Interstate 10 Western Connected Freight Corridor, Volume 1: Improvement Strategies

US Transportation Collection2019PDFTech ReportRutter, AllanAldrete, RafaelMiddleton, DanMorgan, CurtisBalke, KevinKuhn, BeverlySeymour, EdMacias, RobertoJensen, MarkStock, DanielTexas A & M Transportation InstituteArizona. Department of TransportationUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationArizona. Department of TransportationUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited StatesConnected vehiclesFreight transportationImplementationImprovementsInterstate highwaysOversize loadsOverweight loadsParkingPermitsStrategic planningTechnological innovationsTransportation corridorsTraveler information and communication systemsTechnologyStandardizationGeographic information systemsI-10 CorridorFreightTruck parkingFreight planningStakeholder engagementFHWA-AZ-19-752SPR 000-(186) 752Final ReportThe Interstate 10 (I-10) western connected freight corridor extends from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles in California to the Port of Beaumont in Texas. Collaborating through a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) pooled fund study, the state departments of transportation in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (the I-10 Corridor Coalition) produced improvement strategies supporting development of a planning framework for a connected freight corridor. This publication documents five strategies to improve freight movement on the I-10 Corridor: truck parking availability systems, freight traveler information systems, freight technology environment, roadside safety communication, and oversize/overweight permit standardization. Included are functional descriptions of the corridor, stakeholders informed about this study, a synthesis of freight improvement technologies and strategies considered for application, stakeholder engagement, use case scenarios and implementation considerations, and a planning framework for strategy implementation.110