Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
At the recently concluded MAFC Annual Meeting, held in Louisville, Kentucky, the conference attendees toured Jeff Boat and were able to watch the launching of a new barge. Both Mark Locker (Ohio DOT) and Ernie Perry (MAFC) captured the launch on video.
Low water levels on the Mississippi River are slowing barge movements. To add to the frustration of the delays, there is an industry wide work force shortage, and the tow’s cost of operation continue and multiple with the delays. Read the article at: https://www.farmprogress.com/harvest/its-disastrous-barge-captain-explains-transportation-woes-shallow-mississippi
Kansas DOT is responding to changes in travel and freight movement to ensure their agency supports the existing and expected changes in transportation, communications, and IT technologies. Secretary Lorenz of Kansas DOT recently announced they are establishing the Multimodal Transportation and Innovation Division at KDOT. She added, this division, led by Cory Davis, will contain the Bureau of […]
Meeting materials and presentations are now available from the 2022 MAFC Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with summer MAASTO meeting. Des Moines, Iowa. July 26 and 27th, 2022. https://wwwtest.midamericafreight.org/index.php/2022-mafc-conference-and-annual-meeting/
