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Cargo-oriented Development: Putting Your Freight Assets to Work

Cargo-oriented Development: Putting Your Freight Assets to Work. Center for Neighborhood Technology. Center for Neighborhood Technology. Non-profit applied research “think and do tank” based in Chicago Develop and implement strategies that benefit the environment and the economy

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Cargo-oriented Development: Putting Your Freight Assets to Work

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  1. Cargo-oriented Development: Putting Your Freight Assets to Work Center for Neighborhood Technology

  2. Center for Neighborhood Technology • Non-profit applied research “think and do tank” based in Chicago • Develop and implement strategies that benefit the environment and the economy • Bridge information gaps • Areas: Energy efficiency, transportation efficiency, green infrastructure

  3. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

  4. Cargo-Oriented Development (COD)

  5. Chicago Freight Facilities are Major Job Anchors David Chandler, Albert Benedict andStephanie Dock. Quality of Jobs Linked to Freight Transportation.. 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. January 13-17, 2008. Based on research presented Metropolis Solutions , Chicago in their study Critical Cargo, 2005

  6. Older Urban Communities Were Built Around Rail

  7. Southland Deficits

  8. Detroit Assets Insert map of Detroit rail, highway, airport, maritime port, border crossing eand intermodal assets.

  9. Chart “Summary of Optimizer Variables” Case Study p 12

  10. Blue Island

  11. [Insert Blue Island map from Case Study p14]

  12. Harvey • Insert downtown Harvey streetscape from Case Study p17

  13. Detroit Communities [Insert 2 pictures of Detroit]: • A modestly healthy retail street • A stretch of vacant industrial land

  14. Community Vision Development

  15. Blue Island Planned TOD

  16. Harvey Planned COD

  17. Regional Collaboration: South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association

  18. Barriers: Land Assembly & Contamination Brownfield, Harvey, IL

  19. Barriers: Local Roads

  20. Barriers: Rail Congestion

  21. NREC Freight N-Viromotive Product Line 80% Reduction in NOX & PM 40% to 70% Gain in Fuel Efficiency Ultra-Quiet Operations High Speed Passenger Rail Locomotive Under Development Green Manufacturing Progress

  22. Mi-Jack Today The 1200R EH is the first Electric Hybrid and reduces fuel and emissions by 70%. Also increase productivity by 20%. The Pathfinder Flipping Station reduces dwell times for truck drivers to 15 min on average and allow for quick in/quick out. The 1200R EH and Pathfinder Flipping Stations are working today in rail yards around the country.

  23. Southern Suburbs: Green TIME Zone

  24. Making It Happen GIS: Planning: Land Use: Brownfields: Transportation: Resources\Incentives Economic Development: Workforce Development: Identify Sites Build Regional Consensus Assemble Land Remediate Land Improve the “Last Mile” Create Funds\Programs Recruit Developers Train for New Jobs GENERATE INVESTMENT & WEALTH

  25. Follow Up Information David Chandler Principal Business Analyst Center for Neighborhood Technology 773-269-4023 David@cnt.org 2125 W. North Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 Case study available online at cnt.org/repository/SS-Case-Study.pdf

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