RECORD OF MEETING
FREIGHT TASK
FORCE
Attendance:
Michael
Franchini (
Catherine
Lawson (UAlbany)
John
Newman (NYPMI)
Maurice
O’Connell (CSX)
Rob
Ritter (Louis Berger Group)
Teresa
La Salle (CDTC)
Tandem
trailer movements between NYS Thruway Exit 26 and the Adirondack Beverage
headquarters will begin this spring.
T.
Thompson announced an upcoming dinner meeting of the Council on Logistics
Management to be held at the Century house.
Please email Don Nolan at don.nolan@cbre-albany.com
for more information.
T.
Thompson announced that FedEx ground has absorbed American Freightways and is
located on the
Regarding
the new Federal Hours of Service regulations, many trucking firms say they will
need more drivers because they simply cannot make the connections under the new
restrictions. A grace period is being
granted.
T.
Thompson noted that a new
NYSDOT
increased the vertical clearance at the CP Rail Bridge at
T.
Thompson reported that he saw a demonstration of new drilling technology that
makes the process much easier and more efficient. CP Rail will run double stacks through
tunnel.
NYSDOT
is improving infrastructure for freight movement.
Due
to NYSDOT’s recent success with the closure of Route 7 this past summer, this
approach will be employed more by the agency, particularly in the following two
projects; Route 4 from
T.
Thompson noted that the Vaccus System is in operation at Rouses Point as part
of the I-87 Corridor Freight Safety and Security initiative. The system x-rays items in freight trains
between the hours of
T.
Thompson noted that the Albany International Airport will be paying for the
removal of the existing orange and white water tower in Latham on the east side
of I-87. The water tower is a visual
obstacle to the Airport’s control tower.
The Airport will also pay for construction of a new less obtrusive
tower.
SUNY
C.
Lawson noted that she has submitted an article proposal to ITE on Freight
Infomatics on the West Coast regarding data harvesting form trucks.
C.
Lawson will be presenting two papers at the Mid-year TRB Conference. She is currently working with Tom Kearny of
FHWA on Freight Infomatics and will hopefully have some
C.
Lawson reported that there is no money for a test study on Homeland Security,
but the project is moving along.
Louis
Berger – R.
Ritter noted that the Louis Berger Group will be working with the NY Port
Authority on an upcoming goods movement study.
The study will look at ways to improve truck revenues that are suffering
as a remaining effect from 9/11.
Alternate routes have become almost permanent. They will also look at increasing goods
movement on I-84 and pricing structures.
The
M.
Franchini reported that the County will be completely reconstructing
M.
Franchini noted that he attended the Thruway Albany Corridor Study on Tuesday,
February 24th. The Thruway
presented several concepts to improve interchanges from 23 to 25A. The Thruway is looking at a mainline
barrier concept and reconstructing (3 lanes) between exits 23 and 24. The Thruway is also encouraging several
direct connections to I-87. This concept
is controversial among Guilderland residents.
In addition the Thruway has three possible locations for a tandem lot;
the
Upcoming Events
CDTC Freight Task Force Meeting: May 7th at