Freight Solutions

The following list of freight solutions promote efficient, seamless, and secure freight flows. Examples are from State DOTs, MPOs, and local agencies. It was compiled by the FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations and is not meant to be a comprehensive list.

What is your organization doing to promote efficient, seamless, and secure freight flows? Send us a description of what you are doing at FreightFeedback@dot.gov.

Topical Areas

Economic Development
Environmental Guidance
Freight Plans
Freight Studies
Funding & Financing
Intermodal Connectors
Performance Measures
Programming and Selection Criteria
Public Involvement & Outreach
Public & Private Sector Cooperation
Urban Goods Movement

Economic Development

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Freight Railroad Preservation Program

Environmental Guidance

Environmental Programs at the Port of Los Angeles

Kentucky Department of Transportation
Guidelines for Addressing AQ in NEPA Documents [PDF 531KB]

North Carolina Department of Transportation
Integrating Comprehensive Transportation Planning and Project Development Processes [PDF 140KB]

The Green Port Policy at the Port of Long Beach

Freight Plans

Statewide Freight Plan Template

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
Arkansas State Rail Plan Year 2002 [PDF 3.7MB]

Caltrans
Goods Movement Action Plan [PDF 1.3MB]

Florida Department of Transportation
South Florida Regional Freight Plan [PDF 2.2MB]

Georgia Department of Transportation
Statewide Freight Plan [PDF 6MB]

Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan (February 2008) [PDF 23.5MB]

Indiana Department of Transportation
INDOT 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan - Freight Transportation [PDF 1.25MB]

Indiana Multimodal Freight and Mobility Plan [PDF 13.1MB]

Indiana Rail Plan [PDF 5.6MB]

Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas City Regional Freight Outlook [PDF 3.7MB]

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
KY Statewide Intermodal Freight Plan (2006) [PDF 2.63MB]

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Summary Analysis of Freight Movement [PDF 523KB]

Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Massachusetts Freight and Rail Plan

Maine Department of Transportation
Maine Integrated Freight Plan (2002) [PDF 1.02MB]

Maryland Department of Transportation
Maryland Statewide Freight Plan – September 2009 [PDF 3.96MB]
The state of Maryland recently adopted its first statewide freight plan. The plan examines needs for all modes in the state.

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
National Capital Regional Freight Plan 2010

Michigan Department of Transportation
1/30/12 Michigan State Rail Plan

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan [PDF 4.94MB]

New Jersey Department of Transportation
NJ Comprehensive Statewide Freight Plan [PDF 9.12MB]

North Carolina Department of Transportation
Statewide Logistics Plan

Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Freight Plan
Oregon Freight Plan Modeling Analysis Technical Memo [PDF 2.7MB]

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail Plan of 2035

Washington State Department of Transportation
Washington State 2010-2030 Freight Rail Plan

Washington State 2010-2030 Freight Rail Plan [PDF 2.72 MB]
Washington State 2010-2030 Freight Rail Plan Appendices [PDF 1.87 MB]

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Connections 2030: Wisconsin's Long-range Transportation Plan

Freight Studies

Alabama Department of Transportation
Freight Study

Arizona Department of Transportation
Freight Study

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
Intermodal Planning Studies

Austin Area Freight Transportation Study [PDF 1.22MB]

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Transportation Planning Organization
Chattanooga Regional Freight Profile [PDF 3MB]

Colorado Department of Transportation
Colorado Statewide Freight Roadmap - This plan consolidates what has been learned from all the studies, conducts a strategic review, makes an assessment, and develops a vision for freight movement and activities. The Colorado Statewide Freight Roadmap serves as a guide for CDOT's activities toward a coordinated approach to freight system development.

Florida Chamber Foundation
Florida Trade and Logistics Study [PDF 13.9MB]

Florida Department of Transportation
Analysis of Freight Movement Mode Choice Factors [PDF 4.7MB]

Georgia Department of Transportation
Statewide Truck Lanes Needs Identification Study

Hamilton, Ontario Goods Movement Study [PDF 4.9MB]

I-5/SR-99 Origin and Destination Truck Study [PDF 5.91MB]

I-10 National Freight Study

Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas Statewide Freight Study [PDF 115KB]

Maryland Department of Transportation
Multi-Modal Freight Profile Report (coming soon)

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Freight Projects and Studies

Missouri Department of Transportation
The Missouri Statewide Freight Study [PDF 804KB]

Montana Department of Transportation
Transportation Regional Economic Development Study
Theodore Roosevelt Expressway [PDF 517KB]

Ohio Department of Transportation
Intermodal Transportation System [PDF 2.33MB]

Freight Rail Choke Point Study [PDF 1.43MB]

Port of Los Angeles Goods Movement Projects

Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Freight Planning Needs Assessment (2006) [PDF 530KB]

Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Regional Goods Movement Study

Southern California Association of Governments Goods Movement Action Plan

Texas Department of Transportation
Houston Region Freight Rail Study

Vermont Agency of Transportation
Vermont Statewide Freight Study [PDF 2.5MB]

Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Statewide Multimodal Freight Study Phase 1 and Phase 2

Press Release, April 11, 2011 (Phase 2) — Secretary of Transportation Releases Virginia Statewide Multimodal Freight Study – Study Identifies Projects and Strategies Most Important to Freight Movement

Washington, D.C.
Urban Freight Case Studies

Washington State Department of Transportation
Washington State Freight Rail Plan [PDF 896KB]

Wyoming Department of Transportation
Interstate 80 Freight Corridor Analysis [PDF 6.2MB]

Funding and Financing

Caltrans
Trade Corridors Improvement Fund Guidelines

Maine Department of Transportation
Industrial Rail Access Program

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Freight Railroad Infrastructure Improvement Program

Freight Railroad Preservation Program

Intermodal Freight Connectors

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Twin Cities Metro Area Freight Connectors Study [PDF 6.31MB]

Performance Measures in Transportation

California Department of Transportation
Transportation System Performance Measures (TSPM)

Oregon Deptartment of Transportation
Freight Performance Measures: Approach Analysis [PDF 4MB]

Puget Sound Regional Council
Planning for Freight in the Central Puget Sound Region - Travel Model Improvements for the Congestion Management Process and Long Range Transportation Plan Update [PDF 4.2MB]

Programming and Project Selection Criteria

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)
INDOT 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan – Major Moves Program and Project Scoring Process [PDF 350KB]