Todd Long, P.E, P.T.O.E.Director of Planning

2010 Georgia Logistics Summit April 29, 2010

Statewide Freight & Logistics Plan

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• Georgia’s Freight Snapshot• Statewide Strategic Transportation Plan • GDOT’s Freight Planning Activities• Statewide Freight & Logistics Plan

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Source: GDOT’s Statewide Truck Lane Study

Georgia’s freight flowsare forecast to increase260% by the year 2035

Trucks currently carry86% of freight movingthrough Georgia

Truck traffic is growingtwice as fast as cartraffic

945 Million Tons

2.5 Billion Tons

20352004

GEORGIA FREIGHT FACTS

• Freight & transportation-related jobs account foralmost 15% of jobs in the state

• Georgia is home to six of the top 50 cargo carriers,including the world’s largest -- UPS

• Efficient transportation networks are a primary driverof business location decisions

• Cargo from Georgia is within two or less days of 80% ofthe nation’s commercial & industrial markets

Georgia is the major hub for freight movement in the Southeast

GEORGIA FREIGHT FACTS (CONT’D.)

FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS TASK FORCE

VISION

FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS TASK FORCE

MISSION

FOCUS ON FREIGHT & LOGISTICS

Commission for a New Georgia:Freight & Logistics Task Force

Investing in Tomorrow's Transportation Today (“IT3”): Freight Analysis

Statewide Freight and Logistics Plan

GEORGIA’S STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

:cost of fuel, wasted time, etc.

•Senate Bill 200 launched Georgia’s first statewide transportation “business case”

•Goal: “Inform and guide the overall public dialogue away from input-based methods of spending government funds to a new paradigm of results-based investments in public infrastructure to support economic growth”

GEORGIA’S STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN

•Plan does not favor “planes, trains or automobiles”; it favors performance per taxpayer dollar invested.

– Quantifies employers’ access to ‘talent pools’

– Identifies concept of reliable 30-45 minute commute area workers

– Emphasis on efficient and affordable freight movement

GEORGIA’S STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN

•Allocation of current & new resources

– Discusses limitations of current resources &what desired outcomes can be achieved with more revenue

– Four investment ‘portfolios’ based on availability & flexibility of resources

– Specific recommendation that any new revenues be strategically deployed & effectively governed

GEORGIA’S STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN

*Assumes current resources allocated primarily towards people mobility in metro Atlanta and rest of state, as reflected in Funding Level 1SOURCE: GRTA/ARC Travel Demand Model; Kimley-Horn; team analysis

Year 2030 outlook*

Metro Atlanta people mobility

Medium-sized city and rural area people mobility

▪ Medium-sized cities--at best--experience “Atlanta-like” or“Charlotte-like” levels of congestion…at worst, population& job growth choked off before that occurs

▪ Safety improves, but rural job center accessibility remainsunchanged (e.g., minimal investment in Governor’s RoadImprovement Program ”GRIP”)

FreightTransport

▪ Per capita congestion costs nearly double today’s levels

▪ Employment center talent pools 33% smaller than today

▪ Core transit system operating at 70% of current levels

▪ Xpress bus service & other transit systems cut or eliminated

▪ Economic upside (GDP & jobs) from port expansion is atrisk--despite investments in ‘last-mile’ connectivity

▪ Other growth opportunities may head to competitors (e.g.,Norfolk & NY/NJ) as our priority freight corridors see 60%peak increase without corresponding capacity investments

AT CURRENT TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT LEVELS:GEORGIA’S OUTLOOK IS GRIM

HOW GDOT SPENDS MOTOR FUEL DOLLARS

General Operations

28%

Debt Service33%

Local assistance for road repaving

7%

State Aid for local capacity

4%

Federal Aid Matching

28%

• Passed by the Legislature last week

• Creates 12 Special Tax Districts for transportation that followRegional Commission boundaries. No county within a District isallowed to “opt out”.

• In the general primary election in 2012, citizens will vote to levy aspecial District transportation tax to fund a specific list of projects

• Director of Planning will establish the criteria for a District’s list

• Each District will establish a Regional Transportation Roundtable,who will create, review, amend & approve their Districts’ list,working in collaboration with the Director of Planning

• The tax is levied for a 10-year term.

