring states

TxFAC KEY ROLE (Review, Revise, Approve)

▪ Goals & Objectives

▪ Needs and Challenges

▪ Texas Highway Freight Network

▪ Critical Urban and Rural Corridors

▪ Current Conditions

▪ Future Conditions

▪ Texas Highway Freight Network Designation

Workshops (Round 1)

▪ Modal Challenges

▪ Identification and Verification of Trends

Surveys and Interviews (March - June)

▪ Texas Highway Freight Network Designation

▪ Critical Urban Freight Corridor Designation

▪ Verification of Data and Trends

Webinars with MPOs and Districts

▪ Performance Measures

▪ Project Prioritization

▪ Key Policies

▪ Final Freight Plan

▪ Critical Rural Freight Corridors

▪ Needs Assessment Criteria

▪ Project Selection and Prioritization Criteria

Workshops (Round 2)


Truck Multimodal Freight Network

4

Texas Multimodal Freight Network

• Designated by TxDOT and TxFAC

• No mileage constrained

• Designation approach:

• Data-driven with latest available and vetted

data

• Stakeholder-informed process:

• TxFAC

• Stakeholder workshops

• MPO and TxDOT District webinars

• Meetings with private sector and modal

stakeholders

• Transparency of criteria, data sources, and

analytical processes

• Replicable process facilitated by a common

framework that utilizes GIS-based tools and data.


2017 Texas Freight Mobility Plan

5

Economic

Competitiveness

Multimodal

Connectivity

Mobility and

Reliability

Key Plan Goals

Safety and

Security

Sustainable

Funding

Asset

Preservation

Purpose: Facilitate continued economic growth through

multimodal transportation investment strategies for efficient

movement of goods throughout Texas


Texas Freight Volumes Growing

6

Texas Freight Tonnage by ModeFreight is projected to grow significantly across all modes and investment needs to keep pace to

accommodate current and future demand.

Texas Freight Mobility Plan 2017 May 14, 2018 7

Truck Flows From Houston to the Rest of the Nation


Truck Flows From Houston to the Rest of the Nation


Truck Congestion on Texas Highways Cost $5 Billion

9

Cost of Truck Congestion

to Industry

$1 Billion

2013

$5 Billion

2016

Texas has 6 of the nation’s

Top 25 Freight Bottlenecks

Congestion: 2045


Truck Congestion on Texas Highways Cost $5 Billion Annually

10

2016 to 2045

Major increase in tonnage

along future I-69 Corridor

US 259 tonnage shown will

presumably shift to I-69

This corridor may grow from

10-25 million tons to up to

100 million tons by 2045

Key access to / from

Gulf ports

2016 2045


Texas’ NAFTA Trade Projected to Grow Significantly

11


Factors Driving Freight Growth in Texas

12


The Freight Plan Identifies

Broad policy recommendations to enhance

comprehensive freight planning

13

▪ Regulatory

▪ Institutional

▪ TxDOT internal processes

▪ External programs

▪ Under development

▪ Strategic projects

Policies

Programs

Projects

Programs and initiatives that can be undertaken

to achieve policy goals

Infrastructure investments that support policy

goals and improve freight movement in Texas


10-Year Unconstrained Freight Investment Plan

14


10-Year Unconstrained Freight Investment Plan

15

Project Type # Projects

Alternate Routes 47

Asset Preservation 36

Mobility and Reliability 116

Safety 32

Technology 18

Total: 249

Alternate

Routes

$2.858

Safey

$0.030

Technology

$0.093

Asset

Preservation

$0.275

Mobility

Reliability

$7.459

Total Project Cost

$10.8 BillionHouston District


5-Year Constrained Freight Investment Plan

16

Distribution of Project Costs by Project Type

The 5 Year FIP contains projects covering 40% of the THFN

YearNumber

of Projects

Cost

Estimate

2016 7 $0.08 B

2017 10 $0.43 B

2018 214 $2.18 B

2019 183 $2.35 B

2020 101 $2.46 B

Total: 515 $7.45 B

66%

23%

8%

2%

<1%

Mobility & Reliability

Alternate Routes

Asset Preservation

Safety

Technology


5-Year Constrained Freight Investment Plan

17

Project Type # Projects

Alternate Routes 7

Asset Preservation 2

Mobility and Reliability 11

Safety 2

Technology 2

Total: 24

Total Project Cost

$892 MillionHouston District

Alternate

Routes

$192

Safety

$3

Asset

Preservation

$24

Technology

$10

Mobility

Reliability

$663


What’s Next for TxDOT Freight?

▪ Evaluate Infrastructure and Policy Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Autonomous Trucks and Truck

Platooning on the Texas Highway Infrastructure

▪ Statewide Traffic/Incident Management System to integrate existing regional TMCs

▪ Texas Triangle Connected Freight Corridors

▪ I-10 Connected Freight Corridor

▪ Texas Freight Mobility Plan 2022

▪ What’s next, next? Come talk to us.

