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RIO GRANDE VALLEY REGIONAL FREIGHT AND TRADE TRANSPORTATION PLAN Kick-off Meeting TxDOT Pharr District Office September 12, 2019, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. September 12, 2019 Rio Grande Valley Regional Freight and Trade Transportation Plan

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY REGIONAL FREIGHT AND TRADE TRANSPORTATION PLAN

Kick-off Meeting TxDOT Pharr District Office September 12, 2019, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. September 12, 2019

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Today’s Agenda

Time To Topic Lea ead 1:30 – 1:45 We Welcome and I Introductions Case asey Wells lls, Freight Planner TxDOT Carolin ine M Mays, Director - Freight, International Trade, and Connectivity TxDOT Pete Alvarez, District Engineer TxDOT Pharr District Ron

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arza, Acting Interim Executive Director Rio Grande Valley MPO 1:45 – 2:30 St Study Overview

  • Study Team
  • Goals and Objectives
  • Scope of Work
  • Deliverables
  • Schedule

Pa Paula Dowell (Cambridge Systematics) Lizzie W Welc lch (Cambridge Systematics) Case asey W Wells (TxDOT) 2:30 – 3:00 Stakeholde der O Outreach Pa Paula Dowell (Cambridge Systematics) 3:00 – 3:15 Coor

  • ordinat

ation w with B BTMP Case asey W Wells (TxDOT) Tim J Juarez (TxDOT) 3:15 – 3:30 Discussi ssion

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Pa Paula Dowell (Cambridge Systematics)

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STUDY OVERVIEW

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Study Team

Cambridge Systematics – Project Manager and Technical Lead

Paula Dowell Lizzie Welch

WSP– Land Use and Engineering Support

Michael Penic Becky Bray

Freight Insights – Private Sector Stakeholder Outreach

Susan Atherton

R.J. Rivera Associates– Stakeholder Outreach Support

Everardo Ibarra

Texas Department of Transportation

Casey Wells, Project Manager Kale Driemeier, Deputy Project Manager

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Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Plan Study Area

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Why a Rio Grande Valley Regional Freight and Trade Plan?

  • Poor regional connectivity between

existing and planned corridors (e.g. I-69C and I-69E)

  • Lack of redundant border crossings

reduces reliability and strains infrastructure

  • Inefficiency in moving freight in and
  • ut of intermodal facilities and

border crossings

  • Need strategies for oversize and
  • verweight vehicles

Fre reight a and T Tra rade Mo Movement Challe llenges P Previ viou

  • usly

ly Identif ifie ied b d by Stak akeholde ders: s:

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Why a Rio Grande Valley Regional Freight and Trade Plan?

  • 2018 Texas Freight Mobility Plan identified need to:

– Promote Texas’ strategic location in national and international trade – Focus on multimodal solutions in strategic freight hubs – Identify and develop strategies at the local and regional level – Develop implementable local recommendations and strategies including policies, programs, and projects Inbound trucks from Mexico increased by 35%

between 2010 and 2018. Inbound trains increased by 87%.

U.S. DOT, 2019

$22.7 billion in exports $29.6 billion in imports

through five border ports of entry in 2018

U.S. DOT, 2019

Port of Brownsville handles nearly

8 million tons annually

Port of Harlingen handles nearly

1 million tons annually

Ports of Brownsville and Harlingen, 2019

1,000,000 trucks 1,000 trains

Entered the U.S. through the RGV in 2018

U.S. DOT, 2019

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Purpose and Goals

Integrate multimodal regional and statewide international freight transportation considerations into the local and regional transportation planning, programming, and implementation processes Identify the region’s freight and trade-related transportation needs and opportunities impacting the Texas Multimodal Freight Network and statewide economic competitiveness

Develop a Rio Grande Valley Regional Freight and Trade Transportation Plan that identifies freight activities, opportunities, challenges and strategies

GOALS PURPOSE

Goals and objectives will be refined through stakeholder outreach process

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Rio Grande Valley Regional Objectives

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Local and Regional Data Collection Enhance Regional Freight and Trade Forecasts Regional Multimodal Freight and Trade Transportation Network Local Land Use and Freight and Trade Mobility Regional, Statewide, National, International Sphere of Influence Enhance Freight and Trade Transportation Mobility, Connectivity, and Safety

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SCOPE OF WORK

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DEVELOP FREIGHT AND TRADE STRATEGIES DEVELOP FREIGHT AND TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS (ROUND 2) AND OUTREACH

Project Approach Overview

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ASSESS CURRENT

AND FUTURE NEEDS

ANALYZE FREIGHT SYSTEM CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS (ROUND 1)

