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National Waterways Foundation Brochure
Copyrighted May 20, 2019 City of Dubuque Consent Items # 5. ITEM TITLE: National Waterways Foundation Brochure SUM MARY: City Manager providing a copy of the public information brochure from the National Waterways Foundation. SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File ATTACHMENTS: Description Type National Waterways Foundation Brochure Supporting Documentation . . 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I �� �� � l - , � � Our Inland Waterways System Delivers Cargoes and Ameriean Jobs Our inland waterways system transports cargoesYhat support our daily lives.As a result of the transportafion option the waterways offer, hundreds � of thousands of American jobs are creatad and sustained across a variety of industries. j . I�' ` _ ' �. .., ... _ . . _ ., _ . f� . s _G --- �'-� _ ;j �� "� �Q':, `a, � - ��r} ��/ ; �>y j ��/ �O�Sy ... ��� � � T `- . . - ��`.'.�. .. _;: � � �:. f .. �a��� � \ � ' � ����' aimmerce to�nd frorrt � 38 states,serve indusYrial i � and agricultucal centers, ���� and facilitate imparlsand ` � exports at gatewey ports �C on the Gulf Coast. SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE,GROWING COMMUNITIES � Farmers rely on inland waterways barge transportation to move their �.z_ _ � cropstoshippingportsandtheglobalmarket.Familyfarmersthrivefrom - -- �— the transportation advantaqe ourwaterways provide.America's agriculture exports boost the economy,benefitting all of us. Cleaner Air Today is the Founda4ion New Jobs in a Heal#hy Econamy for � Brighter Future The economic impact of expediting construction One of the many ways that the waterways to complete a group of congressionally keep Americans healthy is by reducing authorized lock modernization projects in emissions of carbon dioxide and 10 years versus the current estimate of over other pollutants. 20 years would be the creation of 15,000 new jobs with an annual economic return of • Railway transport generates 30% more $800 million. carbon dioxide than barge transport • Highwaytransportgenerates ; I Pocenti,l 1000% more emissions I� 000 than barge transport �y� � � � � � "� I / Jobs in 10 Years J ��^ � � � Tons of COs per Million Ton-miles � '"� Half-million Jobs Made Possible �� ��•� A significant share of the country's population t s works along our inland water routes in more ' than 541,000 inland waterways system-related � �'�, �' jobs worth $29 billion.These jobs power � , _ . �' •,� � • ._ the economy across the nation.The inland �' �' waterways impact busy ports receiving barge �' � shipments, manufacturers processing raw materials, refineries preparing chemicals and - petroleum products, conservation managers and planners, and a myriad of other companies, � services, and suppliers. �1 �, . � � � � � ,.� ->,._ $"; :. �• � � . � . � . � �.� � � � � .... A � • � � � . � •. � • •� �� �•�• � �- - �� � �� � � • � �. •• �. � • � �' � ' � � . �� • � � • • � Fuel-efficient Delivery That Essential to Economic Strength and Benefits Our Environment and America's Transportation Supply Cha�n Relieves Traffic Congestion The journey for more than half of our nation's grain As traffic congestion on highways worsens, exports, and nearly a quarter of its petroleum products waterways are more important than ever to and electric power generation relies on the inland facilitate freight transportation.They are reliable, waterways transportation system.The average cost less congested, and tout the smallest carbon savings over truck and rail shipment means waterways footprint among transportation modes. save the nation's businesses over $12 billion annually in transportation costs. • Barges can move one ton of cargo 647 miles on a single gallon of fuel In today's economy,these supply chain efficiencies are • Barge transport alleviates highwaytraffic critical as companies carefully optimize resources and congestion and emits fewer pollutants to strive to maintain economic competitiveness. move the same cargo Barge Transportation on Our Waterways is the Most Fuel Efficienc Form of Surface 'Transpaetation �._ ,�� �� � r,� �� �� � i 6, I r , � �Ili� ; .,- - � -- �:. � � �_ �� - , - J � � . �, �. � , � �„ ; �� , �i; lr.: - ,.