Freight 2055 roundtable discussion agenda Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Arlington, Texas.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight service
• Resource Type:
  Memorandum
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30780/dot_30780_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 196.94 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:085d7f66b5ef538ea24c14a04d528ceccff4d1bf221fe02e8ca5b59af64250d2