Overview
The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces the fourth meeting of its Multi-State Freight Working Group on May 14, 2019 at 10:00 am.Additional Details
For security purposes, anyone interested in attending in person should RSVP no later than noon on Friday May 10, 2019. Please be sure and have a photo ID at the meeting location.CLICK HERE TO RSVP
The MAP Forum is a consortium of metropolitan planning organizations and councils of government in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the coordination of planning activities in the multi-state metropolitan region.
MEETING AGENDA
1. Welcome and Introductions – Mary D. Ameen, Executive Director, NJTPA
2. Regional Commodity and Goods Movement Trends and Developments
a. Freight Rail Industrial Opportunity Corridors Program – Anne Strauss-Wieder, NJTPA
b. Technological Impacts on Goods Movement – Chris Lamm, Cambridge Systematics
3. Updates on Freight Planning Studies & Activities
a. Goods Movement Strategies for Communities Webtool Demonstration – Quanquan Chen, NJTPA
b. National Freight Fluidity Monitoring Program – Chris Lamm
c. Regional Freight Land Use Study – Gerry Bogacz, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
d. Two-minute reports from MAP Forum members
4. Statewide Freight Plan Status in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania
5. Future Working Group Activities
a. Next Meeting: October 2019, hosted by the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
b. Issues for Future Consideration
i. Truck Parking
ii. Rail Freight
iii. Marine Highways
iv. Others?
6. Adjourn (no later than 12:15 pm)