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Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA-HEP-14-007 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date FHWA National Gateways and Corridor Concepts August 2013 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Paula Dowell, Ph.D.; Juan Carlos Villa; Nathan Hutson 9. Performing Organization Name And Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Cambridge Systematics, Inc 4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 800 11. Contract or Grant No. Bethesda, MD 20814 with Texas A&M Transportation Institute 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered U.S. Department of Transportation Final Report Federal Highway Administration August 2011 to August 2013 Office of Planning 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE HEPP Washington, DC 20590 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract Freight corridors and gateways are key elements of the transportation network, and thus investment in them is critical to maintain economic competiveness. To make sure our future needs are met while ensuring economic competitiveness, there is a need for the United States and its North American partners to identify proactively where new infrastructure should be built to handle changes in trade patterns, demographics and freight flows with a focus on the role of transportation infrastructure in facilitating exports. Thus, the focus of the National Gateways and Corridors Concepts project is to identify and document multimodal corridor and gateway needs, trends, and opportunities to assist in the development of future national infrastructure plans that will assure U.S. and North American competiveness. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Borders, Corridors, Gateways, Freight No restrictions. transportation, Freight infrastructure 19. Security Classif. (of this report) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price Unclassified Unclassified 152 N/A Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized FHWA National Gateways and Corridors Concepts Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Study Overview .......................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Summary of Gateway and Corridor Flows ............................................. 1-2 1.3 NAFTA Trade ............................................................................................ 1-13 1.4 Study Approach ........................................................................................ 1-25 1.5 Report Organization ................................................................................. 1-26 2.0 International Gateway and Corridor Plans .................................................... 2-1 2.1 Canada.......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Mexico – Multimodal Corridor Master Plan ......................................... 2-12 2.3 European Union – The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) ...................................................................................................... 2-17 2.4 People’s Republic of China ..................................................................... 2-21 2.5 India’s Trade Corridor Development .................................................... 2-29 2.6 Brazil ........................................................................................................... 2-34 2.7 Considerations for U.S. Gateway and Planning Efforts ...................... 2-38 3.0 Role of Gateways and Corridors ...................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Agriculture................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Energy Supply Chains ............................................................................. 3-11 3.3 Containerized Consumer Goods ............................................................ 3-19 3.4 Automotive Manufacturing .................................................................... 3-23 3.5 Considerations for a National Gateways and Corridors Concepts ... 3-32 4.0 Private Sector Input and Observations with Public Sector Reflection .... 4-1 4.1 Approach to Private Sector Input ............................................................. 4-1 4.2 Overview of Private-Sector Forums ......................................................... 4-2 4.3 Private-Sector Input .................................................................................... 4-5 4.4 Summary of Private Sector Input ............................................................. 4-9 4.5 Public Sector reaction to private Sector Input ...................................... 4-16 5.0 Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Summary of Knowledge Gained and Key Take-A-Ways ..................... 5-2 Appendix A. Factors Impacting Future Freight Flows ...................................... A-1 i FHWA National Gateways and Corridors Concepts List of Tables Table 1.1 U.S. Export and Import Values and GDP Share 1992 to 2012, Billions of Dollars ....................................................................................... 1-3 Table 1.2 Top 15 U.S. Trading Partners by Total Trade Value 2012, Billions of Dollars ....................................................................................... 1-7 Table 1.3 Top 25 Trade Gateways by Mode and Value 2011, Billions of Dollars......................................................................................................... 1-9 Table 1.4 Top 10 Exporting States Key Commodities by Value 2012, Millions of Dollars .................................................................................... 1-11 Table 1.5 Top Importing States Key Commodities by Value 2012, Millions of Dollars ................................................................................................... 1-13 Table 1.6 Top 10 Exporting States to Canada and Their Top Commodities 2012, Billions of Dollars ........................................................................... 1-16 Table 1.7 Top 10 Importing States from Canada and Their Top Commodities 2012, Billion Dollars ........................................................ 1-18 Table 1.8 Top 10 Exporting States to Mexico and Their Top Commodities 2012, Billions Dollars ............................................................................... 1-19 Table 1.9 Top 10 Importing States from Mexico and Their Top Commodities 2012, Billion Dollars ........................................................ 1-21 Table 1.10 Top 15 NAFTA Ports, by Value in Million Dollars 2012, Billions of Dollars ................................................................................................... 1-22 Table 2.1 Traffic Construction Measures in the 12th Five-Year Plan, 2011 ...... 2-28 Table 2.2 2005 Port Traffic in India ....................................................................... 2-32 Table 2.3 Brazil: Overseas Waterborne Trade By Trade Area Metric Tons, 2011................................................................................................. 2-35 Table 2.4 Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, 2004 to 2013 .............................. 2-36 Table 3.1 Typical Harvest Periods for Agriculture Products in the Eastern Corn Belt .................................................................................................... 3-2 Table 3.2 Transportation Characteristics of Agricultural Commoditiesa 2007............................................................................................................. 3-4 Table 3.3 Modal Characteristic of Agricultural Commodities by Tons, 2007............................................................................................................. 3-5 Table 3.4 National Ton-Mile Totals for Major Energy Commodities .............. 3-12 iii List of Tables, continued Table 3.5 Modal Distribution of SCTG Commodity Code 43 “Mixed Freight” .................................................................................................... 3-19 Table 3.6 Containerized Value of Maritime Imports by Commodity, 2012 ... 3-20 Table 3.7 U.S. Automotive Trade, 2011 ................................................................ 3-24 Table 4.1 Businesses and Organizations Represented at the Outreach Events ........................................................................................................