Miscellaneous SIS Background and Resource Materials



1. "Building Public Private Partnerships for Strategic Intermodal Transportation Investment", Florida Intermodal Transportation Association, August 2005.
2. "IRW White Paper: Emerging Container-on-Barge Transport in the U.S." (also known as Short-Sea-Shipping), Anne Sudar, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, May 2004.
3. Safety, Security, Preservation, Management and Design Issues related to the Strategic Intermodal System (Dec. 18, 2004)
4. Summary of (Transportation, Land Use and Economic Development) Recommendations from Prior Studies
5. Summary of Land Use & Growth Management Legislation: 2004 Regular Session, Florida Legislature
6. Designation of Planned Future Facilities - Full Version (Final)
   One page summary (PDF file - 64 kb)
7. May 20, 2004 - Resource Paper: Summary of Proposed SIS Provisions Specific to Rural Areas As of May 13, 2004
8. Application of the "50 Mile Rule" (06/16/04)
9. SIS and Florida Transportation Corridors (Draft), April 6, 2004
10. White Paper - Strategic Intermodal System:  Conceptual Database Design
11. Cambridge Systematic Technical Memorandum #1: Development of Strategic Transportation Facility and Service Selection Criteria in Florida - Past Initiatives
12. Cambridge Systematic Technical Memorandum #2: Developing Selection Criteria for Strategic Intermodal Systems - Other States' Experiences
13. Cambridge Systematic Technical Memorandum #3: An Evaluation of Existing Transportation Data Sources for Use in Defining a Strategic Intermodal System
14. State of the Practice in Project Prioritization: Technical Memorandum, Cambridge Systematics, April 2004
15. "The Economic Impact of International Merchandise Trade in Miami-Dade County", prepared by The Washington Economics Group, Inc. (WEG) for Jay Malina International Trade Consortium, April 28, 2004.
16. Review of the Department of Transportation Tentative Work Program FY 2004/05 through 2008/09, Florida Transportation Commission, March 12, 2004
17. "Development of A GIS-Based Regional Transit Feasibility Analysis And Simulation Tool" and slide presentation; a resource for defining Florida statewide regions (further explanation from Ike Ubaka attached at beginning of the paper)
18. "Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options", Linda Bailey, Surface Transportation Policy Project, April 2004. Staff summary
19. Malcolm McLouth comments on incorporating short sea shipping in the SIS Plan (June 3, 2004)

Newspaper, Magazine, and Online Articles

1. FDOT presents funding plans (04/22/2004, Daily Okeechobee News)
2. Bills cut into local road funding (04/24/04, Daytona Beach News Journal)
3. Transportation Funding Priorities (04/19/04, Tampa Business Journal)