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2018

Q1

2018

Q2

2018

Q3

2018

Q4

2019

Q1

2019

Q2

2019

Q3

2019

Q4

2020

Q1

2020

Q2

2020

Q3

2020

Q4

Freight Plan

Truck Parking Study

Freight Centric Design Guide

Freight Technology / Operations Plan

Freight Planning Training Material

Freight Data Business Plan

Regional Freight Studies


www.movetexasfreight.com

Caroline A Mays, AICPDirector

Freight and International Trade Section

Phone: 512-936-0904

Email: [email protected]

Questions?

Casey WellsFreight Planner

Freight and International Trade Section

Phone: 512-936-0950

Email: [email protected]

Ports Area Mobility Study

Study Background

▪ Recommendation from 2012 HGAC

Regional Goods Movement Study to

directly connect the region’s ports

with emerging markets in the region

and all points beyond.

▪ Consideration of other issues:

• Diverting freight flow away from

congested urban core

• Changes in commodity flows (e.g.

foreign crude oil imports versus domestic

production)

• Panama canal expansion

• Growth in chemical manufacturing

Study Objectives

▪ Identify freight and goods supply chains that are dependent

upon on the region’s port facilities

▪ Identify improvements to better facilitate port related freight

mobility:

• Infrastructure and facilities

• Multimodal improvements

• Operational strategies

• Policy-level changes

Study Activities

▪ Port profiles (complete)

▪Data gathering and analysis

• Trade and Cargo flow (complete)

• Truck Counts (complete)

• ATRI Truck GPS (complete)

• Truck driver surveys (complete)

▪ Supply Chain Analysis (on-going)

▪ Improvements/project identification, assessment, prioritization

(on-going)

Status

▪Delays in Transearch data acquisition have impacted

• Supply Chain Analysis

• Growth and future volumes

▪ Both tasks under way

▪Assessing improvements to better facilitate port related freight

mobility:

• Infrastructure and facilities

• Multimodal improvements

• Operational strategies

• Policy-level changes

Example of an Operational Strategy

▪Container “Logistics”

▪ Both import and exports

carried in steel boxes called

containers

▪ Empty containers need to be

returned to port terminals or

collected from port terminals

▪What can be done to reduce

truck trips carrying empty

containers?

Example of an Operational Strategy

▪ Road network and port system accommodate unproductive

truck movement

▪ 59% of truck visits at one Houston container terminal have

only one gate transaction

▪ 44% of transactions involve a container carrying fresh air

29%

26%

23%

21%

1%

Gate Transactions by Type

RE = receive export

DI = deliver import

DM = deliver Mty

RM = receive Mty

DC = deliver chassis

41%

59%

Truck Visits by Gate Transactions

Truck Visits with 2Gate Transactions

Truck visits with 1Gate Transaction

Average Transactions per Truck Visit -1.4

Truck Characteristics

▪ Truck count information also

indicates substantial number

of truck trips with tractor unit

only or empty dray chassis

▪ 7,661 truck trips in 24 hour

period

42%

16%

13%

10%

19%

40 ft Container 20 ft Container

Empty Container Chassis Tractor Unit Only

Other

Container moves1 x Import to Walmart1 x Export from Plantgistix4 truck trips • 2 carrying cargo• 2 carrying fresh air• 59 truck miles

Existing Situation

Solution

▪ Better manage container transactions

▪ Dilemma affecting container terminals (not just Houston area)

▪ Solutions include

• Street turn (containers transferred between parties outside the port)

• Virtual container yard (manage container movements through IT solution)

▪ Study in Southern California found truckers informally doing street turns on 2% of empty

containers in the port.

▪ It happens in Houston – but lack of data to understand scale

▪ Challenges

• Lack of knowledge about where containers are

• Administration

• Container size, type

• Different shipping lines – export v import

• Who co-ordinates?

Container moves1 x Import to WalmartEmpty container fromWalmart taken toPlantgistix1 x Export from Plantgistix3 truck trips • 2 carrying cargo• 1 carrying fresh air• 36.5 truck miles

• 50% reduction of trips to the port terminal• 38% saving in truckmiles

“Street turn” Concept

Future Condition

Street Turn/ Virtual Container Yard

▪Many challenges but….

