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Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan RGV Steering Committee Kick Off Meeting Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019

Agenda 1 Welcome and Introductions 9:00 – 9:30 2 Purpose, Goals, and Objectives 9:30 – 10:00 3 Key Tasks 10:00 – 10:15 4 Needs and Opportunities 10:15 – 10:45 5 Stakeholder Engagement 10:45 – 11:15 6 Closing and Next Steps 11:15 – 11:30 Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 2

Welcome and Introductions  Projec ect T Tea eam  Commi mmitt ttee I ee Intr troducti tions  Wel elcoming R Rema emarks – Casey Wells, TxDOT Project Manager – Andrew Canon, Executive Director, RGV MPO – Commissioner Alvin New, Texas Transportation Commission Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 3

Overview of Steering Committee Represents locations, industries, transportation Meets approximately Advises on the region’s network operators, and four times throughout freight goals, priorities, other interests within the Plan development and stakeholders region Verifies findings through Reviews intermediate Advises at key decision local experience and deliverables throughout points, such as project knowledge Plan development prioritization methods Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 4

Plan Overview Purpose, Goals, and Objectives Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019

Study Team Texas Department of Transportation Casey Wells, Project Manager Kale Driemeier, Deputy Project Manager Cambridge Systematics: Project Manager and Technical Lead Paula Dowell Lizzie Welch WSP: Freight Insights: RJ Rivera Associates: Land Use and Engineering Private Sector Stakeholder Stakeholder Outreach Support Outreach Support Michael Penic Susan Atherton Midaly Fleegal Becky Bray Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 6

Relationship to Other Efforts TX-MX Border RGV Freight and 2018 Texas Freight Transportation Master Trade Transportation Mobility Plan Plan (on-going) Plan • Covered entire state • Covers entire Texas- • Covers 6-counties in Mexico border the RGV • Analyzed freight assets, conditions, • Assesses both • Focuses on freight needs, and trends passenger and freight and trade movement movement at local level • Recommended: • Focuses on statewide • Analyzes • Local and Regional and binational policy, infrastructure, Strategies program, and project operations, land use, • Promoting strategic strategies at the and economic impact hubs for freight and border specific to the region trade Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 7

Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan Study Area The Rio Grande Valley study area includes Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, and Willacy counties Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 8

Project Approach Current activities Analyze freight Collect data, review system conditions materials, identify and performance best practices Major tasks Stakeholder engagement Round 2 stakeholder Round 1 stakeholder Assess current and workshops workshops and future needs and outreach interviews RGV Freight and Trade Develop freight and Develop freight and Transportation Plan trade transportation trade transportation recommendations (est. December 2020) strategies Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 9

Draft Purpose and Goals Develop a Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation PURPOSE Plan that identifies freight and trade activities, opportunities, challenges, and strategies in the region Integrate multimodal regional and statewide international freight GOALS transportation considerations into the local and regional transportation planning, programming, and implementation processes Identify the region’s specific freight and trade-related transportation needs and opportunities impacting the Texas Multimodal Freight Network and statewide economic competitiveness Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 10

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Goals will be pursued through… Identification of a Enhanced regional regional multimodal Local and regional freight and trade freight and trade data collection forecasts transportation network Identification of Recommendation Analysis of local regional, statewide, of strategies for land use and freight national, and freight and trade and trade mobility international sphere mobility, safety, of influence and connectivity Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 12

Draft Goals and Objectives Would you modify the plan goals? If so, in what way? Would you modify the plan objectives? If so, in what way? Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 13

Plan Overview Key Tasks Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019

Key Task: Current and Future Needs Assessment Existing Conditions Future Conditions Existing data and plans Connectivity analysis Commodity flow forecasts     Infrastructure condition  Commodity flow and supply  Travel demand modeling chain patterns  Congestion, bottlenecks,  Stakeholder input and reliability  Operational constraints Safety and crash analysis   Stakeholder input Current and Future Needs Assessment Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 15

Key Task: Economic Importance of the Rio Grande Valley Profile key freight and trade intensive industry sectors and supply chains in the region Identify, quantify, and document the importance of the region's freight and trade and economic activity to the state and the nation Identify the employment, income, GRP and tax revenue generated by freight and trade intensive industries Quantify the economic impact of multimodal freight and cross-border trade transportation Assess implications of not effectively meeting the region’s freight and trade cross-border transportation needs Collect and evaluate relevant regional socioeconomic and other data Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 16

Data Informing the Plan  Federal and state data sources on cross-border activity, trade volumes, vehicle counts, crashes, asset condition, etc.  Freight and modal profiles – highway, rail, maritime, brokers, warehousing  Economic impact of cross-border trade  Throughout: utilize data collected by the TX-MX BTMP  Regional l in insig ight – What additional data should we consider, especially locally focused? – Does your organization have information that would improve our estimation of freight movement, supply chain linkages, or economic impact? – What local entities have this information? Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 17

Needs and Opportunities Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019

Needs Identified in the 2018 TFMP and BTMP  Lack of or strained local and regional connectivity impacts regional mobility and connection to hinterland markets  Inefficiency in moving freight in and out of intermodal facilities and border crossings increases public and private costs  Warehousing facilities are often accessed by roads not designed for freight vehicles  Oversize and overweight truck traffic in the RGV require targeted strategies to improve mobility, asset condition, and safety in the region Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 19

Interactive Discussion  What freight or trade needs and challenges does your organization face?  What opportunities do you see for the region?  What are the can’t-miss critical freight/trade issues in this region? www.menti.co com Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 20

Stakeholder Engagement Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019

Stakeholder Engagement Approach •Regional leaders in freight and trade transportation Steering Committee •Guidance on key decision points throughout project •Recommendations for stakeholder interviews •Targeted industries, carriers, public entities Focus Groups and •Provide input on needs, challenges, trends, and opportunities Interviews specific to their experience and the region as a whole •Technical Advisory Committee and Policy Board MPO Committees •Verify findings and vet potential strategies •Collect input on regional priorities, needs, and opportunities Online Survey •Interactive map to identify safety hotspots, chokepoints, etc. Rio Grande Valley Freight and Trade Transportation Plan December 4, 2019 22