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I S FA COctober 10,

2014

• Importance of Freight in Illinois• Subcommittees

• Freight Corridor Identification & Performance

• Safety, Security, & Environment• Innovation, Technology & Trends• Regional Freight Planning &

Development• Future Meetings & Activities

I L L I N O I S S T A T E F R E I G H T A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L

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Nat iona lGROW AMERICA ACT - $10 Billion for Freight Transportation

• Multimodal Freight Incentive Program• National Freight Infrastructure Program• Project Delivery Initiatives• State Freight Advisory Committees ~ State Freight

Committee Analyses

U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee

• New National Freight Program – State Formula• Projects of National & Regional Significance• NEPA Streamlining• New Critical Urban Freight Corridors / Intermodal

Connectors• State Freight Committee Requirement• State Freight Investment Strategy ~ Local & MPO’s

Input

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Nat iona lNational Freight Advisory Committee (NFAC)

• Recommendations for Development of National Freight Strategic Plan

• Assessment of Barriers, Identification of Best Practices, and Mitigation of Community Impacts

• Multimodal Context• Safety & Security, Streamlining, Harmonization of

Policy, Regulations and Programs, Research, Technology, Education & Training

• Three Ad hoc Committees on Planning, Safety, and Workforce Development

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I l l i n o i s F r e i g h t F a c t s

• 3rd in the nation for trucking volume

• 3rd in the nation for rail volume

• 2nd in rail intermodal traffic

• Served by ALL seven Class-1 railroads

• At the juncture of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers

and via the Illinois River connects them to the

Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

• Freight hubs are essential to Illinois’ position in the

business logistics system

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I l l i n o i s F r e i g h t A d v i s o r y C o u n c i l M i s s i o n

The mission of the Illinois State Freight Advisory

Council (ISFAC) is to provide a standing forum for

coordination of freight multimodal planning in the

State of Illinois in order to enhance the benefits of

every mode, improve intermodal connection, and

sustain the State’s position as the primary freight hub

of the United States.

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I S F A C P u r p o s e

• Advise the State on freight related priorities,

issues, projects, and funding needs

• Communicate and coordinate regional priorities

and information between public and private sector

regarding freight industry and system needs

• Promote the interests of Illinois in improving the

freight system

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I S F A C S t r u c t u r e

• Chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and the

Executive Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway

Authority

• Composed of 44 members representing shippers,

manufacturers, the agriculture industry, railroads,

port districts, truckers, airports, local departments

of transportation, and others with expertise in the

area of freight.

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M e m b e r s

• Ed Barry, Chicago Laborers District Council

• Bruce Bird, Macon County Engineer

• Randall Blankenhorn, CMAP

• Benjamin Brockschmidt, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

• Kate Brown, Truck Safety Coalition

• Christopher Clott, University of St. Francis

• Ray Drake, UPS

• Omar Duque, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

• James Ford, Clayco Inc.

• Michael Forde, Illinois International Port District

• Eric Gilbert, CenterPoint Properties

• John Greuling, Will County Center for Economic Development

• Jeff Gurnik, APL Ltd

• Merritt Harrison, Maritime Delivery Services, Inc

• Matthew Hart, Illinois Trucking Association

• Wes Lujan, Union Pacific Railroad

• Shoshiwa Mabina, City Colleges of Chicago

• Mike McCarthy, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

• William McInerney, Phoenix International Freight Services, Ltd.

• Robert Nathan, Load Delivered Logistics, LLC

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M e m b e r s

• Libby Ogard, Prime Focus, LLC

• Ed O’Neil, Caterpillar, Inc.

• Yangeng Ouyang, University of Illinois

• Paul Piekarski, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen

• Mark Poulos, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting

• Adam Roth, NAI Hiffman

• Kevin Rund, Illinois Farm Bureau

• Kenneth Ryan, Chicago Rockford International Airport

• Donald Schaefer, Mid-West Truckers Association

• Rebekah Scheinfeld, City of Chicago Department of Transportation

• Mark Schweitzer, Archer Daniels Midland Company

• Scott Sigman, Illinois Soybean Association

• Robert Stock, Stock Transport, Inc.

• Bill Taft, Growmark, Inc

• Thomas Vander Woude, South Suburban Mayors & Managers

• Larry Walsh, Will County

• Jim Watson, Illinois Petroleum Council

• Paul Wellhausen, Lewis & Clark Fleeting, LLC

• James Wolfe, Knight Partners, LLC

• John Yonan, Cook County Department of Transportation

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I S F A C S t r u c t u r e

• Work Performed Through Four Subcommittees

• Freight Corridor Identification & Performance

(connections, bottlenecks/chokepoints, grade

separations, first/last mile, congestion)

• Safety, Security & Environment (environmental impacts,

community impacts, hazardous materials, aging

infrastructure, hours of service, homeland security)

• Innovation, Technology, & Trends (real time data,

streamline project delivery, performance metrics)

• Regional Freight Planning & Development (economic

development funding, freight collaboration)

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First Meeting

Action Plan/Scop

e Due

ISFAC COUNCIL WEBINAR

Subcommittee

Recommend-

ations Due

Recommendation Readout to

Full Committee

Adoption & Prioritization

of Recommendatio

ns

Counc i l T ime l i ne

May 12, 2014

June 30, 2014 October 15, 2014

November, 2014

January, 2015

July 22, 2014

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F u r t h e r I n f o r m a t i o n

http://www.idot.illinois.gov/transportation-

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planning/illinois-freight-advisory-council/

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