Regional Freight Planningin Baltimore
Jocelyn Jones
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
410/732-0500, x1049
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: [email protected].
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 [email protected]
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