Hampton RoadsHampton Roads Regional Freight Study Regional Freight Study 2012 Update2012 Update September 2012 T12-12 HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION Dwight L. Farmer Executive Director/Secretary VOTING MEMBERS: CHESAPEAKE JAMES CITY COUNTY PORTSMOUTH Alan P. Krasnoff Mary K. Jones Kenneth I. Wright GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEWPORT NEWS SUFFOLK Christopher A. Hutson McKinley Price Linda T. Johnson HAMPTON NORFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH Molly J. Ward Paul D. Fraim William D. Sessoms, Jr. ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY POQUOSON WILLIAMSBURG Delores Dee-Dee Darden W. Eugene Hunt, Jr. Clyde Haulman YORK COUNTY Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr. MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA SENATE The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr. The Honorable Frank W. Wagner MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES The Honorable John A. Cosgrove The Honorable Christopher P. Stolle TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON ROADS William E. Harrell, President/Chief Executive Officer WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Kevan Danker, Executive Director VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Dennis W. Heuer, District Administrator – Hampton Roads District VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Thelma Drake, Director VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY Jerry A. Bridges, Executive Director HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION NON-VOTING MEMBERS: CHESAPEAKE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY NORFOLK SUFFOLK WILLIAMSBURG Amar Dwarkanath W. Douglas Caskey Marcus Jones Selena Cuffee-Glenn Jackson C. Tuttle GLOUCESTER COUNTY JAMES CITY COUNTY POQUOSON VIRGINIA BEACH YORK COUNTY Brenda G. Garton Robert C. Middaugh J. Randall Wheeler James K. Spore James O. McReynolds HAMPTON NEWPORT NEWS PORTSMOUTH Mary Bunting Neil A. Morgan Kenneth L. Chandler FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Irene Rico, Division Administrator, Virginia Division Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION Jeffrey W. Breeden, Airport Planner, Washington Airports Office District Randall P. Burdette, Director PENINSULA AIRPORT COMMISSION NORFOLK AIRPORT AUTHORITY Ken Spirito, Executive Director Wayne E. Shank, Executive Director CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William W. Harrison, Jr., Chair William Bell, Co-Chair (Nonvoting Board Member) Robert Barclay, Co-Chair (Alternate Voting Board Member) MILITARY LIAISONS David A. Culler, Captain, U.S. Navy John Little, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Korvin D. Auch, Colonel, Langley Thomas R. Wetherington, Colonel, Langley INVITED PARTICIPANTS HRTPO PROJECT STAFF Hollis D. Ellis, Commonwealth Transportation Board Camelia Ravanbakht, Ph.D. Deputy Executive Director, HRTPO Aubrey L. Layne, Jr., Commonwealth Transportation Board Robert B. Case, P.E. Principal Transportation Engineer W. Shepperd Miller, III, Commonwealth Transportation Board Keith Nichols, P.E. Senior Transportation Engineer Samuel S. Belfield Senior Transportation Engineer Kathlene Grauberger Administrative Assistant II Mike Long General Services Manager Christopher Vaigneur Assistant General Services Manager HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL FREIGHT STUDY 2012 UPDATE PREPARED BY: SEPTEMBER 2012 T12-12 Report Documentation ii TITLE: REPORT DATE: Hampton Roads Regional Freight Study – 2012 Update September 2012 AUTHORS: ORGANIZATION CONTACT INFORMATION Samuel S. Belfield Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization Keith M. Nichols, P.E. 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 PROJECT MANAGER: (757) 420-8300 Robert B. Case, P.E., P.T.O.E. www.hrtpo.org ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Freight transportation influences every aspect of our daily lives and keeps our This document was prepared by the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning industries competitive in the global economy. This is especially true in Organization (HRTPO) in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Hampton Roads, which is not only home to the third largest port on the East Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Coast but also the home of airports, rail, private trucking, shipping and Transit Administration (FTA), Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), warehouse distribution facilities, as well as a network of road and rail corridors Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), Freight for the delivery of freight, goods, and services. In order for Hampton Roads to Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC), and the local jurisdictions and transit attract new business interests and continue to grow economically, its agencies within the Hampton Roads metropolitan planning area. The contents transportation network must facilitate the rapid and efficient movement of raw of this report reflect the views of the HRTPO. The HRTPO staff is responsible materials and finished products using trucks, trains, ships, and planes. for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the FHWA, FTA, VDOT or The overall purpose of the 2012 update of the Hampton Roads Regional DRPT. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Freight Study is to assist the HRTPO Board in making decisions on which FHWA, FTA, VDOT or DRPT acceptance of this report as evidence of transportation improvements related to freight are desirable. This update fulfillment of the objectives of this program does not constitute focuses on two major components: endorsement/approval of the need for any recommended improvements nor does it constitute approval of their location and design or a commitment to 1) Commodity Flows – analyzes foreign and domestic freight movement to, fund any such improvements. Additional project level environmental impact from, and within Hampton Roads for all transportation modes by weight and assessments and/or studies of alternatives may be necessary. value for existing (2010) and projected (2040) conditions using FHWA’s Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database. This section determines freight NON-DISCRIMINATION movements, top trading partners and top commodities for Hampton Roads. The HRTPO assures that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, national This section also utilizes the commodity flow data to measure the importance origin, handicap, sex, age, or income status as provided by Title VI of the Civil of local gateway corridors for trucks. Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent authorities, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subject to discrimination under 2) Regional Truck Movement – analyzes the movement of trucks both within any program or activity. The HRTPO Title VI Plan provides this assurance, Hampton Roads as well as through the gateways of the region, and identifies information about HRTPO responsibilities, and a Discrimination Complaint locations with high truck delay levels. This analysis is based primarily on Form. VDOT vehicle classification counts and INRIX travel time and speed data. James City/Williamsburg/YorkHampton Roads Regional Transportation Freight Study Table of Contents iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................. 1 Regional Truck Movement .................................................................. 85 Background .................................................................................... 1 Truck Travel in Hampton Roads ............................................... 86 2012 Update ................................................................................... 2 Truck Movements Through Regional Gateways ..................... 88 Truck Movements Across Regional Water Crossings ............ 90 Commodity Flows To, From, and Within Hampton Roads .............. 3 Daily Truck Movements by Location ........................................ 92 Freight Analysis Framework ........................................................ 3 Congested Truck Travel .............................................................. 99 Freight Summaries – To, From, and Within Hampton Roads ............................................................................................. 10 Conclusions ......................................................................................... 104 Freight Summaries – Comparison of Hampton Roads with Commodity Flows ..................................................................... 104 Savannah and Charleston ........................................................... 17 Regional Truck Movement ....................................................... 106 Imports and Exports To/From Hampton Roads by International Area and Transportation Mode .......................... 21 Hampton Roads Top 10 Trading Partners by Mode ............... 26 Recommendations .............................................................................. 107 Commodities Shipped To, From, and Within Hampton Roads ............................................................................................. 32 Appendix A – Summary of Freight Movement To, From, and Hampton Roads Top 10 Trading Partners for Top Within Hampton Roads – North American ........................... 108 Commodity ................................................................................... 41 Appendix B – Truck Data by Location............................................. 110 Commodities Shipped To/From Hampton Roads by Truck Appendix C – Truck Delay by Location .......................................... 119 (Domestic Only)