Regional Freight Study: Communications

Annual Meeting Conferences Regional Freight Plan Research

On the last day of the 2011 MAFC Annual Meeting, a small group of state, academic, and MPO representatives attended a workshop conducted by the MAFC communications staff. This workshop was designed to gather ideas about what sorts of communications materials and published products would most usefully communicate the results of the MAFC regional freight […]

Regional Freight Study: Key Industries

Annual Meeting Regional Freight Plan Research

Another element of the regional freight study is identifying major industries that will be the source of economic growth in the 21st century. These industries will be studied to better understand how transportation can be made a source of support for their growth. Participants in this breakout session at the 2011 MAFC Annual Meeting began […]

EDC Newsletter

News

The Economic Development Council of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois recently published their latest newsletter, which includes information about economic development activities in central Illinois. For more information, visit the EDC website.

Futurallia Kansas City 2011

Conferences Events MAFC

Don’t miss out! Registration for Futurallia Kansas City 2011 closes on April 23. Futurallia, the 16th Annual Business Development Forum, will be held in Kansas City,  Missouri on May 18-20, 2011. Register now at futuralliakc2011.com.

2011 MAFC Conference and Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Conferences Events

The 2011 Mid-America Freight Coalition Conference and Annual Meeting, to be held April 26-28 in St. Louis, Missouri, starts in just a few days. We’ve put together a diverse line-up of presentations, panel discussions, and workshops on freight transportation in the MAFC region and beyond. A special note for state and MPO representatives. On April […]

The Far Reaching Effects of Canal Expansion

Highway Maritime Rail Research

Since it opened in 1914, the Panama Canal has been a vital part of international trade. However, the growth of worldwide shipping over the course of the last century has increasingly strained the Canal’s capacity, causing the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to estimate in 2006 that the Canal would reach its current operating capacity before […]

No Free Lunches

Freight Notes Funding

We all learned at a young age that there is no free lunch, but most Americans seem to have forgotten that simple truism when it comes to public spending on transportation infrastructure. A recent Rockefeller Foundation survey, which was republished in the AASHTO Journal, found that two-thirds of respondents felt that a greater investment is […]

DOC Listening Sessions

Funding Highway Maritime Rail

The US Departments of Commerce (DOC) and Transportation have recently broken new ground. They are cooperating on a series of public meetings in which members of the private sector have been asked to come and discuss their concerns and ideas about transportation. This is new ground because the agencies are dealing with a fundamental issue […]