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2017 Amended Oregon Freight Plan OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Adopted June 15, 2011 (Revised November 17, 2017) An Element of the Oregon Transportation Plan THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Copyright, 2017, by The Oregon Department of Transportation Permission is given to quote and reproduce parts of the document if credit is given to the source A copy of this plan is on file at the Oregon Department of Transportation and online at: https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Planning/Pages/Plans.aspx To obtain additional copies of this plan contact: Oregon Department of Transportation Transportation Development Division Planning Section – Freight Mobility Unit 555 13th St. NE, Suite 2 Salem, OR 97301-4178 Telephone: (503) 986-3520 OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Oregon Transportation Commission Gail Achterman, Chair David Lohman Mary Olson Oregon Freight Plan Steering Committee Mike Burton Scott Cantonwine Gary Cardwell Mike Card Peter Kratz David Kronsteiner Susie Lahsene David Lohman Robin McArthur Linda Mondrell Michael Montero Brock Nelson Mike Noonan John Porter Bob Russell Tom Zelenka OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Oregon Freight Plan AN ELEMENT OF THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION PLAN Prepared By Cambridge Systematics Inc. And ODOT Freight Mobility Unit Adopted June 15, 2011 Amended November 17, 2017 Prepared By ODOT Freight Planning Unit and WSP Oregon Department of Transportation Transportation Development Division Planning Section OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Oregon Freight Plan Produced by: Oregon Department of Transportation, Planning Section Erik Havig, Manager Michael Bufalino, Freight Mobility Unit Manager Lloyd Fobi, Senior Transportation Planner Teddi Baker, Senior Transportation Planner Judith Callens, Senior Transportation Planner Becky Knudson, Senior Transportation Analyst Kim Otis, Freight Mobility Unit Key Contact Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Michael Fischer, Project Manager Sophie Hartshorn, Transportation Planner Martin Schilling, Transportation Analyst Starboard Alliance Company, Monica Isbell, President SR Kale Consulting, Steve Kale, Principal Amendment prepared by: Oregon Department of Transportation, Planning Section Erik Havig, Manager Scott Turnoy, Freight Planning Program Manager Roseann O’Laughlin, Senior Transportation Planner Robin Marshburn, Senior Transportation Planner WSP Bridget Wieghart, Project Manager Joseph Bryan, Senior Advisor Sebastian Guerrero, Lead Analyst Shashank Pulikanti, Associate Analyst JLA, Vaughan Brown, Stakeholder Facilitation Photos provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation. This project was funded, in part, by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation OREGON FREIGHT PLAN Table of Contents Executive Summary..................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Purpose Statement ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Plan Development ................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Oregon Economy ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Freight Transportation Demand and Needs of Oregon Industries ........................................................................... 6 The Freight Systems ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Freight and Climate Change .................................................................................................................................. 10 Funding ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Issues and Strategies ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 15 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 17 1.1 Overview of the Plan ................................................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Policy and Legal Context of the Plan .......................................................................................................... 25 1.3 Summary of Oregon Freight Plan Contents ................................................................................................. 29 Economy and Freight Demand................................................................................................. 31 2.0 Economy and Freight Demand..................................................................................... 33 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 33 2.2 Oregon’s Economy ...................................................................................................................................... 33 2.3 Freight Demand Overview - Oregon ........................................................................................................... 40 2.4 Freight Demand Overview – Oregon Area Commissions on Transportation (ACTs) ................................. 53 2.5 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 68 Oregon Industries and Freight Movement.............................................................................. 69 3.0 Oregon Industries and Freight Movement.................................................................. 71 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 71 3.2 Industry Contribution to Oregon’s Economy .............................................................................................. 72 3.3 Industry Location and Clustering ................................................................................................................ 77 3.4 Industry Transportation System and Service Requirements, Issues and Opportunities ............................... 79 Freight Systems .......................................................................................................................... 87 4.0 Freight Systems .............................................................................................................. 89 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 89 4.2 Freight System Overview ............................................................................................................................ 89 4.3 Strategic Freight Network Selection Methodology and Description ........................................................... 98 4.4 Connectivity .............................................................................................................................................. 111 4.5 Freight Through Movements ..................................................................................................................... 117 Freight and Climate Change .................................................................................................. 121 5.0 Freight and Climate Change ...................................................................................... 123 5.1 The Oregon Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 123 5.2 Trends Affecting Freight GHG Emissions ................................................................................................ 124 5.3 Potential Actions to Reduce Freight-Related GHG Emissions .................................................................. 127 5.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Freight ...................................................................................................... 132 Funding ..................................................................................................................................... 135 OREGON FREIGHT PLAN 6.0 Funding ......................................................................................................................... 137 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 137 6.2 ODOT’s Transportation Funds .................................................................................................................. 137 6.3 ODOT’s Transportation Budget ................................................................................................................ 139 6.4 Freight-Specific Funding Opportunities ...................................................................................................
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