Note: Prior to October 2010, the MAFC operated as the Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition (MVFC); this page continues to refer to the MVFC for historical purposes.
The 2008 MVFC Conference and Annual Meeting was held at the Courtyard by Marriott on March 31–April 2 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This event was hosted by the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Proceedings
Note: Only the sessions with archived presentations are listed in the proceedings. For a complete listing of the schedule of the 2008 Conference and Annual Meeting, consult the agenda.
Archived presentations are served as Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
March 31, 2008
Welcome: Purpose and Process
Teresa Adams & Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
Host State Presentation
Keith Bucklew, Indiana Department of Transportation (Presentation)
Coalition Updates
Logistics Short Course
Bruce Wang, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
Freight Planning for Small and Local MPOs
Jessica Guo, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
Expanded Truck Parking Facilities
Bruce Wang, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
Bottlenecks and Alleviation Strategies
Jessica Guo, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
Freight Traveler Information Clearinghouse
Todd Szymkowski, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
FHWA Updates
Robert Tally, Federal Highway Administration (Presentation)
April 1, 2008
Update on Related Regional Activities
Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance
Bob Frey, HNTB (Presentation)
North America’s Super Corridor Coalition (NASCO)
Frank Conde, NASCO (Presentation)
Intermodal Institute (University of Toledo)
Richard Martinko, University of Toledo (Presentation)
CREATE Program
Audrey Wennink, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (Presentation)
Reauthorization Initiatives and National Efforts
Critical Commerce Corridors
David Bauer, ARTBA (Presentation)
AASHTO Vision
Leo Penne, AASHTO (Presentation)
State Updates
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lunch Keynote Address
Leslie Blakey, Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (Presentation)
What the Commission Findings Mean for the Mississippi Valley
Ernie Wittwer, Wittwer Consulting (Presentation)
MVFC Business Meeting
Teresa Adams, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Presentation)
April 2, 2008
The final day of the 2008 Conference and Annual Meeting was devoted to three half-day workshops:
- Logistics for the Public Sector Mini-Course
- Traveler Information Data Sharing Summit
- Weigh in Motion (WIM) Data Sharing
No presentations are available for these workshops.