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Freight 2055 roundtable discussion agenda Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Arlington, Texas.
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2015-07-08
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Abstract:9:00 – 9:30 Arrival and Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome / Introductions / Study and Roundtable Objectives
Michael Morris (North Central Texas Council of Governments)
Caroline Mays (Texas Department of Transportation)
Jolanda Prozzi (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
10:00 – 12:00 Presentations / Remarks
Major Factors/Trends
Global Trade Patterns (Jeff Warner – Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
Socio-demographic Trends (Mike Cline – Rice University)
Environmental Trends (Megan Kenney - Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
Technology Trends (Rajat Rajbhandari - Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
Industry Perspective (C. Michael Walton – Center for Transportation Research and Arturo Bujanda/Juan Villa – Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch*
1:00 – 4:00 Roundtable Discussion
Discuss Factors/Trends
Impact on Texas’s businesses/Where products are sourced and delivered?
o Changes in the origins of freight shipments/where inputs are sourced
o Changes in freight destinations/locations of final demand
Impact on transportation modes/ How businesses move freight?
o Changes in transportation modes used
o Changes in freight volumes/shipment size and freight value
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
TxDOT’s role in 2015 to facilitate the Freight System of 2055
What freight strategies should be adopted?
What opportunities (including critical investments) exist?
What constraints need to be overcome?
4:00 – 4:30 Feedback/Wrap-up
4:30 Adjourn
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