The I-95 Coalition

Last week we talked about how Michael Carr left much to be desired in his article about how IT not giving much of competitive edge in the market place. This week I want to give a bit of information about the 95 coalition.

Interstate 95 runs the entire span of the US east coast and crosses through many jurisdictions. It is the most heavily traveled corridor in the US and plays a large part in the economy. One of the most difficult problems with this corridor is raising the necessary capital needed to do things such as allow double stacked freight cars to travel from one end of the corridor to the other or eliminate bottle neck regions. This is difficult because the the corridor spans so many different counties that have their own separate regulations and budgets. Thus, it is hard for one county to spend money fixing something that only benefits another county in another state. To solve this, alliances must be made in order to forms bounds and find common incentives among parties. The 95 coalition seeks to do this through many different means. Policy specialists and transportation personnel would benefit from the knowledge of this entity.

Please see the link to see the 95 coalition website: http://www.i95coalition.org/i95/Home/I95CorridorFacts/tabid/173/Default.aspx