Mainstreaming Intermodal Freight into the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process

1998 ◽  
Vol 1613 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Zavattero ◽  
F. Gerald Rawling ◽  
Daniel F. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
System Level ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Intermodal Freight ◽  
Public And Private Sector

The Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS), as a metropolitan planning organization, developed an approach to integrate intermodal freight transportation into regional plans and programs. This process began with the establishment of the Intermodal Advisory Task Force (IATF) in 1994 and led to a series of freight-oriented activities and products, including the identification of regionally significant facilities, analysis of improvement needs, and the intermodal component of the 2020 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for northeastern Illinois. Task Force membership includes public- and private-sector representatives working cooperatively to develop and direct a work plan to address goods movement and inter-modal freight issues and needs. The intermodal planning process involved significant preparatory work. The IATF established four working groups that directed specific tasks, including development of a geographic information system–based intermodal facilities inventory, an outreach for industry needs, a review of proposed intermodal improvements, identification and analysis of intermodal connections to the national highway system, and analysis to estimate the economic value of the industry to the region. Ultimately, six policy statements were developed and incorporated as system-level intermodal recommendations in the RTP. The process developed by CATS through the IATF has “mainstreamed” intermodal freight issues, analysis, and policies into the transportation plans and programs of northeastern Illinois. Although the scale of the intermodal and freight industry in Chicago is enormous, the lessons learned and the technical and institutional approaches developed through the IATF offer valuable insight and direction to other regions seeking to support their intermodal freight industry through the transportation planning process.

scholarly journals Scaling Up Delivery of Biofortified Staple Food Crops Globally: Paths to Nourishing Millions

2021 ◽  
pp. 037957212098250
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Foley ◽  
Kristina D. Michaux ◽  
Bho Mudyahoto ◽  
Laira Kyazike ◽  
Binu Cherian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Seed Systems ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Background: Micronutrient deficiencies affect over one quarter of the world’s population. Biofortification is an evidence-based nutrition strategy that addresses some of the most common and preventable global micronutrient gaps and can help improve the health of millions of people. Since 2013, HarvestPlus and a consortium of collaborators have made impressive progress in the enrichment of staple crops with essential micronutrients through conventional plant breeding. Objective: To review and highlight lessons learned from multiple large-scale delivery strategies used by HarvestPlus to scale up biofortification across different country and crop contexts. Results: India has strong public and private sector pearl millet breeding programs and a robust commercial seed sector. To scale-up pearl millet, HarvestPlus established partnerships with public and private seed companies, which facilitated the rapid commercialization of products and engagement of farmers in delivery activities. In Nigeria, HarvestPlus stimulated the initial acceptance and popularization of vitamin A cassava using a host of creative approaches, including “crowding in” delivery partners, innovative promotional programs, and development of intermediate raw material for industry and novel food products. In Uganda, orange sweet potato (OSP) is a traditional subsistence crop. Due to this, and the lack of formal seed systems and markets, HarvestPlus established a network of partnerships with community-based nongovernmental organizations and vine multipliers to popularize and scale-up delivery of OSP. Conclusions: Impact of biofortification ultimately depends on the development of sustainable markets for biofortified seeds and products. Results illustrate the need for context-specific, innovative solutions to promote widespread adoption.

Toward the Development of a Unified Process and Methodology Guide for Environmental Justice Analysis in Planning and Programming

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110288
Author(s):  
Eliot Benman ◽  
David Aimen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Metropolitan Planning Organizations ◽  
South Central ◽  
Planning Organizations ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Federal Environmental Justice directives require transportation agencies responsible for planning and programming federal funds, including state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental impacts on minority and low-income populations. Despite issuance of federal and state guidance and training programs, many MPOs nationwide continue to seek clarity on effective environmental justice (EJ) approaches and procedural considerations. The South Central Pennsylvania Unified EJ Process and Methodology study was a year-long effort undertaken by a consortium of MPOs in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 8 to identify a unified and replicable approach to implementing EJ in transportation planning. PennDOT, Federal Highway Administration PA Division, and Federal Transit Administration Region III provided technical assistance and support to the effort. The consortium engaged a technical assistance consultant to facilitate a collaborative process to identify a process framework, a set of analytical methodologies, and effective strategies for advancing EJ in the regional transportation planning process. The study demonstrated a model for convening regional, state, and federal partners to reach consensus around an effective EJ process and methodology. This paper provides an overview of the study process, findings related to the concerns of the participating MPOs, and a brief description of the recommended analytical approaches. The paper discusses lessons learned during the course of the study and considers additional work required to further enhance the EJ process.

