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110 A P P E N D I X D Inland Perspectives Introduction This case study cluster provides an overview of the inland perspective, focusing on Kansas City and Chicago, two major interchange points for rail shipments from the West Coast. Both locations are characterized by significant through (rail and truck)
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111 compound annual growth rate of 1.8 percent (Kansas City SmartPort et al., 2009)
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112 technologies and tools to monitor freight-specific data. Kansas City SmartPort's Trade Data Exchange, C-TIP, and the Kansas City Scout traffic-management system are all technology-based solutions designed to facilitate and improve the region's freight transportation system and facilitate economic development.
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113 Kansas City, along with new and tighter regulatory requirements (e.g., anti-idling, vehicle inspection, reduced speeds) and will also likely require extensive air quality and transportation coordination as well as modeling to ensure that future projects do not undermine the ability of the region to regain/ maintain attainment.
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114 30 miles southwest of Kansas City. The intermodal railyard will enable the transfer of cargo between trains and trucks, and is expected to generate an estimated 33,500 daily vehicle trips and 110 daily train movements by 2030.
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115 • Promote economic development, • Create and retain jobs, • Improve air quality, • Reduce noise from idling or slow-moving trains, and • Improve passenger rail service. Organization CREATE is a public-private partnership established to implement 70 rail infrastructure projects consisting of (CREATE, 2010)
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116 – Finance and Budge Committee, which is comprised of one member from each of the organizations above. This group works with the Advocacy Committee to identify sources of public funds worth pursuing.
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117 Organization and governance -- Groups working together, for example among FHWA, IDOT, and CDOT, enabled the streamlining of the environmental process in the case of CREATE, allowing the multimodal program to proceed with risk-appropriate environmental reviews for individual projects ensuring that small projects were not held up by more complex ones. CREATE's clear program governance is a key element of the project's success.
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