Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
freight modes

Links

MVFC's regional focus requires a national outreach to many federal, state, university, and research organizations whose mission is to provide accurate and detailed information for addressing the freight transportation and infrastructure issues of today and for the decades to come. Here are just some of the agencies that MVFC connects with in its transportation research and policy network.

 

Midwest Freight View

University of Toledo MVFC data site

Federal

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management
Federal Highway Administration, Freight Planning
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Transport Canada

State

Ohio Department of Transportation, Division of Planning
Washington State Department of Transportation's Office of Freight Strategy and Policy

University

University of Illinois at Chicago Urban Transportation Center
Center for Transportation Studies (University of Minnesota)
National Center for Intermodal Transportation (Mississippi State University)
University of Denver Intermodal Transportation Institute
Western Transportation Institute
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation (University of Central Florida)

 

Associations

The American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a. k. a. The Voice of Transportation. AASHTO's comprehensive Web site includes news, publications, programs and transportation information affecting national, state, regional and local freight and infrastructure.

The American Road Builders & Transportation Association (ARTBA) is partnering with the Texas Transportation Research Institute to continue to strengthen highway work zone safety research. For more, click here.

Other

I-10 National Freight Corridor Study
I-95 Corridor Coalition
NASTO Freight Service and Investment Study
Eastern Border Transportation Coalition
FAST Corridor-Washington