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MEETING MINUTES CDTC Freight Advisory Committee Meeting April 15, 2015, 10:00 AM CDTC Office, 1 Park Place, Albany, NY Item 1: Attendees Joe Tario NYSERDA Sean Maguire CDRPC Tony Vasil Port of Albany Louis Esposito Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association/Town of Princetown Rob Jess American Natural Gas David Rosenberg NYSDOT Vanessa Saari NYSDOT Adam Yagelski NYSDOT Stephen Iachetta Albany County Airport Authority Pete Rea NYSDOT Region 1 Jeff Wojtowicz RPI Peter Plumeau RSG Steve Gayle RSG Christine Sherman (via phone) RSG Rob Holzman Elan Planning & Design Erica Wygonik (via Phone) RSG Roberta Weisbrod (via Phone) Sustainable Ports Chris Bauer CDTC Glenn Posca CDTC Teresa LaSalle CDTC Sree Nampoothiri CDTC Item 2: Presentation – American Natural Gas Rob Jess, Vice President of Site Development from American Natural Gas, gave a presentation on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations. Rob highlighted some of the advantages of using CNG, including potential cost savings and environmental benefits. Rob also discussed the types of transportation-related businesses using CNG, current CNG compatible vehicles, and filling infrastructure in New York State. ANG is currently in the process of developing 3 new CNG filling CDTC Freight & Goods Movement Study

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MEETING MINUTES CDTC Freight Advisory Committee Meeting April 15, 2015, 10:00 AM CDTC Office, 1 Park Place, Albany, NY

Item 1: Attendees

Joe Tario NYSERDA Sean Maguire CDRPC Tony Vasil Port of Albany Louis Esposito Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association/Town of Princetown Rob Jess American Natural Gas David Rosenberg NYSDOT Vanessa Saari NYSDOT Adam Yagelski NYSDOT Stephen Iachetta Albany County Airport Authority Pete Rea NYSDOT Region 1 Jeff Wojtowicz RPI Peter Plumeau RSG Steve Gayle RSG Christine Sherman (via phone) RSG Rob Holzman Elan Planning & Design Erica Wygonik (via Phone) RSG Roberta Weisbrod (via Phone) Sustainable Ports Chris Bauer CDTC Glenn Posca CDTC Teresa LaSalle CDTC Sree Nampoothiri CDTC Item 2: Presentation – American Natural Gas Rob Jess, Vice President of Site Development from American Natural Gas, gave a presentation on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations. Rob highlighted some of the advantages of using CNG, including potential cost savings and environmental benefits. Rob also discussed the types of transportation-related businesses using CNG, current CNG compatible vehicles, and filling infrastructure in New York State. ANG is currently in the process of developing 3 new CNG filling

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stations in the region located at the Wilton Travel Plaza, the Port of Albany, and the Grande Industrial Park in Saratoga County. For more information, please see attached PowerPoint presentation. Item 3: Presentations Analysis of Existing CDTC Region Freight and Goods Movement Conditions and Future Forecasts: Peter Plumeau (RSG), presented freight data collected and analyzed for the project, including current conditions and future projections. Peter’s presentation included current and future total freight tonnage and value, and freight flows to, from, and through the region. The presentation also included mode distribution, commodities being shipped, and a breakdown of each mode. Peter noted the data suggests there will be continued steady growth in tonnage across all modes through 2040. Most of the freight movement is internal to the CDTC region. Truck will remain the dominant mode in both tonnage and value, while continued growth in rail tonnage and value is expected. Steve Iachetta noted the data sources report air cargo carried by freight-only carriers (ex: FedEx), but that a significant amount of air freight is carried in the belly of passenger airlines, and is not accounted for in the FAA T-100 data. Cargo carried by private and chartered air carriers is also not included, and may be significant. Peter stated this typically amounts to about 50% of air cargo, and that the consultant team will try to account for unreported cargo in the report. Lou Esposito noted that a significant amount of gravel is moved from mines located in the I-88 corridor. Peter stated the FAF data reporting region extends beyond the boundary of the CDTC region, and that may explain the discrepancy in data. Lou also noted that paper is stored in Rotterdam. ACTION ITEM: Peter asked committee members to email Chris and/or him with any questions or suggestions related to the analysis no later than April 29th. For more information, please see attached infographic and PowerPoint presentation. Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement: Rob Holzman (Elan) gave an overview of the stakeholder outreach efforts to date. A list of the stakeholder interviews held to date was shown, and several more interviews are scheduled for the near future. Rob also summarized the results from the Stakeholder Questionnaire, including the response rate and the results. Overall, the stakeholder outreach efforts suggest that those interviewed or responding to the questionnaire think the region’s freight system is generally functioning well; however, many of these stakeholders also identified various targeted improvement needs. Rob presented these needs as well as opportunities and general statements provided by the stakeholders during the process.

