Freight Corridor Global Experiene

SUBMITTED BY :HemantTP/5192013-15

Introduction

Corridor Development concept is primarily to take advantage ofunderutilized potential by ensuring effective integrationbetween industry and infrastructure

•Leads to economic and social development•To develop a sound industrial base served by world-classcompetitive infrastructure• Prerequisite to attract investments into export orientedindustries and manufacturing•Around the World, Freight corridors have been built alongmajor transport arteries, i.e. road and rail trunk routes.

Advantages of freight Corridor development

• Closer economic integration

• Improvement in transit-transport efficiency

• Ensures balanced regional development

• Harnesses latent economic potential

• Enhances economic competitiveness

• Promotes regional trade and investment

• Promotes innovation and development of high technologyregions

• Improved quality of life

Enablers

A strong & sustainable system providing efficientsupply chain & transportation support.

• Manufacturing base• Procurement/Sourcing• Multi-Modal• Logistics Support• Distribution Network

Case studies

“Tokyo-osaka industrial corridor” of Japan:

•Along 515 km Tokaido-Shinkansen High Speed Railway, builtin 1964•The network now totals about 2000 km•Connects three major industrial concentration areas ofTokyo, Osaka and Nagoya and prominent tourist destinationof Kyoto•Drastically reduced travel time between Tokyo and Osaka(2.5 hrs.)•Having link to well developed port infrastructure offersconnectivity to rest of the world

Case studies

“Tokyo-osaka industrial corridor” of Japan: Advantages:•Injected new life and self-respect to the declining industry•Contributed enormously to industrial and economicdevelopment of Japan•Triggered growth of High Speed Rail System across theworld

Case studies

“The Alameda Corridor” of LA region: •Consolidated four branch lines into one main route for port-related trains•Eliminated conflicts at 200 at-grade intersections with surface streets•Reconstructed Alameda Street from Interstate 10 to Port Complex (20 miles)•Built high-speed 3-track main line with centralized train control.

Case studies

“The Alameda Corridor” of LA region: Lessons learned

•Compete aggressively for all funding opportunities.•Demonstrate national significance of the project.•Establish partnerships, create win-win solutions.•Resolve third party agreements early.•Identify champions.•Use parallel processing.•Use design-build and partnering.•Reduce risk to owner and investors. •Budget for contingencies.•Emphasize product and schedule, not process. (“Delay kills.”)•Be sensitive to community concerns.

The Seven C’s of Project Development

1) Communication

2) Coordination

3) Credibility

4) Compromise

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5) Consensus

6) Coalition

7) Champions

Conclusion

• Metropolitan area goods movement strategies and programs need tobalance public-sector and private-sector needs to improve freight mobilitymore quickly.• Shorter-term, small-scale improvements and operational changes canhelp build acceptance for larger-scale groups of projects bundled together inthe long-term planning context.• The region’s success in improving freight mobility is a result of:partnerships between the public and the private sector: goods movementadvocates and thought leaders: studies that produced innovative strategicrecommendations;A willingness to prioritize and fund freight-focused infrastructure improvements; and an ongoing commitment to identifying emerging trends in freight logistics and to modifying their approaches accordingly, through project bundling, branding and outreach. •The global experience of DFCs shows that integration of DFCs with mixedtraffic networks is problematic at the convergence points (nodes).•The other major challenge is that of choosing between tight regulations andstate control on one hand, and deregulation and free market competition onthe other.

References

•2005 Annual average daily truck traffic on the California State HighwaySystem. Division of Traffic Operations, Caltrans, CA•Southern California Association Governments. Analysis of Goods MovementEmission Reduction Strategies. 2008•Houston, D., Krudysz, Margaret, and Winer, Arthur (2006) “DirectMeasurements of Diesel Truck Traffic Associated with Goods Movement atSouthern California Ports.”•Fischer, M. J., Ahanotu, D. N., and Waliszewski, J. M. Planning Truck-Only

Lanes: Emerging Lessons from the Southern California Experience.

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