�'.. - ._ � ' ---�-- ---- �- ..� �a: Ton-miles Traveled per Gallon of Fuel — � � _. y - � � � � � � � F � �v _ - r . ,i �_�,�3A�'A4�� .<—� r :. �• . �. � �� � . � . � �r.'L r ! - --- 1 • �. �• � . �• • � � � _- �� _ ._ - � � �. • � � •.� � �. � • � � =i- _r " � � � . � � - -��j� �`�'� Carrying the Load One Barge Tow Carries the Load of Hundreds of Rail Cars and More Than a Thousand Trucks • - � � . 00000 00000� 00000 .��._-- --,..� �.��,��:��_� ,�--- -�.�.,.. ,�_�_�__��� ,.��.�--��:_� ,��---��� :.s.�r�s:��.s.s� s: � � ac. z: � � s�.s.�s.s.sss.�-�r ��.�.��..��� y.� � � � �. .�,��a.:.s� ���������� �� ���� �� r a:a�:.a.r::.a.r.�.r ^-�9ec:�-�.rs�-a 9ec s! — � �— _ — _ _. _ — 1 1 - - - - 't��n.'.��a��i��e�::�: - ��r.��r��������� �i����i.���+r+�:�'.- ' �+�r�:� -. �'i�a Crstical �Itiio Riv�r Sysir-m Markland Lock and Dam, a key link of the Ohio River, quietly moves 60 million tons of freight through the river basin each year. Markland and the system it supports are vital commercial conduits within the basin. :L. Essential to Efficiently connects Integrates the affordable the upper Midwestwith wide- energy Midwesttothe rangingdomestic produdion resource-rich Gulf and global trade . - • • • . - • • • f � IMMEDIATELY �" � A F F E C T � i COMMERCE IN — Markland 14 STATES AN� , _ fl5 COUNTIES - • r COST AN Q Q ADDITIONAL $1.3 BILLION IN ANNUAL TRANSPORT CHARGES DISRUE+��i THE AFFORDABLE DELIVERY OF e e COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC POWER TFIIFO�.JGtiOUTi T�hi� �AST'YaRR'.I US. /� ADDITIONAL � �F K RAILCARS ■I � � � � � � ..-....�..r...r�....r�..,.r,.. � AND/OR 6O K TR DI KIONAL .-. .�. '-. .� .� r. .� �' ������� - i � � �� � �r. .� �i�rr.:v � t �F�.�.,_r:. �c�'i' � �i�f�'�R '� "'L �' ,�, r . . . � . 1 :' � i � , ,. : � " . . �, _ ��J � � , � .,, � � � �� f , . �l^�Ij'Y-��~_ !r - -1 .. - - . � ~� _,�� � � r� W� , `' F L� I� � � T ��1. .._ � .. ..� � i � � ,� ` ` ..,,�; �� . . . - � '� r - - --�- - - \ _1 :y � w � • �i _ �_�- _ -�_-�.y� . J � - � . -�c -_^'- ."� . �-.-� �'- l _ - _ :r;,�._ _ -_ ---__ '�__.- � _, � —�- � - 1--- / •y`--� -� . � _'ac-_ - -- � �--.�-_:_�-��-'�+-� The Waterways Have Many Beneficiaries Theinformationprovidedinthisbrochurewas extracted from the following reports: America's inland waterways serve commercial navigation, but they also provide recreational opportunities, and water "Toward a Full Accounting of the Beneficiaries of Navigable Watenvays;'University ofTennessee, supply for agriculture irrigation, industrial, and municipal uses. CenterforTransportation Research,forthe U.S. Our waterways and their infrastructure also protect our national prmyCorpsof Engineers(January2011). security, provide flood protection, hydropower generation, and encourage waterFront development. "Inland Navigation in the United States: An Evaluation of Economic Impacts and the Potential Effects of Infrastructure Investment;' � University of Tennessee and University of Kentucky(November 2014). NATIONA�f ERWAYS "A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effeds on the General Public: F O U N DAT 1 O N 2001-2014"Updated February 2017 499 S.Capitol Street, SW,Suite 401,Washington, DC 20003 nsmdy bytheiexasiransporcation�nstimte, W nter for Ports and Waterways 202.765.2166� nationalwaterwaysfoundation.org "The Impacts of Unscheduled Lock Outages;' The mission of the National Waterways Foundation isto develop Visit our Vanderbilt UniversiTy and University ofTennessee intellectual and factual argumentsfor an efficient,modern,well-funded, website (June 2017),in cooperation with the U.S. and secure inland waterways system.Run bya volunteer Board of �. � �. Maritime Administration. Trustees and Officers,the National Waterways Foundation is a U.S.tax- `y exemptnonprofit501(c)(3)educationalorganizationsupportedsolely '� .r �zonN��o�aiwa<e,�aY�Fo��a��o� by contributions. 0 = - o�:r�+ic e�e��WP