Adrienne Gildea, Manager of the Coalition of America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC)—an organization dedicated to bringing national attention to the need to significantly expand U.S. freight transportation capabilities— provided a presentation at the Ohio Freight Conference on their efforts to fund freight infrastructure. Infrastructure funding for freight is a centerpiece of the next federal-aid surface transportation program, with the current legislation SAFETEA-LU expiring on September 30.
Freight 21: A National Strategic Freight Mobility Program and Trust Fund (FTF) is to provide a new, separately-funded freight program that would improve the current federal-aid surface transportation program and balance and separate these interests. It would be based on user fees and funding from outside traditional sources. CAGTC added a new type of freight funding mechanism is vital, as “passengers and freight in the U.S. compete for an inadequate supply of infrastructure capacity and financial resources with both suffering.”
CAGTC said Freight 21 is comprised of:
a national strategy guide to long-term planning;
dedicated and firewalled funding mechanisms;
merit-based criteria for allocating funds; and
a partnership with the private sector. For more information visit the CAGTC web page at www.tradecorridors.org
Freight 21: A National Strategic Freight Mobility Program and Trust Fund (FTF) is to provide a new, separately-funded freight program that would improve the current federal-aid surface transportation program and balance and separate these interests. It would be based on user fees and funding from outside traditional sources. CAGTC added a new type of freight funding mechanism is vital, as “passengers and freight in the U.S. compete for an inadequate supply of infrastructure capacity and financial resources with both suffering.”
CAGTC said Freight 21 is comprised of:
a national strategy guide to long-term planning;
dedicated and firewalled funding mechanisms;
merit-based criteria for allocating funds; and
a partnership with the private sector. For more information visit the CAGTC web page at www.tradecorridors.org
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