• Revenues invested in the District where the funds are collected.

“Transportation Investment Act of 2010”(Georgia House Bill 277)

• Central Georgia Corridor Study (2003)

• Interstate System Plan (2004)

• Freight Planning Guide Book (2004)

• Statewide Freight Plan (2006)

• Created a new “Freight Coordinator” position in the Office of Planning (2007)

• Statewide Truck-Only Lane Feasibility Study* (2008)

• Managed Lanes System Plan (2009)

• Statewide Strategic Transportation Plan (2010)

GDOT’S EXISTING FREIGHT INITIATIVES

*Received Honorable Mention for U.S. DOT’s Planning Excellence Award

GDOT’S STATE & NATIONAL FREIGHT PARTNERSHIPS

• Latin America Trade & Transportation Study

• Institute for Trade & Transportation, member

• Commission for New Georgia’s “Freight & Logistics Task Force”

• I-95 Corridor Coalition

• Continental 1 Corridor Coalition

• El Camino/US 84 Corridor Coalition

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN

• Currently under early development

• Will set specific goals and performancemeasures for all modes of freight movement

–Strategic guidance for programs & projects that will improve the flow of commerce into, out of, and through Georgia

–Provide options & strategies for addressing short, medium and long-term freight transportation needs and improvements

SUPPLY:• Analyze all assets in Georgia’s freight transportation

network:– highways

– public & private railroads

– intermodal terminals & connectors

– ports & inland waterways

– airports

• Evaluate the capacity for capturing opportunities forfreight to shift among modes

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN (CONT’D.)

DEMAND:

• Identify major freight origin & destinationhubs (including warehouse/distribution)

• Identify major freight corridors for each mode,including significant freight bottlenecks for allmodes

• Last-mile connectivity issues around Port ofSavannah & other key locations

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN (CONT’D.)

• Develop a range of economic forecasts

• Forecast future freight flow volumes and trends

• Determine benefit-to-cost ratios for identified needs & projects

• Identify performance metrics for matching supply & demand to evaluate projects that improve freight movement & logistics operations

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN (CONT’D.)

• Outreach mechanisms and input forthcoming:– Extensive Private Sector Involvement

throughout

– Elected Officials’ Guidance & Briefings

– Cross-cutting Public Agency Outreach & Cooperation

– General Public Input & Education

– Coordination with other initiatives, such as today’s Georgia Freight Summit

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN (CONT’D.)

Georgia Freight Summit Survey Results

• Almost 100 responses

• Respondents:

– Manufacturers

– Logistics consultants

– Economic Development/Chambers of Commerce

– Third party logistics/warehousing specialists

– Transportation service providers

• Broad range of business sizes (1 to 15,000+ employees)

Georgia Freight Summit Survey:Reported Concerns & Issues

Issue AreaGreater Impact

Moderate Impact

Lesser Impact N/A

Reliability 46% 26% 21% 7%

Congestion 44% 27% 20% 9%

Safety 36% 29% 25% 9%

Georgia Freight Summit Survey: Freight Corridor Improvement Needs

• Various I-285 locations,

I-20 at I-285 (west),

I-285 (“northern arc”)

• Georgia 400 northbound

• I-85 north of I-285

• Jimmy DeLoach Parkway (Savannah)

Capacity63%

Connectivity21%

Operational10%

Safety2%

Other4%

Sample of responses:

Final product will be an Action Plan that: Identifies critical needs for all modes (rail, highway,

water, air)

Addresses freight bottlenecks and critical “last mile”locations

Considers benefit-to-cost analyses, environmentalconsiderations and constructability

Delivers a strategic framework for policy-makers todeliver projects that will improve the flow of goods andsupport Georgia’s economic development goals

Recognizes funding and resource trends

STATEWIDE FREIGHT & LOGISTICS PLAN (CONCLUSION)

THANK YOU!QUESTIONS?

www.dot.ga.gov/freight

Todd Long, P.E, P.T.O.E.Director of Planning

404-631-1021tlong@dot.ga.gov