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Freight Transportation Workshops

The GCM Corridor has developed a plan to reduce the effects of congestion suffered by motor carriers on expressways and tollways in the corridor. With the input from motor carrier associations, the corridor coalition identified several areas where its members could reduce delays to freight movements on state maintained roads. This initiative will help the regional economy by improving the delivery times for goods. It will also reduce congestion to non-commercial drivers by helping route commercial trucks around some roadway segments that are already at capacity.

A meeting between members of the GCM Executive Committee and representatives of the Illinois Trucking Association, the Midwest Truckers Association, the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, and the Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study was held on December 9th to identify areas the GCM Corridor should focus on. The following were identified as areas that GCM member agencies could address and have a significant impact on truck traffic: Traveler Information, Virtual Weigh Stations, Work Zones, Rest Areas, Weight Regulation, and Congestion Mitigation/Truck Only Lanes.

The GCM Corridor then held workshops on December 14, 2005 and January 4, 2006 for members of the GCM Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Work Group and representatives of the motor carrier associations to suggest project ideas in these six areas. After analysis of these project ideas, a report was issued recommending the following projects: conducting a Freight Industry Outreach Campaign; organizing a Regional Corridor Action Team to coordinate operations on construction near the Illinois/Wisconsin border; expand Advance Notification Boundaries for DMS messages; deploy Dynamic Message Signs at key decision points; collecting website publications of Local Trucking Regulations; identifying potential sites for Expanded Parking Facilities; and partnering with entities to Develop and Operate Parking Facilities.

The GCM Corridor is currently prioritizing these projects to determine which to pursue first.


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