As a partnership of transportation agencies, toll authorities, port, transit, rail, and related organizations representing the states from Maine to Florida, the I-95 Corridor Coalition is developing a Long Range Strategic Vision for the I-95 Corridor, to assist public agency members in development of their long-range transportation plans and programs. Additionally, the Vision will guide future allocation of the Coalition’s resources and activities to better serve member agencies and the nation’s transportation system.

The objectives of the Long Range Strategic Vision Study are:

• To develop a strategic vision to meet the future corridor-scale transportation issues and investment requirements
• To forecast long term (30-year) demand related to the long distance movement of passengers and freight in the Coalition region across all modes
• To analyze the implementation issues and related costs and benefits associated with scenarios of capacity and operational improvements
• To analyze a range of policy issues associated with the management and investment strategies, with particular focus on financing and institutional issues

This strategic vision project is intended to describe what the Corridor’s multimodal transportation patterns and performance outcomes may look like in 2040 utilizing a scenario approach. It will also identify the key policy, technological, investment strategy, and institutional factors that will likely influence the future of the corridor and its multimodal transportation system. The focus of the project is to address needs from the perspective of the long distance movement of passengers and freight, particularly as it relates inter-metropolitan travel and trips that cross state boundaries – both passenger and freight.

The recent I-95 Corridor Coalition - Corridors of the Future - application to U.S. DOT discussed emerging mega-regions in the U.S. and stated that transportation networks in the Coalition region must serve transportation needs at four scales within and between these mega-regions:

• Within metropolitan areas
• Within mega-regions
• Between mega-regions
• Between mega-regions in the corridor and other national and global trade blocs

All of these transportation service functions will be considered in the project but the focus will be on the latter three, i.e. the mega-region and above. Major work tasks for the Vision Study include: corridor policies and vision, demand forecasting, definition and analysis of alternative supply scenarios, analysis of policy issues and next steps, and reporting.

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Additional information on the Coalition'sLong Range Strategic Vision Study can be found on the following Coalition web page:

» Project Code: 14B-1S | Strategic Vision Study