scholarly journals Family medicine in South Africa: exploring future scenarios

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Robert Mash ◽  
Klaus Von Pressentin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Professional Body ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Main Message

This paper reports on a workshop held at the 19th National Family Practitioners Conference in August 2016. The aim of the workshop was to describe possible future scenarios for the discipline of family medicine in South Africa and identify possible options for action. The workshop led a group of 40 family physicians from academic, public and private sector settings through a scenario planning process developed by Clem Sunter and Chantell Ilbury. After an overview of the current situation the participants reached a consensus on the rules of the game, key uncertainties, future scenarios and options for action. The main message was that the South African Academy of Family Physicians as a professional body needs to take a stronger role in advocating for the contribution of family medicine to government, health managers and the public. (Full text of the research articles are available online at www.medpharm.tandfonline.com/ojfp) S Afr Fam Pract 2017; DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2016.1272231

Health Product Manufacturers and Innovators COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathai Mammen ◽  
◽  
Vas Narasimhan ◽  
Richard Kuntz ◽  
Freda Lewis-Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Product ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

United States health care spending consumes nearly a fifth of the GDP [1]. While, in many respects, the U.S. health care system is enviable and highly innovative, it is also characterized by elements of ineffectiveness, inefficiency, and inequity. These aspects, resulting from pre-existing vulnerabilities within the system and interactions between the various stakeholders, were acutely highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As health product manufacturers and innovators (HPMI) took steps to mitigate the immediate crisis and simultaneously begin to develop a longer-term sustainable solution, six common themes arose as areas for transformational change: support for science, data sharing, supply chain resiliency, stockpiling, and surge capacity, regulatory and reimbursement clarity and flexibility, public- and private-sector coordination and communication, and minimizing substandard care offerings. Within these categories, the authors of this paper suggest policy priorities to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the HPMI sector and writ large across the U.S. health care system. These priorities call for increased scientific funding to diversify the pipeline for research and development, strengthening the nation’s public health infrastructure, building and maintaining “ever warm” manufacturing capacity and related stockpiles, instituting efficient and effective regulatory and reimbursement frameworks that promote innovation and creativity, devising structures and processes that enable more efficient collaboration and more effective communication to the public, and implementing rewards that incentivize desired behaviors among stakeholders. This assessment draws from the collective experience of the authors to provide a perspective for the diagnostics, hospital supplies and equipment, medical devices, therapeutics, and vaccines segments. While the authors of this paper agree on a common set of key policies, sub-sector-specific nuances are important to consider when putting any action priority into effect. With thoughtful implementation, these policies will enable a quicker, more robust response to future pandemics and enhance the overall performance of the U.S. health care system.

Incorporating Freight Issues into Baltimore’s Regional Transportation Planning Agenda: Progress to Date and Lessons Learned

1998 ◽  
Vol 1613 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Peter Plumeau ◽  
Jocelyn Jones
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Planning ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Movement Planning ◽  
Intermodal Transportation ◽  
Goods Movement ◽  
Surface Transportation ◽  
Freight Planning ◽  
Highway System

Strategically located midway along the East Coast, the Baltimore region has one of the nation’s most sophisticated intermodal freight and goods movement systems, consisting of an extensive highway system, two Class I and several smaller railroads, an international airport, and a major deepwater seaport. Further, thousands of firms in the Baltimore region are engaged in the handling and transporting of freight. A heightened awareness of the region’s freight movement needs and issues, combined with the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act’s emphasis on intermodal transportation planning, resulted in the Baltimore metropolitan planning organization’s (MPO’s) designation of a public-private Freight Movement Task Force to work with MPO staff to provide guidance and advice on freight-related transportation issues and needs. As the Baltimore MPO pursued its aggressive freight movement planning agenda, it was recognized that addressing freight needs and issues would require MPO members and staff to assume roles and pursue transportation planning activities in markedly different ways than they had been pursued traditionally. An examination of the MPO’s efforts to incorporate freight movement issues into the regional transportation planning agenda is provided, with a discussion of the MPO’s progress to date, how various challenges were addressed and overcome, freight planning products developed, and lessons learned from this undertaking that may be instructive to other transportation planning agencies as they venture into the freight planning arena.

