Meeting Minutes

Date: January 10, 2001
Time: 4 PM
Place: Calvert Room of Omni Shorham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Attendance

• Members
  • Mike H. Belzer, Chair, Wayne State University
  • Elaine King, Staff, TRB
  • Peter F. Swan, Secretary, Penn State University
  • Stephen F. Campbell, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
  • Kristina Casgar, IANA - Intermodal Foundation
  • Robert M. Clarke, US DOT / OST Policy
  • Alan Clayton, University of Manitoba
  • Michael Conyngham, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Susan Coughlin, ATA Foundation
  • Susie Lahsene, Port of Portland
  • Timothy Lynch, Motor Freight Carriers Association
  • John Siebert, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
  • Michael Walton, University of Texas
• Visitors
  • Charles Aangenendl
  • Phil Blow, Battelle
  • Daniel Blower, University of Michaigan, Transportation Research Institute
  • Russell B. Capelle, Jr., Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Gerald Donaldson, Advocate for Auto Safety
  • Gary Howard Feuerberg, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Deborah W. Freund, FMCSA - MC - PSV
  • Fred Nix
  • Bill Rogers, Motor Freight Carriers Association
  • Chuck Rombro, FMCSA - MCRIA
  • Holly Stearns, CABT
  • Scott Washburn, University of Florida
  • Chelsea C. White, III, University of Michigan
  • Karen White, FHWA
  • Ashley Yelds, CUTR - University of South Florida

Meeting Minutes

1. Agenda
   1. Appoint a secretary
   2. Plan strategy for acheiving formal task force status
   3. Decide where Ad Hoc Task Force on Truck Transportation Research fits into TRB
   4. Plan Sessions for Next Year
   5. Plan Next Few Years of Activities
2. General Items for the Record
   1. Pete Swan was appointed secretary
   2. Steps for necessary for TRB formal task force status
   3. Statement of Purpose
   4. Record of Accomplishments
   5. Statement of Activities
   6. Identify Areas of Research
   7. Advance the Indentified Areas of Research
3. Committee Program January 10, 2001
   1. Trucking Productivity, Part1: Impact of Traffic Congestion C. Michael Walton From The University of Texas, Austin Presiding.
      1. Richard A. Holingsworth, Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc, Long Beach Case Study (PDF, 45K)
      2. Michael Smid, Yellow Freight System, Inc, Impacts of Congestion on LTL Trucking
      3. John Siebert, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc, Impacts of Traffic Congestion on Owner-Operators (PDF, 15K)
      4. John A, Gentle, Owens Corning, Shipper's Perspective on Impacts of Traffic Congestion on Trucking
   2. Trucking Productivity, Part 2 Impact of Driver Shortage Michael H. Belzer from Wayne State University Presiding
      1. Michael Conyngham, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Truck Driver Shortage: Perspective of Organized Labor
      2. Robert A. Hirsch, Truckload Carriers Association, Truck Driver Shortage: Perspective of Truckload Carriers
      3. Timothy P. Lynch, Motor Freight Carriers Association, Truck Driver Shortage: Perspective of LTL Carriers
      4. Julie A. Cirillo, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Truck Driver Shortage: Federal Perspective (PDF, 21K)
   Open discussion on issues of productivity, congestion, and the driver shortage.
4. Committee Business
   1. No subcommittees
   2. No Activities other than program above
   3. Future plans and assignments
      1. Immediate Research Needs
         1. Decided that we need to have a research session to plan research that builds on productivity issues. The meeting should lead to one or more white papers on the following subjects:
            1. Regulation and productivity
            2. Capacity and productivity
            3. Safety and productivity
            4. Technology and productivity
         2. It was also decided that we need to more to disseminate information. Suggestions included creating a web site with presentations. We could also provide recommendations and literature reviews.
      2. TRB Annual Meeting 2002
         1. Several options were discussed, but no conclusion was reached. The options included:
            1. Joint meeting with existing committee
               • Urban Freight
               • Economics and Regulation
               • Size & Regulation
            2. More panel discussions focusing on relation between productivity and one or more of several topics:
               • Safety
               • Size & Weight
               • Cost
               • Infrastructure
            3. Focusing on our ability to bring industry to the table to discuss tough issues.
5. Other Business
   1. Recommendations, motions, requests for Council or Staff Action
      
      No staff action was specifically requested at this meeting.
   2. Conferences, workshops, and other activities of interest to members
      
      None at this time.