Save the date! Register for the upcoming Virtual Public Meeting on October 23rd from Noon to 1 PM. At the meeting, you will learn more about the study and phase 1 results. You can also share your thoughts about the proposed recommendations for strategies and tactics that will inform the Freight Plan Update!

August 2024 Update: Freight Plan Focus Groups and Interviews

GTC hosted online focus group meetings and interviews with interested parties from Climate Resiliency and Adaptation, Agriculture, and Commercial Logistics to discuss the future of freight in the Genesee-Finger Lakes region and gathered input on draft recommended strategies. Learn more at the upcoming Virtual Public Meeting on October 23 from noon to 1 pm.

View the May 30 Public Meeting Video at http://www.publicinput.com/GTCFreightPlan.

The Genesee Transportation Council (GTC), the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Genesee-Finger Lakes region, completed an initial Regional Goods Movement Strategy in 2012. The 2012 Strategy provided a comprehensive analysis of freight transportation and developed recommendations to improve goods movement in the region. Now, over ten years later, GTC is updating to reassess freight priorities and needs across the nine-county region encompassing Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties. The updated Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Freight Plan will:

Re-evaluate policies, infrastructure priorities, and recommendations from the 2012 Strategy based on changes to freight logistics, regulations, technology, and regional economics over the last decade,
Develop updated projections of freight flows and volumes to the year 2050,
Identify new needs, issues, and opportunities to enhance the freight network and
Prioritize projects, initiatives, and policies to strengthen freight transportation and support continued regional economic growth.

The final Regional Freight Plan will provide an implementable set of actions to guide investments in freight infrastructure and policy improvements over the next 25 years. Check out the previous 2012 Regional Goods Movement Strategy to learn about the initial freight recommendations for the region.

The project started in Fall 2023 and is expected to be completed in Winter 2024/2025. Initial data collection and analysis will occur through Spring 2024. The draft project recommendations are predicted to be developed by Fall 2024, with the final Plan anticipated by the end of that year.

Fall 2023:

Project kick-off meeting (Steering Committee meeting #1)
Review of relevant plans, studies, and documents, and initial data collection and analysis

Winter 2023/2024:

Profiling the existing and future conditions of the freight network and goods movement flows
Steering Committee meeting #2

Spring/Summer 2024:

Assessing infrastructure needs and transportation issues
Initial stakeholder and public outreach
Public meeting to present draft needs assessment and findings
Steering Committee meeting #3 & #4

Fall 2024:

Drafting recommendations on policies, projects, and programs
Steering Committee meeting #5
Public meeting to present draft recommendations

Winter 2024/2025:

Drafting the Final Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Freight Plan
Steering Committee meeting #6
Publishing the Final Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Freight Plan and executive summary documents

Specific stakeholder and public engagement activities, such as surveys, focus group meetings, and additional public meetings, will occur throughout the process. Please check back for future updates on ways to participate.