Regional Freight and Goods Movement Facilities Profile Central Florida Regional Freight Study technical report prepared for MetroPlan Orlando FDOT District 5, Lake-Sumter MPO, Space Coast TPO, and Volusia TPO prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. with HDR Engineering, Inc. Canin Associates INRIX, Inc. Matthew Preisler August 2012 August 2012 www.camsys.com Regional Freight and Goods Movement Facilities Profile Central Florida Regional Freight Study prepared for MetroPlan Orlando, FDOT District 5, Lake-Sumter MPO, Space Coast TPO, and Volusia TPO prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 730 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30308 with HDR Engineering, Inc. Canin Associates INRIX, Inc. Matthew Preislerdate August 2012 Regional Freight and Goods Movement Facilities Profile Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................. ES-1 The Multimodal Freight Transportation System in Central Florida ......... ES-1 Defining the Role of Each Transportation Mode .......................................... ES-4 Issues and Deficiencies on the Multimodal Goods Movement system..... ES-7 Capacity and Operational Issues ........................................................... ES-7 Expanding Infrastructure to Target New Markets ........................... ES-10 Community Impacts .............................................................................. ES-10 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 1-1 Data Sources ................................................................................................ 1-3 1.2 Transportation System Users and Modes ............................................... 1-3 1.3 Organization Of The Report ...................................................................... 1-5 1.4 Key Findings ................................................................................................ 1-5 Highway ....................................................................................................... 1-5 Rail ................................................................................................................ 1-7 Air ................................................................................................................. 1-7 Seaports and Spaceport .............................................................................. 1-8 Freight-Dependent Land Use .................................................................... 1-9 2.0 Highway Profile .................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 2-1 Sources of Information ............................................................................... 2-2 2.2 Regional Freight Highway Network ....................................................... 2-3 Highway Inventory .................................................................................... 2-3 Hazardous Materials Routes ..................................................................... 2-9 Primary and Other Freight Corridors ...................................................... 2-9 Highway System Characteristics .............................................................. 2-9 Number of Lanes ...................................................................................... 2-12 Pavement Condition ................................................................................. 2-12 Bridge Condition ....................................................................................... 2-24 2.3 Regional Highway Freight Traffic and Equipment .............................. 2-27 Annual Average Daily Truck Traffic (AADTT) ..................................... 2-30 Highway Level of Service (LOS) ............................................................. 2-30 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. i Table of Contents, continued Commercial Vehicle Safety ...................................................................... 2-35 Commercial Vehicle Parking ................................................................... 2-37 Truck Parking in Urban Areas ........................................................... 2-41 2.4 Challenges .................................................................................................. 2-43 Capacity Constraints ................................................................................ 2-43 Permitted Loads ........................................................................................ 2-43 Operational Bottlenecks ........................................................................... 2-45 Policy Barriers and Industry Trends ...................................................... 2-45 Safety .......................................................................................................... 2-46 Air Quality ................................................................................................. 2-46 3.0 The Regional Freight Rail System ................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Regional Freight Rail Network and Traffic ............................................. 3-1 CSX Transportation (CSXT) ...................................................................... 3-1 Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) ............................................................ 3-6 Florida Central Railroad (FCEN) .............................................................. 3-6 NASA Railroad ........................................................................................... 3-7 OUC Railroad .............................................................................................. 3-7 Railroad Crossings ...................................................................................... 3-7 Regional Intermodal Facilities .................................................................. 3-8 CSXT Taft Intermodal Rail Terminal ................................................... 3-8 CSXT TDSI Automotive Ramp ........................................................... 3-10 CSXT TRANSFLO Facility (Sanford) ................................................ 3-11 FEC/NS Intermodal Facility (Titusville) .......................................... 3-12 CSXT Winter Haven Rail Terminal Facility and Integrated Logistics Center .................................................................................... 3-12 Rail Served Properties .............................................................................. 3-13 3.3 Challenges .................................................................................................. 3-14 Capacity and Operational Issues ............................................................ 3-14 4.0 Air Cargo Profile ................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 4-1 4.2 Air Cargo Service Providers ...................................................................... 4-1 Integrated Express Carriers ....................................................................... 4-2 All-Cargo Carriers ...................................................................................... 4-3 Commercial Service Passenger Carriers .................................................. 4-3 Freight Forwarders ..................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 Regional Air Cargo Facilities and Activity ............................................. 4-5 ii Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Regional Freight and Goods Movement Facilities Profile Air Cargo Facilities ..................................................................................... 4-6 Air Cargo Activity ...................................................................................... 4-7 4.4 Air Cargo Commodities ............................................................................. 4-8 4.5 Regional Air Cargo Airport Overview .................................................. 4-10 Orlando International Airport ................................................................ 4-10 4.1.1 Access ........................................................................................... 4-12 4.1.2 Service Levels .............................................................................. 4-13 Orlando-Sanford International Airport ................................................. 4-14 4.2.1 Access ........................................................................................... 4-14 4.2.2 Service Levels .............................................................................. 4-15 Melbourne International Airport............................................................ 4-16 Access .................................................................................................... 4-16 Service Levels ....................................................................................... 4-17 Daytona Beach International Airport .................................................... 4-18 Access ...................................................................................................