NCDOT Rail Division

Managing Multi-modal Projects within a Corridor

Freight in the Southeast

February 10, 2011

52% PROJECTED NC POPULATION GROWTH BY 2030

NORTH CAROLINA GROWTH PROJECTIONS

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National Gateway Project

CSXT’s National Gateway

• Provides meaningful connections– Expedites traffic through

Chicago and St Louis– Exploits NW Ohio Transfer

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• National Gateway enhances intermodal network

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NW Ohio Transfer Yard

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More Efficient Movement

• 1 gallon of fuel moves 1 ton of freight 436 miles• Rail uses 1/3 of the energy vs highway or aviation • Reduced fuel and emissions, 2/3 less greenhouse gases• 1 Intermodal trains = 280 trucks, merchandise trains = 500 trucks• North Carolina International Terminal

•3,600 trains or 1 million trucks annually?

• More dense development reduces public costs of infrastructure• Transit travel times will continue to decrease while travel times via highways will increase• Expands the labor pool available to employers• Expands the size of the job market for workers

Lasts Longer

• Investment in short line railroads helps retain jobs in rural and small urban communities • An 18 wheeler impacts highway costs at the rate of 20 to 70 cents per mile • PanaMax Era will change intermodal traffic flows dramatically

• Reduced emissions means our life expectancy is not reduced

• Rail transportation is safer