AND INTERVIEWS

REGIONAL FREIGHT AND TRADE PLAN COLLECT DATA, REVIEW MATERIALS, IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES

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Key Technical Tasks

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  • Assess and collect data and review existing studies and plans
  • Formulate regional freight and trade transportation goals and objectives
  • Designate regional multimodal freight and trade network
  • Assess conditions, performance, and needs
  • Congestion, bottlenecks, and reliability
  • Commodity and trade flows
  • Infrastructure characteristics and conditions
  • Safety
  • Connectivity analysis – local to international scales
  • Identify freight and trade transportation needs and issues
  • Analyze freight and trade land use and community impact
  • Document economic importance and impact at local, regional, state, and

national levels

CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

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Key Technical Tasks

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  • Collect and evaluate relevant regional socioeconomic and other data
  • Profile key freight and trade intensive industry sectors and supply

chains in the region

  • Identify, quantify, and document the importance of the region's freight

and trade and economic activity to the state and the nation

  • Identify the employment, income, GRP and tax revenue generated by

freight and trade intensive industries

  • Quantify economic impact of multimodal freight and trade

transportation

  • Assess implications of not effectively meeting the region’s freight and

trade transportation needs

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY REGION

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Key Technical Tasks

  • Identify current, anticipated, and proposed projects with freight and

trade impact

  • Include multimodal infrastructure projects
  • Develop operational and technology strategies
  • Identify freight-based economic development strategies
  • Identify policy strategies
  • Create screening and performance-based prioritization methods and

tools

  • Compile regional Freight and Trade Transportation Investment Plan
  • Develop implementation plan

RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES

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Scope of Work Technical Deliverables

Ta Task Deliver erables es Schedu edule Technic ical Anal alysis an and Reports

Freight Data and Studies Assessment Matrix November 2019 Regional Multimodal Freight Network and Memo March 2020 Regional Commodity Flow and Forecasts Profile April 2020 Freight and Trade Needs Assessment Memo May 2020 Economic Importance and Impact Memo June 2020 Land Use and Community Impact Memo June 2020 Regional Freight Strategies and Recommendations Memo July 2020 Regional Freight Investment Plan and Implementation Program September 2020 Regional Freight Plan and Executive Summary November 2020

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STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH

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Key Stakeholder Outreach Tasks

  • Develop stakeholder outreach plan
  • Engage and coordinate with Rio Grande Valley Steering Committee
  • Conduct stakeholder interviews
  • Analyze stakeholder surveys conducted during Texas-Mexico Border

Transportation Master Plan (BTMP)

  • Coordinate with RGV MPO
  • Conduct stakeholder meetings, in coordination with the BTMP when

possible

STAKEHOLDER I R INPUT

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Who are the Freight and Trade Stakeholders?

Publi lic

  • TxDOT Pharr District
  • RGV MPO
  • Cities and counties
  • Economic development
  • fficials
  • Maritime ports
  • International ports of entry
  • Elected officials
  • TxDMV
  • TxDPS
  • FHWA
  • FMCSA
  • CBP

Priv ivate

  • Carriers
  • Trucking
  • Rail
  • Maritime
  • Pipeline
  • Air cargo
  • Freig

ight h handlin ing f facil ilit itie ies

  • Rail and port terminals
  • Trucking terminals/transload facilities
  • Warehousing and distributions
  • Foreign Trade Zones
  • Tran

ansportation an and t trad ade as associat ations

  • Texas Trucking Association
  • Border Trade Alliance
  • Texas International Produce Association
  • Econo

nomic d development organizations ns

  • Chambers of commerce
  • Economic development agencies
  • Private developers

Who should we target for interviews?

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Rio Grande Valley Steering Committee

Convene Steering Committee

Identify potential members Develop considerations for engagement Establish steering committee structure

Engage Steering Committee

Define role and responsibilities Set meeting dates/places Establish communication methods Deploy best practices

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Rio Grande Valley Steering Committee: Tentative Roster

RGV MPO Port of Brownsville RMAs International Bridges Counties, Cities, & EDCs Class I & Short Line Railroads Trade Associations Private Companies TxDOT, TxDPS, & TxDMV

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Coordinate with MPO Committees

Project introduction, existing conditions, and stakeholder

  • utreach overview

Needs, challenges, and

  • pportunities (after round 1

listening sessions) Strategies, projects and implementation (after round 2 listening sessions)

Presentations to MPO Technical Advisory Committee and Policy Board – Proposed Topics

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Workshops and Focus Groups

  • Trends, challenges, and opportunities
  • Multimodal network designation
  • Needs and bottlenecks

Round 1 – Early Spring 2020

  • Multimodal strategies
  • Screening and prioritization process
  • Implementation plan

Round 2 – Late Summer 2020

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Stakeholder Outreach Deliverables

Ta Task Deliver erables es Stak akeholder Ou Outreach Stakeholder Engagement Plan List of interviewees and Interview Guide Regional and state stakeholder database Notification and reminder emails or printed notices Materials for each meeting: presentation, interactive mapping, handouts, sign-in sheets, etc. Meeting summaries for all stakeholder meetings

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COORDINATION WITH THE TEXAS – MEXICO BORDER TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN

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Key Coordination Points

Collected, modeled, and forecasted data Stakeholder

  • utreach plans,

schedules, contacts, and findings Coordination of recommended projects, policies, and programs Peer review of key deliverables and decision points Development of fact sheets and other communication tools

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DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS

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Next Steps

Technical Analysis

  • Data needs and

inventory matrix

  • Materials review
  • Finalize goals and
  • bjectives

Stakeholder Outreach

  • Rio Grande Valley

Steering Committee

  • Enhance local and

regional stakeholder database

  • Develop list of

interview targets

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Contact Information

Casey Wells TX Dept. of Transportation Casey.Wells@txdot.gov (512) 423-8986 Kale Driemeier TX Dept. of Transportation Kale.Driemeier@txdot.gov (512) 649-6825 Paula Dowell, Ph.D. Cambridge Systematics PDowell@CamSys.com (404) 861-5834 Lizzie Welch, P.E. Cambridge Systematics EWelch@CamSys.com (512) 691-8534

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