Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
We’ve posted the Final Report for CFIRE project 03-23: Freight Corridor Performance in the Mississippi Valley Region. This project used ATRI geospatial data to evaluate the resiliency of the I-90/94 corridor in Wisconsin during two severe weather events in 2008.
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/
