Texas freight 2055 roundtable.

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• Creators:
  Riemer, Allison ; Prozzi, Jolanda P.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight service
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Participants were welcomed to the Roundtable discussion and to the Dallas/Fort Worth region by ; Mr. Michael Morris (Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments ; (NCTCOG)). Mr. Morris began his remarks by noting the importance of a partnership between ; the public and private sectors in addressing freight needs. He provided a number of statistics that ; illustrate the importance of freight to the region and the state. Mr. Morris concluded by ; highlighting provisions in MAP-21 and the proposed DRIVE act. ; Ms. Caroline Mays (Manager, TxDOT Freight Transportation Planning Branch) provided the ; TxDOT freight perspective. She highlighted key components of the Texas Freight Mobility Plan, ; which will be submitted for approval to the Texas Transportation Commission in the fall. Ms. ; Mays also thanked all the participants in advance for their participation in the Roundtable ; Discussion and stated that the large number of participants is a testimony of the progress that ; have been made in bringing both the private and public sector to the table in addressing freight ; needs and planning for future freight movements. ; Ms. Jolanda Prozzi (Research Supervisor for TxDOT Research Project 0-6089) reviewed the ; study objectives and the Roundtable Discussion objectives. She reviewed the structure of the ; Roundtable and encouraged everyone to participate and share their insight. The information ; shared will be used by the study team to develop a framework for TxDOT to inform proactive ; freight planning for the state. ; Ms. Prozzi’s remarks were followed by six presentations. The first four presentations discussed ; major trends that could potentially impact Texas’ business in the future. The last two ; presentations discussed the perspectives of businesses as shared with the study team during the ; conducted interviews. ; • Jeff Warner (TTI) presented data on Texas’ imports and exports and provided an ; overview of global trade trends. ; • Dr. Michael Cline (Rice University) presented the socio-demographic trends over the ; next forty years. ; • Megan Kenney (TTI) presented national and global environmental trends, including ; the impacts of extreme weather events and anticipated government, industry, and ; consumer responses. ; • Dr. Rajat Rajbhandari (TTI) reviewed current technologies that shippers and freight ; carriers use (e.g., RFID and GPS), services accessible to consumers that are reshaping ; demand for goods and services (e.g., e-commerce), and emerging technologies that ; have the potential to transform the supply chain (e.g., 3D printing, automated ; vehicles, and truck platoons). ; 8 ; • Arturo Bujanda and Juan Villa (TTI) presented on the perspectives of major ; industries in Mexico. ; • Dr. C. Michael Walton (CTR) presented on trends and their potential impact on major ; companies in the United States.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Product 0-6809-P3
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30774/dot_30774_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d2c4b5ca420b0ce0634b7a6e62c5d181e25c4fd285936b585f5b4aad24698978