Ohio Statewide Freight Study/ Plan

1. Ohio Statewide Freight Study/ Plan Ohio Planning Conference July, 2014

2. Statewide Freight Plan Purpose: To understand to the greatest detail possible, how Ohio’s freight infrastructure is being utilized. The study identified and analyzed modal freight volumes, commodities and origins/destinations and trends. Develop a MAP-21 compliant Freight Plan. July 2014

3. Statewide Freight Plan Why do a Freight Plan? • Transportation is the largest cost (63 percent) of doing business for supply chain operators. • An efficient transportation system allows ease of movement of raw materials intoproduction and finished goods out to the market place. • An efficient system lowers transport costs and makes Ohio more attractive to business & industry ie. Jobs. Transportation is linked to the economy Planning Conference July 2014

4. Ohio Imports $

5. Ohio Exports $

6. National Freight Tonnage at a Glance

7. July 2014

8. Statewide Freight Plan Designed to be included into the States Long Range Transportation Plan Access Ohio 2040 • Freight Stakeholders; • Logistics Industry Interviews, roll out to MPO’s, RTPO’s • Freight Analysis • Freight Flows • Economic Trends • Physical Assets • Policies and Strategies • Best Practices and Case Studies • Inclusion into Access Ohio 2040 July 2014

9. Trucking Ohio Truck Freight Analysis

10. Truck VMT 1975 - 2010 Ohio State Highway System

11. Top 10 Commodities Top 10 Ohio Truck Commodities by Weight and Value

12. Flow Maps Commodity-Specific Flow Maps: Automotive Parts

13. Trucking Issues • Driver Shortage, Hours of Service (HOS) Regulations • Truck Parking • Fuel Cost • Congestion • Truck Size and Weight • Exacerbated by driver shortage and HOS • Need to identify oversize routes and terminals • Highway Funding

14. Highway Freight Corridors July 2014

15. Rail Freight Ohio Rail Freight Analysis

16. Rail System Analysis Rail Freight Traffic Density

17. Rail Intermodal 65 100 100 20 50 130 200 35 110 40

18. Rail Freight Issues • Ohio has a very strong rail freight system • Large amount of public and private investment over the last 10 years, especially in intermodal • Capacity to do more within economic and service constraints • Shipment size • Customer accessibility to rail • Speed and reliability • Intermodal investments, transload capabilities

19. Rail Issues • Abandonments or underutilized lines • Represents excess capacity, yet the rail corridors may once again be needed • Marginal economics of some short line operators; lack of traffic to reinvest • Deficient infrastructure (especially short lines) such as inability to handle 286k pound cars; bridge deficiencies • New or expanding markets • Shale oil and gas • Agriculture export • Heavy cargo loads

20. Ohio Ports

21. LAKE ERIE PORTS

22. Port Capabilities

23. Lake Ports • New cargo evaluation • Short sea shipping • Port of Cleveland Container Service to Europe • Increased ship building & repair capabilities • Shale oil and gas • Inbound materials to Ohio—frac sand, pipe, equipment • Outbound petroleum distribution networks • Containerized vessel feeder service • Mode shift analysis • Freight moving by truck or rail that fits a water profile

24. Ohio River Ports Ohio River Terminals

25. Ohio River Terminals Ohio River Terminal Clusters

26. Ohio River Profile • Existing barges primarily carry bulk cargo: coal, iron ore, stone, chemicals • Heavy-lift capabilities and lack of multi- jurisdictional permitting are a big plus for over dimensional & weight loads • Potential for general cargo moves • Over 95% of Ohio River terminals are privately-owned • Most of those have single-use, e.g., a coal terminal operated by an electric generating plant • Identified approximately 24 private terminals which could handle cargo for any customer • Of these24 terminals, about 10 handle “general cargo,” such as bagged products, semi-finished steel, machinery, or heavy-lift cargo

27. Ohio River • Lock and dam maintenance, the heart of the inland waterway system • 47% functional obsolescent, growing to 80% by 2020 • 20 cent per gallon user fee covers half the cost of lock and dam maintenance (HMT), with other half from congressional appropriations • WRRDA Bill increased HMT spending, increased maintenance • Slower speeds; but heavy lift, less fuel usage and scheduled service of barge transport compared to competing modes • Environmentally friendly • Marine Highway designations (M-70/29, M90)

28. Air Freight

29. Air Freight • Air cargo market faces stiff competition • Among other air carriers, and • Trucks, container ships, and rail cars • Air cargo primarily moves by two methods • Dedicated cargo aircraft • In the belly of passenger planes • What is impacting air cargo • Fuel Prices – Passenger and freight carriers • Declining Availability of Belly Space on Domestic Carriers – A small percentage of air cargo is carried on domestic passenger aircraft in the US. • Proximity to air cargo is essential for business & industry • Air service is the most expensive, but also the fastest for just in time delivery’s to keep production schedules moving Planning Conference 2014 July 2014

30. Next Steps Ohio’s MAP-21 compliant Statewide Freight Plan • Section 1118 • Performance measures, national goals • Education and outreach with MPO’s, RTPO’s, Stakeholders and our modal Partners • Advancing initiatives ie. Operations plan, ITS, PFN, STS, OS/OW corridors and others July 2014

31. July 2014

32. Mark Locker, AICP Statewide Planning & Research Maritime Freight Mobility & Logistics Ohio Department of Transportation (614) 466-2347 Mark.Locker@dot.state.oh.us