Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC)
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This collection contains annual reports and other publications from the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC), a program that CTS supports with communications. MFAC is a partnership between MnDOT and businesses that meets quarterly to exchange ideas and recommend policy and actions promoting a safe, reliable, and efficient freight transportation system.
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Item Benefits and Barriers to Electrification of the Freight System in Minnesota - White Paper(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2022-05) Khani, Alireza; Davazdah Emami, BehnamThis white paper provides a brief overview of benefits and barriers to the electrification of freight vehicles in Minnesota.Item 2021 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2021) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report highlights MFAC activities and issues in 2021, including sustainability priorities, the increase in cargo-only traffic, and supply-chain impacts during the pandemic.Item Urban and Rural Freight Interdependence: Challenges and Opportunities in Minnesota - White Paper(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2020-12) Liao, Chen-FuThis white paper provides a brief overview of freight activities in Minnesota. It mainly focuses on the interdependence of rural and urban freight movement and the value of a well-connected freight network. It largely considers the seven-county Twin Cities metro area as entirely urban and the rest of the Minnesota region (or Greater Minnesota) as rural. This white paper aims to help audiences better understand the interdependence of rural and urban freight activities in the state and the benefit and value of freight investment to all Minnesotans.Item 2020 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2020) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report highlights activities in 2020, including an update of MFAC's strategic plan and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on freight.Item Trends for First- and Last-Mile Freight in Minnesota - White Paper(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2019-09) Douma, FrankE-commerce has pushed two criteria to the forefront of considering the goods and services we choose and the way we purchase them, from groceries to clothing to cars: 1) Is it available right now? and 2) How soon can I get it? To those in the freight industry and their supply-chain staffs, this means satisfying a market that appears to be demanding, "I want it all, and I want it now." The Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee wants to explore and understand these changes, the implications for the immediate future and beyond, and how the industry is responding to the changes. This paper begins that effort, focusing on those activities that most experts feel are likely to be of the highest impact: what it takes to get a customer's order to their door. In other words, we are discussing what is involved with that last segment—the last mile.Item 2019 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2019) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report highlights the importance of freight and the freight infrastructure to the state's economic development.Item Intermodal Freight Transportation in Minnesota - White Paper(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018-06) Stewart, RichardThis white paper provides an overview of intermodal freight transportation in Minnesota. It examines intermodal service, how intermodal service operations have transformed the global economy, and Minnesota’s intermodal strengths, challenges, and opportunities. Development included literature reviews, site visits, and interviews with shippers, carriers, terminal operators, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics providers.Item 2018 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report features several examples of MFAC's ability to address key aspects of Minnesota's freight system by tapping its members and collaborating with others. MFAC published a white paper on the state’s intermodal service that details its importance to the Minnesota economy, its current state, and its challenges and potential. A panel of MFAC members took a closer look at the possible impact of recent trade policy shifts on the freight industry. MFAC engaged key air and railroad freight providers on their plans and investments. MFAC explored connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), delving into potential implications for freight, particularly the trucking industry.Item Components of an Attractive Minnesota Freight Market - White Paper(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2017-06) Schmit, Matt; Minnesota Freight Advisory CommitteeThis white paper represents an effort to identify key aspects of an attractive freight market in Minnesota. Findings are based on approximately 30 individual consultant-led conversations with key stakeholders in Minnesota’s freight industry, including producers that grow, manufacture, and ship product; carriers in trucking, rail, air, and water-based transportation modes; third-party logistics firms that track and contract shipping routes to the nearest nanosecond; and regulators and planners at various levels of government.Item 2017 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2017) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report highlights a number of 2017 MFAC activities, including a white paper identifying the key components of an attractive freight market, the MFAC Freight Forum to explore freight issues throughout Greater Minnesota, and MFAC members dialogue with policymakers.Item 2016 Annual Report: State of Freight(Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2016) Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Center for Transportation StudiesThis annual report looks at the ways that freight drives economic growth throughout Minnesota. Through stories and updates, it shows the important role that freight plays, highlights a number of issues, and presents actions that are making a difference.