GeorgiaGeorgiaStatewideStatewideFreightFreightand andLogistics LogisticsPlan, Plan2010 Ͳ2050 Task5Report Freight ImprovementProjectRecommendations final report preparedfor GeorgiaDepartmentofTransportationandthe GeorgiaCenterofInnovationforLogistics preparedby CambridgeSystematics,Inc. December 2011 December 2011 www.camsys.comwww.camsys.com task 5 report Georgia Statewide Freight and Logistics Plan Freight Improvement Project Recommendations prepared for Georgia Department of Transportation prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 730 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1050 Atlanta, GA 30308 date December 2011 Georgia Statewide Freight and Logistics Plan Freight Improvement Project Recommendations Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1-1 2.0 Identifying Potential Freight Improvement Projects ................................... 2-1 2.1 Port Improvement Projects ........................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Rail Improvement Projects ........................................................................ 2-2 Recent and Current Initiatives by Class I Railroads .............................. 2-2 Current Deficiencies Class I Railroads and Shortline Railroads ....... 2-3 Long-Term Rail Program ........................................................................... 2-8 2.3 Highway Improvements ............................................................................ 2-8 Long-Haul Interstate Corridors ................................................................ 2-9 Interstate Interchanges ............................................................................... 2-9 Urban Bypasses ......................................................................................... 2-10 Smaller Urban and Rural Freight Corridors ......................................... 2-12 Highway Safety Projects .......................................................................... 2-13 2.4 Air Cargo Projects ..................................................................................... 2-13 3.0 Project Evaluation ............................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Analysis of Marine Port Projects .............................................................. 3-1 Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (Deepening) ................................ 3-2 Develop Jasper Ocean Terminal ............................................................... 3-3 3.2 Rail-Related Improvement Projects ......................................................... 3-3 Crescent Corridor ....................................................................................... 3-3 General Rail Improvements Needed in Georgia .................................... 3-5 3.3 Highway Projects Analyzed Using Statewide Travel Demand Model ............................................................................................................ 3-7 Network Coding ......................................................................................... 3-7 Growth Scenarios ...................................................................................... 3-10 Model Run Features ................................................................................. 3-11 Travel Demand Model Results ............................................................... 3-12 Estimation of User Benefits ..................................................................... 3-13 Travel Time Costs ................................................................................ 3-14 Travel Time Reliability Costs ............................................................. 3-15 Safety Costs ........................................................................................... 3-15 Vehicle Operating Costs ...................................................................... 3-16 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. i 8330-050 Table of Contents, continued Emissions Costs .................................................................................... 3-17 Pavement Damage Costs .................................................................... 3-19 Construction and Operations & Maintenance Costs ........................... 3-19 Discount Rate ............................................................................................ 3-20 Benefit-Costs Analysis ............................................................................. 3-20 3.4 Highway Projects Analyzed Using Off-Model Analysis .................... 3-23 Interchange Improvements ..................................................................... 3-23 SR 6 Truck-Friendly Lanes ...................................................................... 3-24 Highway Safety Improvements .............................................................. 3-25 Georgia Towing and Recovery Incentive Program (TRIP) ................. 3-26 3.5 Air Cargo Related Improvements .......................................................... 3-27 Add Warehouse Capacity at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ................................................................................ 3-27 Extend Southwest Georgia (Albany) Airport Runway ....................... 3-27 4.0 Freight Packages .................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Identifying Priority Freight Projects ........................................................ 4-1 4.2 Grouping Highway Projects into Packages ............................................ 4-2 5.0 Economic Impact Analysis ................................................................................ 5-6 5.1 Overview of Methodology ........................................................................ 5-6 Direct Impacts ............................................................................................. 5-7 Indirect and Induced Impacts ................................................................... 5-8 5.2 Summary of Results for Highway Corridor Packages .......................... 5-9 6.0 Summary Freight Recommendations .............................................................. 6-1 ii Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 8330-050 Georgia Statewide Freight and Logistics Plan Freight Improvement Project Recommendations List of Tables Table 2.1 Georgia’s Most Congested Highway Bottleneck Locations ......... 2-10 Table 3.1 Methodology for Evaluating Individual Projects ............................ 3-1 Table 3.2 Capacity-Expansion Projects Model Coded Improvements .......... 3-7 Table 3.3 Results of Changes in VHT and VMT Medium-Growth Scenario ................................................................................................. 3-12 Table 3.4 Results of Changes in VHT and VMT High-Growth Scenario . 3 - 1 3 Table 3.5 Value of Accident and Accidents Rates by Severity ...................... 3-15 Table 3.6 Vehicle Operating Costs Inputs ........................................................ 3-16 Table 3.7 Emission Cost Inputs ......................................................................... 3-18 Table 3.8 Construction and Operation and Maintenance Cost by Projects Millions of 2011 Dollars ......................................................... 3-19 Table 3.9 B/C Analysis for Capacity Expansion Projects Medium- Growth Scenario .................................................................................... 3-21 Table 3.10 B/C Analysis for Capacity Expansion Projects High Growth Scenario ................................................................................................. 3-22 Table 3.11 B/C Analysis Results of Interchange Improvement Projects ....... 3-24 Table 3.12 Costs for Median Barrier Improvements ........................................ 3-25 Table 3.13 B/C Estimation for Median Barrier Installation ............................ 3-26 Table 4.1 Identification of Priority Freight Projects .......................................... 4-1 Table 4.2 Projects Included in Each of the Highway Corridors ...................... 4-3 Table 5.1 Summary of Economic Impact Analysis Results ............................. 5-9 Table 6.1 Summary of Recommended Improvements ..................................... 6-2 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. iii Georgia Statewide Freight and Logistics Plan Freight Improvement Project Recommendations List of Figures Figure 2.1 Rail Line Weight Limits Class I and Shortline Railroads ............. 2-5 Figure 2.2 Rail Line Vertical Clearance Height Class I and Shortline Railroads ................................................................................................ 2-6 Figure 2.3 Rail System Throughput Bottlenecks Class I Railroads ............... 2-7 Figure 2.4 Through Truck Trips .......................................................................... 2-12 Figure 3.1 Norfolk Southern Crescent Corridor ................................................. 3-4 Figure 3.2 Mode Share for Select Trade Lanes .................................................... 3-5 Figure 3.3 Potential New Limited Access Bypasses Modeled .......................... 3-9 Figure 3.4 Map of GRIP Corridors ...................................................................... 3-10 Figure 4.1 Map of Significantly Highway Corridors ......................................... 4-4 Figure 4.2 Map of Smaller Urban and Rural Freight Corridors ....................... 4-5 Figure 5.1 Analytical Framework for Benefit-Cost and Total Economic