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1 CIS H 75114
TITLE: Ground
Transportation Issues in the Pacific Northwest
CIS-NO: 2001-H751-14
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Aug. 31, 1999
LENGTH:
v+132 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01;
1024-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:106-35
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-9998
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26444-2.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-35. Hearing in
Seattle, Wash., before the Subcom on Ground Transportation to examine Pacific
Northwest passenger and freight ground transportation
improvements and needs, including highway, rail, and port-related intermodal
transportation in Oregon and Washington State.
Supplementary
material (p. 33-132) includes witnesses' written statements and submitted
statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Pacific Northwest
freight and passenger ground transportation issues
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
GROUND TRANSPORTATION. HOUSE; RAILROADS; HIGHWAYS; HARBORS AND PORTS;
INTERSTATE COMMERCE; SEATTLE, WASH.; FREIGHT; OREGON;
WASHINGTON STATE
01-H751-14 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Aug. 31,
1999 p. 6-20, 33-49, 57-74, 80-105, 120-132
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
MORRISON, SID (Secretary, Washington
State Department of Transportation)
CRUNICAN, GRACE
(Director, Oregon Department of Transportation)
LAIRD,
KURT (General Manager, Pacific Northwest Corridor, Amtrak West)
CARMICHAEL, GILBERT E. (Chairman, Amtrak Reform Council)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Review of
Washington State and Oregon ground transportation activities related to programs
established under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, including
national corridor highway projects; specifics on intergovernmental and
public-private partnerships role in ground transportation projects.
Assessment of and outlook for Pacific Northwest rail
transportation, including intercity rail passenger service;
status of development of various intercity rail passenger
corridors.
INSERTION:
-- Washington State
Department of Transportation, "FAST Corridor: Partnering for a Healthy Economy
in Washington State" (p. 120-132).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pacific Northwest freight and passenger
ground transportation issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; NATIONAL
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP.; FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS; STATE-LOCAL
RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
01-H751-14 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Aug. 31, 1999 p. 21-32, 50-56, 75-79, 106-112
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MILLER, JAMES
(Executive Director, Whatcom County, Wash., Council of Governments)
O'NEAL, A. DANIEL (Chairman, Washington State
Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board)
CHILCOTE, PAUL (Senior Director, Intermodal
Transportation, Port of Tacoma)
LOHMAN, DAVID (Director,
Policy and Planning, Port of Portland)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on Pacific Northwest ground transportation
issues; review of freight mobility improvement efforts in
Washington State; aspects of intermodal transportation impacting Pacific
Northwest ports (related tables, p. 53-54).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Pacific Northwest freight and passenger
ground transportation issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
WASHINGTON STATE FREIGHT MOBILITY
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BOARD
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002
