Transportation Challenges – How are Ports-to-Plains Alliance Jurisdictions Addressing the Issues? The Ports-to-Plains region fuels North America with Alberta, home of the world’s third largest proven oil reserves, and 7 of the top 10 oil producing US states. While the production is a boom to the local economies, it is placing a strain on the transportation infrastructure. Transportation leaders from Alberta, Texas and North Dakota will tell how they are facing the challenge.

1. Meeting the Challenges of
Economic Growth
Dr. Ross Danyluk
Executive Director, Strategic Policy Branch
Alberta Transportation
Ports to Plains Alliance Conference
October 3, 2012

2. Alberta Transportation
Core Business and Goals
• Developing and preserving the highway network
• Managing transportation safety services
• Promoting partnerships and a multi-modal transportation
network
Goals:
– Alberta’s highway network connects communities and supports
economic and social growth
– Alberta has the safest road system in Canada
– Alberta has a well connected road-rail-air-port transportation
system that supports economic opportunities and the quality of
life in all communities
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3. Energy Sector Outlook
Credit: Petro-Canada
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4. Freight and Passenger
Transportation Impacts
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5. Example Loads
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6. Moving Large Loads in Alberta
150 000
overweight/overdimension
single trip permits per year
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8. Trade Corridors
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9. Ports to Plains Trade Corridor
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10. Multi-Modal Integration
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11. Transportation and Trade Initiatives -
Beyond Alberta
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12. US / Canada Border Cooperation
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13. Short Term – The Capital Plan
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14. Projects Underway
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15. Long Term – Strategic Regional Planning
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16. Transportation Strategy for Alberta
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17. Meeting the Challenge
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18. Thank you
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