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This is a compendium of web sites, documents, presentations, and other materials, including news features, related to planning and / or studies along the corridor, organized by date of publication. Topically specific information (i.e., traffic volumes) including reports and databases are linked elsewhere on the site. The library materials are not directly stored on the web site. They are only linked from the sources.

The following format is generally used for each of the entries below:

Item title (hyperlinked) – source - key words – date.

New York

The I-81 Challenge: An Introduction and Accomplishments to Date (presentation) – NYS DOT with Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council - 2011.
New York I-81 Transportation Study Summary. (not a link; on I-81 Coalition web site).

Pennsylvania

I-81 Corridor Improvement Study, Executive Summary (District 4-0) – Pennoni Associates for PennDOT - 2007
Truck Parking in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania State Transportation Advisory Committee - 2007

Maryland

West Virginia

Virginia

Interstate 81 Corridor Improvements Past and Present (presentation)– Richard Caywood, VDOT – planning - 2011
I- 81 Corridor Improvement Study: Tier 2 I-77/I-81 Overlap – VDOT – environmental, planning – 2011
I-81 Corridor Improvement Study, Tier Two – I-77/I-81 Overlap. Prepared by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin for VDOT. 2010.
Virginia Statewide Multimodal Freight Study, Final Report, 2010 (excepted from) – Cambridge Systematics for VDOT – 2010.
I-81 Rail Corridor Project Update (presentation)– Kevin Page, DRPT-VDOT – 2008
Virginia Statewide Multimodal Freight Study, Phase I - VDOT - 2008
Interstate 81 Corridor Status Update: I-81 Truck Climbing Lanes (presentation) – Malcolm Kerley, VDOT – 2008
Truck Lanes and Interstate 81 in Virginia – Fred Altizer, VDOT – 2008.
50 Years of the Interstate: Interstate 81 (web page) – VDOT – 2007.
Focus on the Interstate 81 Corridor (presentation) – Matthew Tucker and David Ekern, VDOT, - 2007
Tolling, Trucking and the Interstate 81 Corridor in Virginia (presentation) – Fred Altizer, VDOT. – 2007.
I-81 Needed Improvements, SR 19 (2006) (presentation) – VDOT – 2007
I-81 Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement – VDOT - environment, planning – 2007
I-81 Corridor Fact Sheet – VDOT
Interstate 81 Corridor Study (web page) – VDOT
Review of I-81 Corridor Improvement Study, Virginia from the Tennessee Border to the West Virginia Border, Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Study – Smart Mobility Inc., - 2006
I-81 Initiatives in Virginia (presentation) – Fred Altizer, VDOT – 2004.

Tennessee

I-40/I-81 Corridor Feasibility Study, From Bristol to Memphis TN.
Executive Summary.

Federal

Economic Development History of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania (web page). Federal Highway Administration.
Economic Development History of Interstate 81 in Virginia (web page). Federal Highway Administration.
Pennsylvania I-81 Statement by Martin Weiss (web page). Federal Highway Administration.

University

Shippensburg University

An Analysis of Planning Activities along the I-81 Corridor, with a Focus on Freight and Rail. – Ronald C. Hess – 2009.
Economic and Transportation Impact of Warehousing on Rural Pennsylvania – A Report for the Center For Rural Pennsylvania. Paul Marr, Scott Drzyzga, George Pomeroy (Shippensburg University) and James Biles (Indiana Univ.) - 2008
Economic and Transportation Impact of Warehousing on Rural Pennsylvania (full report)– Paul Marr, Scott Drzyzga, George Pomeroy (Shippensburg University) and James Biles (Indiana Univ.) (not a link; on I-81 Coalition web site). - 2008
Geographic and Economic Assessment of Trucking and Warehousing in South –Central Pennsylvania. (not a link; on I-81 Coalition web site) – 2006.
Part I: Economic Assessment and Impacts. – Kurt Fuellhart and Paul Marr, Shippensburg University.
Part II: Transportation Assessment and Site Analysis. – Paul Marr and Kurt Fuellhart, Shippensburg University.

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)

Evaluating Alternative Truck Management Strategies Along I-81 – VTTI – 2004.

James Madison University / VTTI

Report of the Interstate 81 Safety Task Force - JMU / VTTI sponsored Interstate 81 Safety Task Force. n.d.

MPO – Related / Quasi-Governmental

South Central Pennsylvania Regional Goods Movement Study. Prepared by Cambridge Systematics for Tri-County Regional Planning Commission – 2006.
I-81 Widening Study: Summary Report. Prepared by DMJM+Harris for Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. – 2005.
Focus81.com (web page) – Northeast Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) – n.d.

Non-Profit / Community

Rail Solutions I-81 Freight Rail Study. – Rail Solutions. 2009.
The NS Crescent Corridor Initiative and the I-81 Freight Rail Study Concept Compared and Contrasted. Web Page. Rail Solution.
Rethinking I-81. Onondaga Citizens League 2009.
Transportation Solutions (web page) – Shenandoah Forum.
Grassroots Advocacy: The Interstate 81 Case Study in the Shenandoah Valley – joint project of the Community Alliance for Preservation, Rockbridge Area Conservation Council, Shenandoah Forum and Rail Solution – n.d.

Private

Feasibility Plan for Maximum Truck to Rail Diversion in Virginia’s I-81 Corridor. Draft Final Report. – Cambridge Systematics. 2009.

Rail / Intermodal

The Future Needs Us. (web site). The Crescent Corridor. Norfolk Southern.
I-81 Crescent Corridor: An Overview (presentation) – Norfolk Southern – 2007.
Virginia’s I-81 Corridor: A Rail Freight Solution (presentation). – Norfolk Southern – 2004.

I-81 News

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