Freight Movement in North Carolina's Western Piedmont: Trucking Survey |
About the Greater Hickory Metropolitan Planning Organization:
A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization in the United States that is made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities. There are approximately 400 MPO’s across the United States, including 19 in the state of North Carolina.
The Greater Hickory MPO and the North Carolina Department of Transportation assist four counties (Alexander, Burke, Catawba and Caldwell Counties) and twenty-four municipalities across western North Carolina in developing a regional transportation planning process. Planning efforts will reach out to each of the counties in order to connect the entire region in developing a multi-modal transportation system that facilitates the safe, efficient movement of people and goods.
About the FAST ACT:
On December 4, 2015, the President signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) into law—the first federal law in over a decade to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment. The FAST Act authorizes $305 billion over fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for highway, highway and motor vehicle safety, public transportation, motor carrier safety, hazardous materials safety, rail, and research, technology, and statistics programs. The FAST Act maintains our focus on safety, keeps intact the established structure of the various highway-related programs we manage, continues efforts to streamline project delivery and, for the first time, provides a dedicated source of federal dollars for freight projects. With the enactment of the FAST Act, MPOs, states and local governments are now moving forward with critical transportation projects with the confidence that they will have a federal partner over the long term.
Purpose of this survey:
1. Garner understanding into the obstacles affecting freight mobility in the region
2. Gain insight into specific solutions to these obstacles.
A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization in the United States that is made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities. There are approximately 400 MPO’s across the United States, including 19 in the state of North Carolina.
The Greater Hickory MPO and the North Carolina Department of Transportation assist four counties (Alexander, Burke, Catawba and Caldwell Counties) and twenty-four municipalities across western North Carolina in developing a regional transportation planning process. Planning efforts will reach out to each of the counties in order to connect the entire region in developing a multi-modal transportation system that facilitates the safe, efficient movement of people and goods.
About the FAST ACT:
On December 4, 2015, the President signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) into law—the first federal law in over a decade to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment. The FAST Act authorizes $305 billion over fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for highway, highway and motor vehicle safety, public transportation, motor carrier safety, hazardous materials safety, rail, and research, technology, and statistics programs. The FAST Act maintains our focus on safety, keeps intact the established structure of the various highway-related programs we manage, continues efforts to streamline project delivery and, for the first time, provides a dedicated source of federal dollars for freight projects. With the enactment of the FAST Act, MPOs, states and local governments are now moving forward with critical transportation projects with the confidence that they will have a federal partner over the long term.
Purpose of this survey:
1. Garner understanding into the obstacles affecting freight mobility in the region
2. Gain insight into specific solutions to these obstacles.