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For more information, please see attached PowerPoint presentation. Item 4: Facilitated Discussion – Goals and Objectives Steve Gayle (RSG) began the process of developing goals and objectives for the Study by describing CDTC’s New Visions 2040 update process, and the current New Visions Freight principle. Steve presented general goal areas, and a series of questions for the group to consider:

1. Where is more efficient truck access needed? 2. Travel time: reliability v. total travel time 3. How can we coordinate public and private investment? 4. Reduce conflicts between urban goods movement and community quality of life? 5. What are the future benefits and risks associated with automation?

ACTION ITEM: Committee members are requested to provide feedback to CDTC and the RSG consulting team on these questions. Item 5: Other Business/Member Updates David Rosenberg (NYSDOT) stated the Statewide Freight Transportation Plan project has begun. Tony Vasil (Port of Albany) stated the 2nd Annual Port Industry Day will be held on Thursday, May 21, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Port of Albany Terminal. For more information, please see attached flyer. Item 6: Next Meeting The next meeting for the Freight Advisory Committee is tentatively scheduled for July 15, 2015, at

10:00 AM.

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CDTC Freight Advisory Committee Meeting April 15, 2015 CDTC Offices Albany, NY

Existing Regional Freight and

Goods Movement Conditions

and Forecasts for the Future

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

TONNAGE VALUE

20M

INBOUND

25M OUTBOUND

$31B INBOUND

$35B OUTBOUND

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

Mode Distribution

Water

Truck

Rail

Pipeline

Other

Multi/Mail

Air

INBOUND % TONNAGE

INBOUND % VALUE

OUTBOUND % TONNAGE

OUTBOUND % VALUE

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

Truck Movements by Commodity

- 2,500 5,000

Nonmetal Min Prods

Fuel oils

Mixed freight

Other foodstuffs

Gasoline

Cereal grains

Milled grain prods.

Waste/scrap

Gravel

- 10,000 20,000 30,000

Gravel

Nonmetal Min Prods

Fuel Oils

Gasoline

Nonmetallic Minerals

Coal-NEC

Waste/Scrap

Logs

- 1,000 2,000

Gravel

Waste/Scrap

Other Foodstuffs

Nonmetallic Minerals

Mixed freight

Basic Chemicals

Base Metals

Coal-NEC

INBOUND WITHIN OUTBOUND

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KTONS KTONS KTONS

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

Truck Movements & Forecasts

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

OUTBOUND INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

$45,000

$50,000

OUTBOUND INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

2012 2040 Increase

(%)

OUT-

BOUND $1.1K $1.0K -3%

IN-

BOUND $1.5K $2.3K 55%

WITHIN $353 $435 23%

DOLLARS/TON

34%

55%

81%

76%

141% 66%

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KTONS

(000s)

Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: Public Use Waybill Rail Data (2010)

Rail Movements by Commodity

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

through (tons)

to (tons)

from (tons)

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

Rail Movements & Forecasts

2012 2040 Increase

(%)

OUT-

BOUND $505 $146 -71%

IN-

BOUND $792 $399 -50%

WITHIN $111 $83 -25%

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

OUTBOUND INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

$0

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

OUTBOUND INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

57%

226%

76%

-55%

64%

28%

DOLLARS/TON

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KTONS

(000s)

Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: PIERS Data (2011)

Water Movements by Commodity

- 100,000 200,000 300,000

Nonmetalic Minerals/Products

Coal NEC & Basic Chemicals

Basic Chemicals/Fertilizers/Etc.

Fuel Oils & Coal NEC

Coal-NEC

Newsprint/Paper

Fertilizers

Other Ag Prods/Meat/Etc.

Base Metals

Imports by SCTG Commodity - 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000

Metallic Ores

Cereal Grains

Machinery/Electronics/Etc.

Base & Article Base Metals

Unknown

Basic Chem/Fertilizers/Etc.

Export by SCTG Commodity

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KTONS KTONS

Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Water Movements by Foreign Origin/Destination

Source: PIERS Data (2011)

- 100,000 200,000 300,000

Chile

Canada

Germany

Sweden

Estonia

Argentina

Guyana

- 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000

Turkey

Turks Is

Egypt

United Arab Em

Gibraltar

Mexico

Morocco

IMPORTS

EXPORTS

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KTONS KTONS

Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Air Movements

Source: T-100 (2011)

INBOUND

OUTBOUND

AIR

PORT

FREIGHT-

OUTBOUND

TONS

MAIL-

OUTBOUND

TONS

FREIGHT-

INBOUND

TONS

MAIL-

INBOUND

TONS

TOTAL

FREIGHT

TONS

JFK 564,681 23,932 742,169 21,980 1,306,850

SYR 22,135 1,145 25,602 0 47,737

BUF 21,946 7 25,177 7 47,123

ROC 20,715 0 24,602 3 45,317

ALB 9,697 21 11,274 21 20,971

SWF 3,945 0 13,599 0 17,544

LGA 3,015 409 3,421 3 6,436

Memphis (TN) 47%

Syracuse (NY) 30%

Hartford (CT) 14%

Memphis (TN) 35%

Philadelphia (PA) 33%

Hartford (CT) 20%

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Existing Conditions & Future Forecasts

