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THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT RAILROADING

Joseph Schwieterman Professor, DePaul University

Dramatically reduced public understanding in just one generation

WHO ARE THE RAILROADS?

Urban/Industrial Passengers Nostalgia

GROWING EMPHASIS ON AWARENESS

1860

1915

1968

1971

EXTENSIVE DEREGULATION OF PRICES AND SERVICE

1980

THE EMERGENCE OF FOUR DOMINANT U.S. RAILROADS

2004

2ND CANADIAN CARRIER EMERGES

Speed Limits Highway Crossing Safety Property Tax Commuter Rail Noise Abatement & Blocked Crossings

WHO MANAGES WHAT?

Federal government State government Regional entities More local

• rientation

Federal government State funding & private railroads

COAL

INTERMODAL

PETROLEUM

THANK YOU!

Railroads and communities

Mark Walbrun, PE

Technical Innovations in Railroad Operations and S afety

 Positive Train

Control

 Four Quadrant

Gates

 Operation

Lifesaver

 Locomotive

Cameras

 Train/ S

ignal Event Recorders

Passenger and Freight Trains S haring Railroad Corridors

 All carriers meet FRA

safet y requirement s

 Bet t er use of limit ed

infrast ruct ure

 Opport unit ies t o share

former freight -only lines t o meet new passenger t raffic demands

 PTC upgrades for

passenger service enhances freight railroad service

Community Concerns



Locomotive exhaust – Tier III and Tier IV requirements



Noise – 70 Ldn threshold established by the S TB for merger changes and other mitigation



S afety – anti-trespassing measures, grade crossing safety, and positive train control



Traffic – grade crossing 20 seconds activation time, traffic signal coordination, typical passenger train gate down time less than a typical 120 second traffic signal cycle

Railr

• ads &

Our Communitie s

About Me tro Stra te g ie s

 Se rvic e s

• Po lic y & I

ssue Advo c a c y

• Pub lic E

ng a g e me nt

• Pla nning & Pro je c t I

mple me nta tio n

 F

re ig ht & Ra il Pro je c ts

• CRE

AT E Pro g ra m

• Co o k Co unty F

re ig ht Pla n

• Will Co unty F

re ig ht Pla n

City of Chic a g o - 2000

 Blizza r

d of 1999

 Ma yo r Da le y le tte r to Surfa c e

T ra nspo rta tio n Bo a rd (ST B)

 ST

B fa c ilita te d me e ting s

 Chic a g o Pla nning Gro up/ Chic a g o

T ra nspo rta tio n Co o rdina tio n Offic e

 CRE

AT E Pro g ra m

 Blizza r

d of 2014

PUBL IC AND ST AKE HOL DE R INVOL VE ME NT

Chic ago Re gion E nvir

• nme ntal and

T r anspor tation E ffic ie nc y (CRE AT E ) Pr

• gr

am

Pub lic o utre a c h a nd c o a litio n b uilding o n this $4.4B infra struc ture pro g ra m inc lude s e ng a g ing e le c te d

• ffic ia ls a nd c ivic , b usine ss

a nd c o mmunity

• rg a niza tio ns to se c ure
• ng o ing re g io na l suppo rt.

Produce Coal Corn Consumer Products Petroleum Autos

Note: Map not intended to be comprehensive. Only select flows displayed.

CRE AT E : Ke e ping the Na tion’s E

c onomy Moving

CRE AT E Pr

• g r

a m Sta ke holde r s

 Co mpo sitio n

–

Ra ilro a d – AAR re pre se nts a ll Cla ss I ra ilro a ds, Me tra , Amtra k

–

I llino is DOT – Se c re ta ry

• f T

ra nspo rta tio n

–

Chic a g o DOT – Co mmissio ne r

• f T

ra nspo rta tio n

–

Co o k Co unty – Supe rinte nde nt

–

USDOT (no n-vo ting )

 Re spo nsib ilitie s

–

Se t po lic y fo r CRE AT E Pro g ra m

–

Re so lve a ll Pro g ra m issue s

–

Re pre se nt the CRE AT E pa rtne rship

–

Se e k re so urc e s to b uild the CRE AT E Pro g ra m

Gr a de Se pa r a tions

 Sa fe ty  Qua lity o f L

ife

 Air Qua lity

Via duc t Pr

• g r

a m



L

• c a tio ns in the City o f

Chic a g o



I mpro ve d ro a dwa ys, side wa lks a nd dra ina g e unde r ra ilro a d via duc ts



E nha nc e d sa fe ty a nd se c urity fo r mo to rists, pe de stria ns a nd b ic yc lists



37 lo c a tio ns c o mple te d in 2006



14 lo c a tio ns c o mple te d in 2012 (USDOT T I GE R funding , $5 millio n)