Bolsa Chica – A Case Study in the Reconciliation of Social and Ecological Concerns Involving the California Coast

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 517-524
Author(s):  
Robert G Fisher ◽  
Lindell L Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Joint Venture ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
The Many ◽  
Public And Private Sector

The effort to reconcile the many conflicting possible uses (oil production, housing, wildlife habitat and recreation) of the Bolsa Chica Area by the various governmental agencies and public and private sector interests involved in the planning process provides a valuable case study of developing California planning and regulatory procedures to integrate ecological concerns into major coastal projects. The thrust of the consensus planning approach is a joint venture formed early in the planning process between the public and private sectors to resolve conflicting interests by providing a trusted forum to develop the necessary information and determine the decision-making procedures.

Multimodal Transportation Planning Tool for Rural Areas in Georgia

1996 ◽  
Vol 1552 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
George D. Mazur ◽  
Wayne Sarasua ◽  
Janice Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
System Level ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Planning Techniques ◽  
Multimodal Transportation ◽  
Programming Techniques ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Local Agencies

A process under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology to standardize, enhance, and automate planning and project evaluation for transportation projects in rural Georgia is described. The process will incorporate current statewide planning techniques in use at the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and additional sketch planning techniques that will use existing GDOT data. The purpose of this multimodal transportation planning tool (MMTPT) is to aid GDOT and local agencies in evaluating transportation requirements of rural areas and potential implementation constraints early in the planning process. The tool will include a system-level component to develop a prioritized list of projects by mode for a county and a project-level component to perform more detailed evaluations of roadway project alternatives and multimodal enhancements. The MMTPT will operate in a computerized hybrid system that uses expert system and conventional algorithmic programming techniques. Although organizational, management, and funding constraints that discourage multimodal planning are not overcome, the tool addresses the shortage of analytical planning techniques.

scholarly journals Immigrant Nonprofit Organizations and the Fight for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Immigration Reform ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Comprehensive Immigration Reform

This paper examines the central role played by immigrant nonprofit organizations in the fight for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) in the City of Philadelphia from 2009-2010. Relying on sixteen months of ethnographic research (April 2009-August 2010), including over seventy interviews of nonprofit, public, and private sector leaders, this paper explores how immigrant nonprofit organizations participated in the one-year lifecycle of the Reform Immigration for America (RI4A) campaign in Philadelphia. Furthermore, the paper analyzes the institutional legacy the campaign left on these organizations, as they continue to promote immigrant integration and engage in political advocacy at the local level. Finally, the paper shares lessons learned from the Philadelphia-based campaign as immigrant coalitions throughout the United States grapple with the prospect of immigration reform amid political polarization and an uncertain economic climate.

IT disaster recovery: Oman and Cyclone Gonu lessons learned

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali H. Al‐Badi ◽  
Rafi Ashrafi ◽  
Ali O. Al‐Majeeni ◽  
Pam J. Mayhew
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Continuity Planning ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
It Departments

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the issues of information technology (IT) disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP) in light of Cyclone Gonu in Oman.Design/methodology/approachThe paper includes a survey of the latest literature on the subject, then documents a study of public and private sector organizations together with their DR and BCP practices.FindingsThe paper investigates how public and private organizations in Oman plan to respond to disasters. It shows that while some organizations pay attention to the need for DR/BCP, many do not. A significant finding is that while organizations have disaster related plans, almost half of those surveyed do not rehearse them. Nevertheless, organizations surveyed indicate that they have learned valuable lessons from Gonu. It remains to be seen whether these lessons will be turned into effective and properly deployed DR/BCP plans.Originality/valueThis paper draws lessons from the experiences and challenges raised by Gonu, and concludes with a set of recommendations that organizations may adopt to ensure business continuity. It provides a useful evaluation of the preparedness of IT departments in both public and private sectors in Oman. The recommendations given at the end of the paper could be of a great value for many organizations and groups, spreading awareness of the importance of being prepared for such eventualities.

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