Regional Freight Planningin Baltimore

Jocelyn Jones

Baltimore Metropolitan Council

410/732-0500, x1049

jjones@baltometro.org

March 21, 2001

Overview About Baltimore

Freight Movement Task Force

Useful Resources

About Baltimore

Five counties & Baltimore City

Major interstates: I-70, I-95, I-83

Port of Baltimore (POB)

BWI Airport

Railroads: CSX, NS, shortlines

Freight Movement Task Force Established in 1994

Incorporates freight issues into the MPO planning process

Four meetings per year

Private sector chair & vice-chair

Task Force Fact Sheet FREIGHT MOVEMENT TASK FORCE An Advisory Committee of the Baltimore Metropolitan Planning Organization

Purpose Provide the freight movement community with a voice in the regional

transportation planning process by: Improving communication and information/technology among public

and private sector freight movement interests. Identifying short-term impediments and recommending improvements

for the efficient, effective, environmentally-sensitive, and safe movement of freight.

Providing input into the allocation of long-term transportation resources.

Participants Trucking firms, railroad operators, port operators, airport operator, freight shippers and receivers, local and national interest groups, economic development organizations, academicians, Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland State Police, U.S. Department of Transportation, and Baltimore Metropolitan Council.

Products Meetings: Occur quarterly for presentations, discussions, and decision-making.

Reports: Freight Mobility Issues and Recommendations for the 1998 Long Range Plan, Quarterly Freight Activity Newsletter.

Subcommittee on Truck Parking: Worked with the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop new truck stop signs and revise truckers’ map.

Geographic Area

The Baltimore metropolitan area includes Baltimore City, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties (2.4 million population, 1.4 million jobs). Relevant issues outside of the area are also examined, as appropriate.

Chair Vice-Chair

Robert Utz, Director of Logistics, McCormick & Company, Inc. vacant

Contact Jocelyn Jones, Transportation Planner, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 410/732-0500, ext. 1049; fax: 410/732-6522; email: jjones@baltometro.org.

Recent Meeting Topics Airport: air cargo & passenger

growth, Fed Ex tour Port: dredging, terminal

operations Rail: Conrail merger, state rail

plan Consultant perspective on

international & regional issues

Woodrow Wilson Bridge status

Task Force Activities

Operational Focus

Truck Parking Subcommittee

Freight Trends

Intermodal Connectors

Truck Parking Subcommittee Safety issue: Trucks park along

highway shoulders and vehicles occasionally run into the back of them.

Is there a need for more truck parking spaces along I-95?

Major participants: state police, private truck stop operators (TSOs), two truck associations, MD DOT & modal administrations

Key point: subcommittee chair had relationships with chair of TSO council and state police

Truck Parking Subcommittee (cont’d)

Truck Parking Subcommittee (cont’d) Information collected:

Interviews with TSOs revealed that spaces are available TSOs identified spaces available at various times of day State police identified where trucks park on shoulders

Truck Parking Subcommittee (cont’d) Information collected (cont’d):

Many big signs advertise rest areas, few little signs advertise TSOs

State’s truckers map was outdated, difficult to get, & cost $1

Truck Parking Subcommittee (cont’d) Recommendations:

New signs related to truck stops

Revise truckers map, improve distribution, & offer for free

Review enforcement practices, if no change takes place

Freight Trends MARYLAND MOVES

A quarterly fact sheet highlighting freight movement activities in the Baltimore region

First Quarter 2000 (Jan - Mar)

AIRPORTS PORT OF BALTIMOREBWI Metric Tons

1st Qtr. 00% Chng.

1st Qtr. 99Short Tons

4th Qtr. 99% Chng.

4th Qtr. 98 YTD 1999

Mail 9,586 -12.6% Total Cargo 5,850,164 -5.4% 22,964,602 Imports 3,942,909 -1.6% 15,501,991

Freight 47,945 5.8% Exports 1,907,255 -12.4% 7,462,611 Domestic 44,998 6.5% International 2,948 -3.4% Bulk Cargo 4,545,970 -8.0% 17,579,445

General Cargo 1,304,194 4.8% 5,385,157

Regional Comparison BWI IAD DCA

Value (Thousands of Dollars) 4th Qtr. 99

% Chng. 4th Qtr. 98 YTD 1999

Mail 29.2% 48.6% 22.2% Total Value $4,708,405 1.8% $19,288,632Freight 37.5% 61.1% 1.4% Imports $3,511,289 15.7% $14,039,332

Exports $1,197,116 -24.7% $5,249,300BWI is Baltimore-Washington International AirportIAD is Dulles International Airport Bulk Cargo $320,201 -15.3% $1,385,108DCA is Reagan Washington National Airport General Cargo $4,388,204 3.4% $17,903,524

Source: Maryland Aviation Administration Port data lags by one quarter.

Source: Maryland Port Administration

RAILROADS TRUCKINGCarloads

1st Qtr. 00% Chng.

1st Qtr. 99Total Vehicles & % Truck Activity 1st Qtr. 00

% Chng. 1st Qtr. 99

Canton 1,639 -11.7% Hatem Bridge * 2,052,502 -3.4%CSXT * 1,335,797 15.7% % Truck Activity 4.9% 6.9%Maryland Midland 2,179 37.9% Bay Bridge * 4,742,976 2.4%Norfolk Southern * 1,178,196 41.4% % Truck Activity 9.8% -4.1%P atapsco & Back Rivers 27,596 10.9% Key Bridge 2,523,351 1.1%

% Truck Activity 9.9% 6.5%Intermodal Units % Chng. Harbor Tunnel 5,442,016 6.6%

1st Qtr. 00 1st Qtr. 99 % Truck Activity 3.7% 2.1%CSXT * 509,254 109.4% Fort McHenry Tunnel 9,462,440 4.7%Norfolk Southern * 511,787 43.4% % Truck Activity 10.6% 2.1%

JFK Memorial Hw y. * 5,937,544 2.8%* Figures are systemw ide and not limited to the Baltimore area. % Truck Activity 16.1% 4.1%Intermodal Units include trailers and containers.Effective June 1999, CSX & NS began operating Conrail lines. * Tw o-w ay volumes are estimated by doubling one-w ay traff ic counts.

Truck activity includes heavy commercial vehicles w ith 3+ axles.Sources: Association of American Railroads, Canton Railroad, Maryland Midland Railw ay, and Patapsco & Back Rivers Railroad Source: Maryland Transportation Authority

Prepared by the Freight Movement Task Force, a committee of the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board

For more information, contact Jocelyn Jones, 410/732-0500, ext. 1049, or jjones@baltometro.org

Intermodal Connectors

March Workshop to identify potential improvements on connectors and other local roads

Invitees: truck, rail, port, air cargo, econ. dev., & public works reps; intermodal terminal mgrs; logistics mgrs; TSOs

Intermodal Connectors

Participants are asked to identify improvements in advance of workshop, develop prioritization criteria, encouraged to participate in site visits

Improvements on intermodal connectors are reviewed by consultant, local public works to review others

Useful Resources

Connect with peers: mailing lists, attend meetings

Publications: Traffic World, modal newsletters/magazines

Other Groups: Council of Logistics Management, Traffic Club

Site Visits Training: Building the Partnership