11 c o mple te d in 2015/ 2016 (Sta te o f I llino is funding )

Via duc t Improve me nt Prog ra m

Before After

Example le: 15 1530 S 30 S Loomis is Street

After

Example le: 15 1530 S 30 S Racin ine Avenue

Before

Qua lity of L ife Issue s

 911 Critic a l Cro ssing  Rig ht o f Wa y

Ma inte na nc e

 Via duc t Prio ritiza tio n  Stre e t Clo sure s

Cook County F r e ight Plan

 Prio ritize T

ra nsit a nd Othe r T ra nspo rta tio n Alte rna tive s

 Suppor

t the Re gion’s Role as Nor th Ame r ic a’s F r e ight Capitol

 Pro mo te E

q ua l Ac c e ss to Oppo rtunitie s

 Ma inta in a nd Mo de rnize

Wha t Alre a dy E xists

 I

nc re a se I nve stme nts in T ra nspo rta tio n

Will County Community- F rie ndly F re ight Plan

 F

re ig ht Mo b ility Ne e ds

 Wo rkfo rc e De ve lo pme nt  Wo rkfo rc e Mo b ility  L

iva b le Co mmunitie s

 E

ngage d Public

 E

duc ational Outr e ac h

 L

a nd-Use Pla nning

 F

unding Oppo rtunitie s

Why is Coordination Important?

 I

de ntifie s a ll pe rspe c tive s & unkno wn issue s

 L

e a ds to po te ntia l c o lla b o ra tio n o ppo rtunitie s

 Builds c o mmunity suppo rt  Ca n re duc e de la ys a nd c o sts  Cre a te s o wne rship o f issue s a nd so lutio ns

L aur a Wilkison

lwilkison@me tr

• str

a te g ie sinc .c om

T HANK YOU

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National and Regional View of Rail

Audrey Wennink October 11, 2017

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Freight Flows by Highway, Railroad and Waterway, 2011

Source: Highways: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3.5, 2015; Rail: Based on Surface Transportation Board, Annual Carload Waybill Sample and rail freight flow assignments done by Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Inland Waterways: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute or Water Resources, Annual Vessel Operating Activity and Lock Performance Monitoring System data, September 2015.

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Chicago: The Nation’s Freight Rail Hub

• 25 percent of all U.S. freight

rail traffic touches Chicago

• 44 percent of all intermodal

units in the U.S. touch Chicago

• 68 percent of intermodal units

to/from the ports of Seattle/Tacoma touch Chicago

• 45 percent of intermodal units

to/from Los Angeles/Long Beach touch Chicago

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Intermodal Traffic

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 15.40 8.34 6.82 5.77 3.46 3.35 2.39 2.39 1.95 1.79

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units Millions

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• 5. Memphis

243,000 railcars BNSF, CSXT, CN, NS, UP

• 4. Kansas City

478,000 railcars BNSF, CPRS, KCS, NS, UP

• 3. New Orleans

602,000 railcars BNSF, CN, CSXT, KCS, NS, UP

• 2. St. Louis

645,000 railcars BNSF, CSXT, CN,KCS, NS, UP

Source – U.S. DOT Freight Analysis Framework 3, 2010; includes freight

• riginating and terminating at gateways – does not include through-

freight

• 1. Chicago

1,343,000 railcars BNSF, CN, CPRS, CSXT, NS, UP

Eas East-West st F Freight ht Rail G Gateways ys

Ran anked b by Load aded R Rai ailcars p per y year ar

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Metra Commuter Rail

• 11 rail lines
• 241 stations
• 691 weekday

trains

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Amtrak

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Freight Rail Benefits

• Increasing Fuel Efficiency: On average, railroads are four

times ​more fuel-efficient than trucks.

• Reducing Pollution: Moving freight by rail instead of trucks

reduces greenhouse gas emissions an average of 75%.

• Lessening Highway Congestion: A train can carry the

freight of several hundred trucks — reducing highway gridlock, the cost of maintaining existing highways and the pressure to build expensive​ new highways

• Delivering Global Competitiveness: Railroads haul

approximately one-third of all U.S. exports, allowing American industry to be more competitive in the worldwide economy.

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CREATE Program

• Economic Benefits
• f $31.5 Billion will

be achieved if Program is fully built

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Sector Impact on Regional Employment

• Transportation and Logistics is one of the key

economic strengths of the Chicago region

– Includes freight and limited interurban passenger transportation, and services that support these

• perations
• Fourth largest business cluster in the region

Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

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Contact

Audrey Wennink Director, Transportation Metropolitan Planning Council awennink@metroplanning.org 312-863-6004