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This is a pivotal point in the project, effectively moving away from trying to understand the nature and extent of the impact of goods movement on the system, and turning towards narrowing down the likely alternatives and approaches to be recommended for the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan. At this point in the project, we will have defined the extent to which goods movement is expected to expand in the region, the constraints in the system, as well the economic, environmental, community costs, and benefits of expanded goods movement. This task will facilitate a process for narrowing (screening) a broad range of strategies to accommodate goods movement expansion, as well as to analyze the effectiveness of a core set of likely alternatives.
Our approach is to start with the full range of possible alternatives, regardless of their perceived merit. The study process through the previous tasks will no doubt produce a great deal of strategies, including infrastructure projects, as well operational, legislative and policy based projects. Many will come from stakeholders, both private and public, who would likely have studied, or are in the process of being studied, and would request inclusion in this ARFMP process. Some strategies will be identified by the Steering Committee in coordination with participating and contributing agencies. This is where a streamlined process for evaluating and screening is critical, offering a fair and transparent means for working through the solutions, until the ones that bear greatest merit and/or opportunity are identified and supported.
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Final Technical Advisory Committee,
September 18, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.
Final Steering Committee, September 21, 2007 at 8:00 a.m.
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