▪Unique situation in Bayport

• Concentration of

o Importers (Walmart/Ikea)

o Exporters (Plantgistix, Talke etc)

• Regular and sufficient volume of

container flows (both import and

export)

• Limited number of parties to co-

ordinate

Other Improvements

▪Also investigating other modes

• Container on barge

• Rail

• New technology e.g. Freight Shuttle

▪Highways

• Understanding port related truck origin & destinations

• Growth and changes to supply chains

Next Steps

▪Complete supply chain analyses

• Interviews with key shippers and receivers

▪Assessment of new transportation technology

▪ Initiating I-69 Bypass Benefit Cost Analysis

• TxDOT I-69 origin/destination study underway

▪Modelling

• Developing port truck trip calculator

• Volume and distribution of port related truck trips on the highway

• I-69 Bypass using H-GAC Travel Demand Model

Greater Houston Freight Committee

05/14/2018

Draft Call for Projects

2018 Call for Projects

▪ Schedule

▪General Rules

▪Online Application

▪ Pre Application (Registration)

▪Application Summary

2018 Call for Projects General Rules

▪Call open July 2- August 31, 2018

▪Online Application

▪ State, Local Govts, Public Ports,

Special Districts With Local Govt

Support

▪ Reimbursement Basis

▪Minimum of $500,000 Federal

Participation

▪ Final Project Selection by TPC

▪Major and Other Investments

Funds Available: approx. $1.2B

▪ Does not include:

• $323m reserved for on-going programs (Vanpool, Transtar, IMU,

Commute Solutions, Clean Vehicles, Planning, etc.)

• $600-700m reserved for future projects, cost increases

▪ Approx. 1/3 of funds available next five years, 2/3 available

last 5 years

2018 Call Estimated Available Funding

Call for Projects Process

MAJOR INVESTMENTS OTHER INVESTMENTS

Select Strategy

• Manage

• Maintain

• Expand

Select Investment Category

Address all Five RTP Goals

• Safety

• Congestion Relief

• State of Good Repair

• Economic Competitiveness

• Natural/Cultural Resources

Is the project > $100 million?

YES NO?

1. Submit Pre-Application

• Quantified Benefits – reduction in delay, crashes, VMT, emissions,

etc.

• Project Costs- local and federal

• Planning Factors: Description of other projects characteristics and

benefits

- Planning Factors will vary based on type of project -

2. Prepare Project Data

Call for Projects Process

Benefit/Cost Analysis: 50%

Planning Factors: 50%

3. SUBMIT APPLICATION

Upload Quantitative 200 Possible Points

4. CALCULATE PROJECT SCORE

RECOMMENDED PROJECTS !

5. EVALUATE PROJECT READINESS, FUNDING AVAILABILITY

6. REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS WITH PROJECT SPONSORS

Pre-Application Summary

▪ Sponsor Information

▪Addition Agency

▪ Title & Layman’s Description

▪ Location

▪ Funding Request Threshold

Application Summary – Major Investments

▪ Project Purpose and Need

▪ Project Readiness

▪ Location

▪ Project Budget

▪Quantitative BCA

▪ Planning Factors Narrative

▪ Benefit Costs Analysis

• Safety

• Efficiency

• State of Good Repair

• Environment/Resiliency

Major Investments Evaluation

▪ Planning Factors

• Regional Significance

• Design and Mobility

• Connectivity/Elimination of Gaps

• Advancement of All Five Goals

Narrative

Application Summary- Other Investments

▪ Investment Category

▪ Project Description

▪ Project Readiness

▪ Location

▪ Project Budget

▪ Quantitative BCA

▪ Planning Factors Narrative

2018 Call for Projects Application

• Project Description

• Project Location (Map in GIS or pdf)

• Project Budget

• Funding Request

• Project Phasing

• Project Readiness

• Safety, Delay and Differed Maintenance Benefits (in $)

Sponsor Responsibilities

2018 Call for Projects Application

H-GAC Responsibilities

▪ Safety, Delay and Life Cycle Cost Saving

calculation templates

▪ Historic 3-year Crash Data

▪ Crash Reduction Factors (TxDOT HSIP)

▪ H-GAC Travel Demand Model Data

▪ Multimodal LOS Analysis Resource

(Calculation Assistance)

▪ Environmental Justice Population Maps

▪ Greater Houston Freight System Map

▪ Evacuation Routes Map

▪ Employment Density Map

▪ Benefit Cost Ratio

▪ Planning Factors Score

▪ Project Ranking

Questions

▪Questions?

BUILD Discretionary Grants

▪ $1.5B Available for National Infrastructure Investments:

– $25M Grant Maximum

– $150M State Maximum

– 30% of funds are required to be awarded in rural areas

▪ Important Dates:

– Thursday May 24, 2018 – Webinar for all applicants

– Tuesday May 29, 2018 – Webinar for rural and tribal applicants

– Thursday May 31, 2018 – Webinar for benefit cost analysis prep

– All Webinars will take place from 2:00PM – 4:00PM EDT

▪ Details and Registration:

– https://www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants/outreach

▪ Submission Deadline:

– Thursday, July 19, 2018

https://www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants/outreach

BUILD Discretionary Grants

▪ Eligible Applicants Include:

– State, Local and Tribal Governments

– Transit Agencies, Port Authorities and MPO’s

– Joint Awards

▪ Projects Include:

– Road & Bridge

– Public Transportation

– Passenger and Freight Rail

– Port Infrastructure

– Intermodal

▪ Cost Sharing:

– Urban vs. Rural

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