Intermodal Data

NE-Wisconsin-Intermodal-Study-Final-Report.pdf (thenewnorth.com)

Northeast Wisconsin’s shippers face challenges in securing affordable and reliable intermodal transportation services. These challenges relate to at least two major factors:

• The relatively long drive under congested traffic conditions between Northeast Wisconsin and major intermodal terminals in Chicago, and

• The acute shortage of truck drivers in the United States.
  

This study focuses on the first major issue and aims to determine the feasibility of developing an intermodal service in Northeast Wisconsin. The topic of intermodal access is particularly important for the region given its high concentration of freight dependent businesses—including manufacturing.

The establishment of a locally-based intermodal rail transportation service has the potential to address these problems. Intermodal has historically been best-suited for the movement of medium-value items like consumer goods and manufactured products over moderate to long distances and is an important transportation option for both domestic and international shipping in the United States. Yet, Northeast Wisconsin has been without direct intermodal service since the closure of Wisconsin Central’s intermodal facilities in 2001. With surging demand from the region’s manufacturers, this study seeks to establish the potential feasibility of developing a new facility to newly anchor intermodal service in 2022 and beyond.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation Freight Advisory Committee - Intermodal freight (wisconsindot.gov)

conf-ogard.pdf (wisconsindot.gov)

NCWRPC INTERMODAL ANALYSIS November 7, 2023 WisDOT Rail Meeting

RFP – Northeast WI Intermodal Freight Facility Study | ECWRPC

ECWRPC is issuing this “Request for Proposals” (RFP) to: Northeast Intermodal Freight Facility Study – Phase 2. Between the fall of 2020 and May of 2022, the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission worked with the Brown County Planning Commission/Green Bay MPO, Port of Green Bay, New North, Inc., private consulting firms, and a steering committee to develop an intermodal freight facility study for the northeast portion of the state. This study found that there is significant demand for intermodal freight shipping in Northeast Wisconsin and that a locally-based intermodal service may be fast and cost-effective enough to be an attractive option for shippers. However, the study also found that there are currently a variety of operational challenges associated with establishing intermodal service and that a strong business case needs to be built to justify establishing this type of service in Northeast Wisconsin.