KENTUCKY FREIGHT PLAN Published September 2016 Amended September 2017 Approved by FHWA-KY Dec 4, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 State Freight Plan Purpose .................................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.2 Coordination with State Long-Range Transportation Plan and Other Modal Plans ............................ 1-2 1.2.1 Kentucky Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan ............................................................. 1-2 1.2.2 Kentucky Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and Kentucky Recommended Highway Plan ............................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.2.3 Kentucky Statewide Rail Plan .......................................................................................................... 1-3 1.2.4 Kentucky Riverport Improvement Project .................................................................................. 1-4 1.2.5 Strategic Highway Safety Plan ......................................................................................................... 1-4 1.2.6 Airport Improvement Plan ............................................................................................................... 1-4 1.3 Federal Legislation ................................................................................................................................................ 1-4 1.3.1 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act ............................................................... 1-4 1.3.2 National Freight Strategic Plan........................................................................................................ 1-5 1.3.3 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act ............................................................................. 1-6 1.4 Plan Development ................................................................................................................................................. 1-6 2 Kentucky Freight System .................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Multimodal Freight System ................................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Highways ................................................................................................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.1 Highway Freight Network ............................................................................................................... 2-4 2.2.2 Trucks (Commercial Vehicles) ..................................................................................................... 2-12 2.2.3 TIGER Grant for Truck Parking ................................................................................................... 2-15 2.3 Inland Waterway Network............................................................................................................................... 2-15 2.3.1 Riverports .......................................................................................................................................... 2-16 2.3.2 Inland Waterway Governance ...................................................................................................... 2-20 2.4 Rail Network ........................................................................................................................................................ 2-22 2.4.1 Rail Governance ............................................................................................................................... 2-26 2.5 Pipelines ................................................................................................................................................................. 2-26 2.5.1 Pipeline Governance ........................................................................................................................ 2-29 2.6 Air Cargo .............................................................................................................................................................. 2-30 2.6.1 Louisville International Airport ..................................................................................................... 2-31 2.6.2 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport ............................................................. 2-31 2.6.3 Aviation Governance....................................................................................................................... 2-32 3 Goals and Performance Measures ...................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 2014 Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Goals ............................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Alignment with National Freight Policy Goals ............................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Objectives and Performance Measures ........................................................................................................... 3-4 3.4 Transportation Performance Measures and Congestion / Mobility Analysis ......................................... 3-6 4 Current Conditions .............................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Highways ................................................................................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.1 Congestion/Bottlenecks ................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 State of Good Repair ........................................................................................................................ 4-8 KENTUCKY FREIGHT PLAN Page i Table of Contents 4.1.3 Highway Safety .................................................................................................................................. 4-10 4.1.4 Freight Level of Service .................................................................................................................. 4-12 4.2 Inland Waterways ............................................................................................................................................... 4-13 4.2.1 Waterway Conditions..................................................................................................................... 4-13 4.2.2 Waterway Performance ................................................................................................................. 4-16 4.2.3 Waterway Safety .............................................................................................................................. 4-16 4.2.4 Riverport Conditions and Performance ..................................................................................... 4-16 4.2.5 Riverport Planning Toolkit ............................................................................................................. 4-17 4.3 Freight Rail ............................................................................................................................................................ 4-17 4.3.1 Track Condition Ratings................................................................................................................. 4-18 4.3.2 Rail Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 4-18 4.3.3 KYTC Railroad Annual Report ..................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4 Pipeline ................................................................................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4.1 Pipeline Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 4-20 4.4.2 Pipeline Safety ................................................................................................................................... 4-21 4.5 Air Cargo .............................................................................................................................................................. 4-22 4.5.1 Airport Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 4-22 4.5.2 Air Cargo Safety ............................................................................................................................... 4-23 5 Key Industries and Supply Chains....................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 History ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Transportation Framework for Supply Chain Decisions ............................................................................ 5-2 5.3 Kentucky Freight Corridors 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