Investing in Multimodal Freight Transportation - II
 

1. Stakeholder Needs

 
This survey is part of a research project investigating "Multimodal Investment Criteria." It is sponsored by the Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section and conducted by Oregon State University.

The goal of the survey is to assess stakeholder needs and issues related to freight transportation. The information gathered from this survey is confidential, and will be used to help analyze multimodal freight investment criteria. Changes to freight investments are outside the purview of this research project, however the knowledge you give us will help inform decision-makers.

1. Do you work for a public or private organization?

2. Which best describes your organization?

3. Please indicate your geographic location.

4. In which ODOT Regions (see map below) does your organization primarily operate (click on all that apply)?

ODOT Regions

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5. Please click on all the freight transportation modes that are used by your organization (click all that apply):

6. Does your organization rely on intermodal transfers (e.g. Air-Truck, Truck-Rail, Truck-Water)?

7. Please estimate the percentage of your operations that rely on each mode.

8. Please indicate how important the following performance factors are for each transportation mode your organization relies on. (Use the pull down menu for each column)

(Please only rate the performance categories in the columns that correspond to the modes that influence your organization. For instance, if your organization only deals with trucking and rail, please rate each performance category only in the “Trucking” and “Rail” columns.)

 TruckingRailAirMarine/WaterIntermodal Transfers
Mobility (congestion, delay)
Efficiency (transportation costs, throughput)
Safety (loss and damage from accidents)
Infrastructure (design, condition, and maintenance)
Reliability (scheduling, or weather, incidents, and other uncertainties)
Accessibility (ease to reach markets and transportation facilities)
Rules, Restrictions, and Institutional Issues

9. Hypothetically, if a project were completed that resulted in a moderate improvement to a performance factor (e.g. safety, or reliability), would the percentage that you rely on each mode increase, stay the same, or decrease?

(Please consider each performance factor independently. Only rate the performance categories in the columns that correspond to the modes that influence your organization.)

 TruckingRailAirMarine/WaterIntermodal Transfers
Mobility (congestion, delay)
Efficiency (transportation costs, throughput)
Safety (loss and damage from accidents)
Infrastructure (design, condition, and maintenance)
Reliability (scheduling, or weather, incidents, and other uncertainties)
Accessibility (ease to reach markets and transportation facilities)
Rules, Restrictions, and Institutional Issues

10. How important are multimodal linkages (e.g location, access, and ease in transferability) in increasing overall system volume?

11. How important are multimodal linkages (e.g location, access, and ease in transferability) in increasing overall system efficiency (e.g. decreasing delay, and reducing costs)?

12. Please read the following list and click on the three changes that would most improve your organization's ability to function within the region it operates (please select only three).

13. Please rank the following performance factors with regard to the amount each would influence an improvement in system efficiency for your organization.

(Type a 1 next to the performance factor that would influence efficiency the most, a 2 next to the second most influential, and so on until you have ranked all 10 performance factors.)

14. To help us understand more about your organization's needs relative to multimodal freight transportation, please provide additional thoughts below:

15. (Optional) If you would like to receive an electronic copy of the final report for this research project (expected to be completed in late summer), please include your email below.