Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
The Michigan Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Michigan Technological University and the National University Rail Center (NURail) will host the first Michigan Rail Conference to discuss the latest developments in passenger and freight rail today and in the future. This conference will take place at the Lansing Community College, West Campus Conference Center […]
The Ohio Rail Development Commission is pleased to host the 2013 National Meeting of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Rail Transportation (SCORT) in downtown Columbus, Ohio on September 22-25, 2013. SCORT is AASHTO’s standing committee charged with examining the various policy, regulatory, safety and service delivery issues concerning efficient and effective passenger and freight railroads. […]
Thursday, June 13 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota 200 Oak Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55413 As part of an effort to update the Minnesota statewide freight plan in 2013, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is hosting a future freight scenario planning workshop to gather input from freight stakeholders. […]
The presentations from the 2013 MAFC/ITTS/KYTC Joint Annual Freight Meeting are now available. We’ve also posted two photo galleries, one for conference sessions and one for the tours. For more information about this conference and for links to photos, videos, and presentations, visit the conference page.
In Mid-March, the Mid-America Freight Coalition, the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet combined forces to co-host the MAFC/ITTS/KYC Joint Freight Annual Freight Meeting. The cast of attendees included 20 state departments of transportation along with their planning and development partners, federal and state agencies, and freight and industry representatives. […]
Registration and hotel reservations for the 2013 MAFC/ITTS/KYTC Joint Annual Freight Meeting are now open. Note: If you are one of your state’s designed MAFC representatives for this meeting, do not register or reserve a room using the above links. Contact Lisa Beneker (beneker@engr.wisc.edu) for registration and travel arrangements. For more information about this conference, […]
The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) at the University of Minnesota is holding the 16th Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium: The New American Energy Revolution on Friday, December 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. About the Event Energy sources, supplies, and needs are changing our world at breakneck speed. In the Upper Midwest, for instance, fracking, ethanol, […]
The Mid-America Freight Coalition was well-represented at the 2012 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Forum. MAFC representatives made a number of presentations, all of which are now available online: Economic and Traffic Considerations of the Primary Network for MAFC States (Ben Zietlow, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Developing the Marine Highway System: Experiences in MAFC States (Ernie Perry, University […]
At the 2012 MAFC Annual Meeting, we talked about increasing the collaboration between the MAFC and other regions — specifically the group of states in the Southeast represented by the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies (ITTS). As part of this collaboration, we’ve agreed to pursue a joint annual meeting in the Spring of 2013 in […]