With the most recent edition of the Federal Register, America’s Marine Highway Rule became final: On October 9, 2008, the Department of Transportation published an interim final rule that established America’s Marine Highway Program, under which the Secretary will designate marine highway corridors and identify and support short sea transportation projects to expand domestic water […]
Each year, the MVFC Conference and Annual Meeting includes a tour of a freight-related transportation facility. We’re happy to announce that this year’s conference will include a tour of two facilities–the CSX Queensgate Yard and Tower A at Cincinnati Union Station.
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Readers Digest has rated Kansas highways #1 in the nation. For more information, checkout the video of the press conference or read the press release.
Have an opinion about the future of rail in Wisconsin? Fill out the State Rail Plan 2030 Questionnaire. For more information about the Wisconsin Rail Plan 2030, go to www.wisconsinrailplan.gov.
The Winter 2010 edition of the MVFC Freight Notes are now available for download. In this issue, you’ll find: A feature about returning freight to the Missouri River Information about current Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition projects A report on the Future of Interstate Coalitions TRB panel Information about the 2010 MVFC Conference and Annual Meeting A report on […]
The 2010 Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition Conference and Annual Meeting will be held on April 27-29 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Registration is now open and you can also reserve a room in the Annual Meeting room block at the Millennium Hotel Cincinnati. Register by April 15, 2010.
The MVFC 2009 Conference and Annual Meeting was held on April 14-16, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. Please visit our proceedings page in final agenda format with the associated presentations. Audio versions of the presentations are also available!
As part of the Mississippi Valley Region’s Traveler Information Clearinghouse [link: MVFC06] project, a pilot system architecture has been developed that will be available to commercial vehicle operators and others in order to improve region-wide mobility and safety.
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CFIRE’s research on “Innovative Use of Spatial Data Assists in Solving Truck Parking Shortage” is featured in the January 2009 issue of the UTC Spotlight Newsletter.
The Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition (MVFC) has a new facilitator with years of experience in regional freight transportation research. As MVFC completes its third full year serving a 10-state Midwest region, former CFIRE director Ernie Wittwer believes that members must continue outreach and peer collaboration efforts to meet multimodal regional freight needs in the 21st […]