Source: FAF3 (2012)

Pipe Movements & Forecasts

2012 2040 Increase

(%)

IN-

BOUND $357 $357 0%

WITHIN $30 $31 3% 0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

INBOUND WITHIN

2012

2040

-30%

-30%

271%

281%

DOLLARS/TON

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KTONS

(000s)

Summary

• Continued steady growth in tonnage across modes through 2040

• Most freight movement internal to region • Majority of commodity flows remain domestic

(inbound and outbound) • Truck will remain dominant mode in both tonnage

and value • Continued growth in rail tonnage and value

coming to region • 23% increase in overall commodity flow value,

from $718/ton to $884/ton

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Stakeholder Outreach and

Engagement Results to Date

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Stakeholder Engagement

• Shifted focus groups into one-on-one interviews • Interviews to date:

• Upcoming interviews:

• NYS Motor Truck Association • NYS Owner-Operator

Independent Drivers Association • Albany International Airport • Capital District Regional

Planning Commission • Rensselaer County Planning

Department • City of Albany • Port of Albany (site tour) • Saratoga County Planners

• Galesi Group • Ace Hardware DC • Norfolk Southern • Mechanicville Intermodal Facility

(tour with NYSDOT) • Scotty’s Truck Stop • General Electric • Chamber of Southern Saratoga

County • Port of Coeymans

• Target DC • Stewart’s

• NYS Canal Corporation • Metroplex

• CSX • JB Hunt

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Stakeholder Engagement

Questionnaire Review

• Response Period: December 15-March 16

• Responses: 21 online and 5 paper (26 total)

• Distribution methods: Email link and FAC meetings

• Top issues identified by respondents: 1. Congestion on Northway/Thruway/Interstates

2. Inadequate space for truck loading/parking

3. Insufficient highway and roadway capacity

4. Inconsistent truck route regulations/designations

5. Inadequate road access to terminals, port, airport

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Stakeholder Engagement

• Overall Theme of Feedback: The network as a whole is functioning well, but needs some targeted improvements.

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Stakeholder Engagement

Overall Needs and Opportunities

• Need for strategically located, safe rest areas for truck drivers

• Improved signage: to DCs, when roads are closed, to parking areas

• Opportunity to improve usage of Canal for movement of large, over-dimension cargo

• Potential for a regional coordinated dispatch network for small- to medium-sized businesses in region

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Stakeholder Engagement

Overall Needs and Opportunities

• GPS units routing traffic through inappropriate areas

• Reconsider roundabouts on priority truck routes

• Movement of crude oil through region – safety and land use issue

• Address back-ups resulting from Twin Bridges peak hour traffic

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Location-Specific

Needs &

Opportunities

(identified by stakeholders)

Albany Int Airport

Direct access from Northway Warehousing & distribution at

NE quadrant

Rensselaer County

Add NY22, NY2 and US 9 to the Freight Priority Network

Rotterdam Corp. Park

Signal needed for trucks turning left leaving Park, requiring full

intersection reconstruction

Downtown Saratoga Springs

Broadway truck traffic & noise during tourist season

Perceived inadequate turning radius for trucks turning to Rt. 29 from Broadway

Ballston Spa

Truck backups at Rt. 50/Rt. 67 intersection

Wilton/Exit 16

Aging bridge with perceived insufficient turning lane capacity

Route 67 Corridor

Malta roundabout geometry Mechanicville Intermodal Yard

traffic growth

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Stakeholder Engagement

General Statements

• Despite fuel efficiencies associated with rail, some small- to medium-sized business prefer truck because railroads cannot guarantee delivery time and need too much lead time

• Need a strong, coordinated driver training program – increasing demands are putting too many drivers on the roads without sufficient training

• Integrate Smart Signal Technologies to maintain efficient movement

• Develop an overall regional strategy for truck rest areas and distribute to local planning departments and work with municipalities to develop sites.

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Stakeholder Engagement

General Statements

• Use existing infrastructure before building new

• Work closer with municipalities to help them understand truck traffic impacts resulting from new truck-generating projects

• Examine the development of a regional consortium for movement of goods in and out of the region

• Allow tandem trailers on I-87 (Northway)

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Goals & Objectives Starting point: Coordinate with CDTC New Visions planning process Planning and Investment Principle : Freight

“Our freight system is crucial to the economy; it will be efficient and automated, and will minimize its impact to communities.”

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Goal Areas • Regional Economy: Freight will contribute to

economic prosperity • Intermodal: Investments will recognize all

modes of freight movement and intermodal transfers

• Efficiency: Freight must move efficiently and safely by all modes

• Financing: Identify opportunities for financing improvements through public-private partnerships

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Questions • Where is more efficient truck access needed? • Travel time: reliability v. total travel time • How can we coordinate public and private

investment? • Reduce conflicts between urban goods

movement and community quality of life? • What are the future benefits and risks

associated with automation?

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