IN-PERSON MEETING OF CTSO

WORKING GROUP ON FREIGHT

OPERATIONS DURING THE

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION

SYMPOSIUM

Westin Galleria, Plaza II

February 20, 2019 HOUSTON, TX

AGENDA

Opening Remarks – Dave Huft, South Dakota – Chair

SCRA Welcome—Steven Todd

Regional Group Reports, FHWA Update—Group chairs, John Berg (FHWA)

Round the Table Sharing of the Latest Top Issues—All

2018-2019 Work Plan: Status, Changes, Next Steps—Dave Huft

Freight Resources—Matt Weatherford

Break

Guest Presentation on Bridge Strikes/UPT2021/Public Certification—Danny Wells

Breakouts to Drill More Deeply into Truck Parking, Bridge Strikes, Permitting, and

Harmonization

Action Items and Next Steps: Potential Products to Discuss

Adjourn

CTSO FO CHAIR: DAVE HUFT (SOUTH DAKOTA)

Opening Remarks

MEETING OBJECTIVES

Establish Dialog between FWG and “us”

Communicate on important topics

Find how FWG can be most valuable to “us”

STEVEN TODD

SCRA Welcome

REGIONAL GROUP CHAIRS, JOHN BERG (FHWA)

Regional Group Reports, FHWA Update

ALL

ROUND THE TABLE SHARING OF THE

LATEST TOP ISSUES

FREIGHT OPERATIONS 2018-2019 WORK PLAN

Sept. 2018 – NOCoE Peer Exchange on Freight Operations

Oct. 2018 – Quarterly Webinar on Truck Parking

Dec. 2018 – Quarterly Webinar on Bridge Strikes

Feb. 2018 – SCRA Meeting

Meeting with CTSO FO WG Chairs and industry representatives

CTSO FO WG to decide on specific actions to take to address truck parking and bridge

strikes

Apr./May 2019 – Quarterly Webinar to conduct action Items from Specialized

Transportation Symposium

Jul./Aug. 2019 – Quarterly Webinar

Resolutions/Actions to take to CTSO Annual Meeting in September in Wyoming

Report to AASHTO Strategic Management Committee

Oct. 2019-Sept. 2020 Action Plan

Sep. 2019 – CTSO Annual Meeting

MATT WEATHERFORD

Freight Resources

RESOURCE TYPES

Financial – Funding opportunities for freight operations

Technical – Information on planning, design and

implementation

Institutional – Communities and organizations

supporting freight operations

ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND

CONGESTION MANAGEMENT

TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT (ATCMTD)

Financial and Technical Resource

FHWA program for model deployment sites of advanced transportation technologies

~$60 Million available per year

The focus is not on Freight Operations, but freight projects are eligible

$6 Million grant awarded in 2016 for the Los Angeles Freight Advanced Traveler Information System

Truck parking: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/infrastructure/truck_parking/

Best Practices in Permitting Oversize and Overweight Vehicles: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop17061/fhwahop17061.pdf

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

DEPLOYMENT (ITD) PROGRAM

Financial, Technical and Institutional Resource

FMCSA program for improving freight safety

$25 Million available per year

Eligible projects include

smart roadside

safety information exchange

e-permitting and e-credentialing

Inspection tools

virtual weigh stations

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

DEPLOYMENT (ITD) PROGRAM

Financial, Technical and Institutional Resource

State Program Plans provide technical detail on deployments

Annual conferences provide best practices

Monthly State Program Manager Calls provide state statuses and

upcoming opportunities

PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION

INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

(PRISM)

Financial and Technical Resource

FMCSA program targeting a reduction in commercial vehicle

crashes

Better identify and target high-risk carriers

100% FMCSA MCSAP or High-Priority Funding

A set of Enforcement and Registration requirements must be met

Has funded enforcement hardware and software, barcode

scanners, license plate readers, virtual screening

CONNECTED VEHICLE PILOT

DEPLOYMENTS

Technical Resource

ITS Joint Program Office Program funded $45 million for three pilot

projects

Wyoming will equip 400 fleet and commercial vehicles and

deploy 75 roadside units in a high-crash rural corridor

New York will equip 400 commercial fleet delivery trucks in New

York City

Each project has a web site with project updates and lessons

learned

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY

ALLIANCE (CVSA)

Institutional Resource

Public-private alliance

Support strategies that support and encourage safe freight operations

Annual conference and frequent workshops and forums

Data management training

Cargo securement forum

An opportunity to present new ideas to the national freight vehicle community

STATE AND LOCAL MOTOR CARRIER

ASSOCIATIONS

Institutional Resource

Lobby for and support commercial freight operations interests

Provide education and outreach to freight operators

Can provide input and support for new technologies and

projects

Focused on leveling the playing field between, so encourage

enforcement of safety and registration

NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER OF

EXCELLENCE

Institutional and Technical Resource

Transportation Systems Maintenance Operations (TSMO) resource

Lead state and best practices webinars

Regional operations peer exchanges

On-call assistance

Library of case studies

AASHTO FREIGHT AND RAIL

Institutional

Task Force for Freight/Economic Development

Committees on Rail/Freight and Transportation Systems

Operations

AASHTO Freight Liaison: Avital Barnea, abarnea@aashto.org

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

More information or contacts for Freight Operations resources:

