Cheyenne Regional Freight Mobility Plan Final Report Prepared for: Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Organization May 27, 2016 "The preparation of this report has been financed in part through grant[s] from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, under the State Planning and Research Program, Section 505 [or Metropolitan Planning Program, Section 104(f)] of Title 23, U.S. Code. The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of the U.S. Department of Transportation." May 27, 2016 i This page intentionally left blank ii May 27, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Purpose ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Public and Stakeholder Involvement .................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Plan Organization ................................................................................................................................ 4 Chapter 2 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Highway Inventory .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Functional Classification ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 National Highway System ................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 National/Regional Truck Route System .............................................................................................. 9 2.5 Traffic Flow and Levels of Congestion............................................................................................... 10 2.6 Truck Volumes ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 Crashes .............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.8 Physical Constraints on the Road Network ....................................................................................... 15 2.9 Roadway Network Limitations .......................................................................................................... 17 2.10 Revenue Generation ....................................................................................................................... 20 2.11 Gas Tax ............................................................................................................................................ 21 2.12 Truck Parking Facilities .................................................................................................................... 21 2.13 Oil and Gas ...................................................................................................................................... 22 2.14 Stakeholder Input on Roadway Constraints ................................................................................... 27 2.15 Railroad Inventory ........................................................................................................................... 27 2.16 Air Cargo Inventory ......................................................................................................................... 33 2.17 Pipeline Inventory ........................................................................................................................... 34 2.18 Freight Generators .......................................................................................................................... 35 2.19 Future Development ....................................................................................................................... 37 2.20 Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 3 Freight: An Expression of Economic Vitality .............................................................................. 41 3.1 Exploring Freight Flows in the Cheyenne Region .............................................................................. 41 3.2 Comparing Economies: The United States, Wyoming, and Cheyenne ............................................ 42 3.3 Cheyenne’s Commodity Flows .......................................................................................................... 45 3.4 Mode Share ....................................................................................................................................... 45 3.5 Directional Flows ............................................................................................................................... 47 3.6 Wyoming’s Domestic Import Movements ........................................................................................ 47 3.7 Wyoming’s Domestic Export Movements ........................................................................................ 49 May 27, 2016 iii 3.8 Top Domestic Trading Partners ........................................................................................................ 51 3.9 Cheyenne’s Foreign Exports .............................................................................................................. 53 Chapter 4 Cheyenne Regional Freight Trends and Issues ........................................................................... 55 4.1 Demographic and Societal Changes .................................................................................................. 55 4.2 Mega-Regions ................................................................................................................................... 57 4.3 E-commerce / Home Delivery ........................................................................................................... 58 4.4 International Trade Routes and the Panama Canal Expansion ......................................................... 60 4.5 Warehousing and Logistics ............................................................................................................... 60 4.6 Re-Shoring / Short-Shoring ............................................................................................................... 60 4.7 Energy and Environment ................................................................................................................... 61 4.8 Wind Energy ...................................................................................................................................... 62 4.9 Technology ........................................................................................................................................ 63 4.10 Government/Regulation ................................................................................................................. 66 4.11 Truck Havens / Truck Parking .......................................................................................................... 67 4.12 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 68 Chapter 5 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) .................................................... 69 5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 69 5.2 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Overview ........................................... 69 5.3 Summary of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats .................................................... 71 5.4 Opportunities Discussion .................................................................................................................. 71 Chapter 6 Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures ......................................................................... 73 6.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 73 6.2 National Transportation Goals .......................................................................................................... 73 6.3 FAST Act Planning Factors ................................................................................................................. 74 6.4 Wyoming Statewide Freight Goals .................................................................................................... 75 6.5 Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Goals ........................................................................... 75 6.6 Goals, Objectives, & Performance Measures of Cheyenne’s Freight Network ................................ 76 Chapter 7 Program Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 79 7.1 FAST Act Funding .............................................................................................................................