Title:
Freight Mobility, Access and Safety Strategies
State Job Number: 134167
Final Report,
March 2006
(1,830 KB)
Executive Summary,
(58 KB)
Implementation Plan,
(77 KB)
The
research objective of this project was to estimate the benefits
of making various truck-oriented improvements on Ohio highway
segments with the heaviest commercial vehicle traffic, including
both short-term operational strategies and longer term capacity
enhancements, to improve the efficiency of freight movement and
contribute positively to the Ohio economy.
Results of
the research show that there would be significant regional and
statewide economic benefit of implementing bottleneck
improvements in the nationally significant Interstate freight
corridors in both Columbus and Cincinnati. Longer term
employment increases of more than 9,000 statewide were estimated
for the major capital improvements at each of the two bottleneck
corridors. Gross State Product was estimated to increase more
than $900 million and real personal income more than $900
million as a result of major capital improvements in each
corridor.