Matt Weatherford

Weatherford@acconsultants.org

720-504-9658

BREAK

DANNY WELLS

Guest Presentation on Bridge Strikes/UPT2021/Public

Certification

AASHTO CTSO FREIGHT OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP

2.20.19

UPT2021 is an SC&RA initiative to advocate for widespread acceptance of oversize overweight (OS/OW) weight and

dimension configurations issued under automated, auto-issued single trip permits.

Resurrect Harmonization Phase III

# bridge hits Operating on OSOW permit? Exceed Permitted

dimensions? Off-route?

If not

permitted, did

bridge vertical

clearance

exceed state

legal height

limit?

Injury or

Fatality

Involved?

Total Repair Cost?

2007 182 13

2008 220 24

2009 245 16

2010 310 8

2011 368 16

2012 351 13

2013 360 16

2014 367 21

2015 381 34

2016 425 35

2017 398 24

TOTAL 3705 220 70 68 12

(4 fatal) $19,712,758.33

**This data only indicates

permitted loads involved in the

very few States that had this

information available.

SCRATTT Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association Transportation Training Task

Force

GOAL: Improve carrier safety through the development of thoughtful products delivered in an affordable, accessible way.

MEMBERS Pete Trimble - (Chair) Keen Transport Dave Wittwer - Hays Companies Anthony Garcia – Mammoet Dave Merill – Pahoa Express Ashley Gambino – Mammoet Joanna Jungels – ATS Danny Cain – Edwards Moving & Rigging Chris Nelson – NBIS Dale Karns – Pit Row Transportation Solutions Paul Stock – NIIC Matt Orr – Global Specialized Ben Luta – Silk Road Transport Lisa Grepps – SC&RA Staff Jim Mussman – Precision Heavy Haul Steven Todd – SC&RA Staff Paul Delong – Paul Delong Heavy Haul Dan Wells – Consultant/Retired Colorado DOT

Preventing Bridge Hits/Strikes To include training topics covering: preventing bridge hits, running off route and crossing weight restricted bridges or unauthorized entry in construction zones, avoiding larger fines, suspensions, injuries, lawsuits, etc.

Six Chapters With at least 14 subchapters or segments

1. Introduction 2. Management sets the tone in prioritizing safety. 3. The permitting process. 4. Post permit/Pre-Trip. 5. The Move. 6. Conclusion

In Cab Audible Navigation App

Audible navigation of state issued permitted route Includes bridge slow downs Off route notification

Purpose: Advocate for the pilot/escort vehicle industry toward improving the safety of the motoring public as it relates to oversized and overweight transportation vehicles and their Pilot Car escorts.

NAPSVA arose out of the SC&RA contract with FHWA to provide an updated Pilot Escort Vehicle Operator Best Practices and generic national training curriculum that states could use as a foundation for building internal state programs. NAPSVA was initially cited in response to a formal request from the National Transportation Safety Board as they were investigating the Skagit River Bridge incident. It will serve to become the leading advocate for issues the pilot car industry faces.

ALL

Breakouts to Drill More Deeply into Truck Parking, Bridge

Strikes, Permitting, and Harmonization

BREAK OUT DISCUSSION

Proposed Breakout Approach

Attendees break into four groups

Groups will focus on Truck Parking,

Bridge Strikes, Permitting, and

Harmonization

Groups will then discuss what is working

and what isn’t for the first half hour and

then brainstorm potential actions

AASHTO could take in the second half

hour

Volunteers qre requested to act as

scribes and then to report out to all

Timetable

10:00 a.m.: Initial discussion on what is

working and what isn’t

10:30 am.: Brainstorming of a detailed list

of potential actions to take to address the challenges identified

11:00 a.m.: Report out (5 minutes per group)

11:30 a.m.—Action Items and Next Steps:

Potential Products to Discuss

12:00 noon—Adjourn

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION

Initial discussion on what is working and what

isn’t

Brainstorming of a detailed list of potential

actions to take to address the challenges of

truck parking and bridge strikes (webinar

summary notes provided)

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION

Report out (5 minutes per group)

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION

Action Items and Next Steps: Potential Products

Research project on best practices on truck parking

AASHTO Guide on Truck Parking

AASHTO Resolutions

National survey on causes of bridge strikes

NOCoE Case Studies

Other

VICE CHAIR NEEDED

NEXT EVENT

April/May 2019 – Next Webinar

THANK YOU TO ALL FOR ATTENDING!

Adjourn