November 13 FHWA Freight Peer Exchange – and Capacity building event, bringing in peers Freight Coordinating Committee (MPO, DOT, from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky MPO and the and FHWA staff) has met twice. South Florida MPO, to understand how they Jessica Hill linked freight to economic development and Regional Freight Steering Committee had meeting on tied to rural areas. September 23, 2015. CDM Smith working on existing conditions Additional funding received from NC State analysis. Ports Authority. Planning staff attending a workshop sponsored by the NCDOT Public Transportation Division Will continue to work with several regional that will support our region’s ability to develop Transportation Demand planners, transit, and air quality partners on broader Regional Transportation Demand Management collaboration opportunities for building a TDM Management (TDM) Framework to guide next Plan/Strategy in the region steps towards creating a Regional TDM Plan/Strategy. Intelligent Transportation Integrating ITS into Freight Study Systems Meetings with CATS regarding collaboration on the regional transit operations plan. Developing action steps for Innovation Transit Planning Michelle Nance, Corridors with federal, state, and local Innovation Corridors meeting with federal and partners. state agencies to develop framework for regional transit. Regional CommunityViz project set up with CRTPO, GCLMPO, and RR RPO to develop replicable, consistent, and documented Updating CONNECT data for Regional process for developing and allocating CommunityViz project. Coordinated Transportation Michelle Nance, socioeconomic data for the Travel Demand Planning Blair Israel, Model. Develop proposal for paid services for the NC 73 Council of Planning. Administered NC 73 Council of Planning March 9 meeting and follow-up. Grant developed for the Cabarrus-Rowan Grant writing currently underway for FY17 VTS Volunteer Transportation Katie Kutcher, Urbanized Area to administer mobility and mobility management work through Services Blair Israel, management and VTS. NCDOT.
Regional Freight Jessica Hill Freight Coordinating Committee (MPO, DOT, and FHWA staff) has met twice. Steering Committee had meeting on September 23, 2015. Additional funding received from NC State Ports Authority. November 13 – FHWA Freight Peer Exchange and Capacity building event, bringing in peers from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky MPO and the South Florida MPO, to understand how they linked freight to economic development and tied to rural areas. CDM Smith working on existing conditions analysis. Transportation Demand Management Planning staff attending a workshop sponsored by the NCDOT Public Transportation Division that will support our region’s ability to develop broader Regional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Framework to guide next steps towards creating a Regional TDM Plan/Strategy. Will continue to work with several regional planners, transit, and air quality partners on collaboration opportunities for building a TDM Plan/Strategy in the region Intelligent Transportation Systems Integrating ITS into Freight Study Transit Planning Michelle Nance, Meetings with CATS regarding collaboration on the regional transit operations plan. Innovation Corridors meeting with federal and state agencies to develop framework for regional transit. Developing action steps for Innovation Corridors with federal, state, and local partners. Coordinated Transportation Planning Michelle Nance, Blair Israel, Regional CommunityViz project set up with CRTPO, GCLMPO, and RR RPO to develop replicable, consistent, and documented process for developing and allocating socioeconomic data for the Travel Demand Model. Administered NC 73 Council of Planning March 9 meeting and follow-up. Updating CONNECT data for Regional CommunityViz project. Develop proposal for paid services for the NC 73 Council of Planning. Volunteer Transportation Services Katie Kutcher, Blair Israel, Grant developed for the Cabarrus-Rowan Urbanized Area to administer mobility management and VTS. Grant writing currently underway for FY17 VTS and mobility management work through NCDOT.