Freight Advisory Committee
The Nashville Area MPO has established an advisory committee to guide its freight planning efforts. The primary responsibility of the committee is to help public-sector policy-makers, planners, and engineers better understand of the complexities associated with freight movement to more effectively guide public investment in the transportation infrastructure. The MPO has assembled a team of experts from the following sectors and industries:
- Trucking companies
- Rail transport companies
- Airports and aviation businesses
- Municipal and county planning and engineering departments
- Academia
- Large manufacturers and warehouses
- Federal and state planning and environmental agencies
- Law enforcement agencies
In working with those groups, the MPO hopes to gain an increased knowledge of the freight industry. The committee's expertise will advise the MPO in developing planning assumptions, particularly related to the following types of questions.
- What are the factors that determine how, when, and where goods are shipped?
- What are the factors that influence the location of warehousing and distribution centers?
- What flexibility does the industry have in changing shipment routes, modes, or times?
- What are possible opportunities for the public and private sectors to work together to improve the transportation network to benefit the freight industry and the personal travel of the general public?
FAC Membership
| Name | Representing |
| Addam McCormick | City of White House |
| Andrea Hayes | Tennessee Trucking Association |
| Angie Midgett | Tennessee Department Of Transportation |
| Anthony Linn | Nashville and Western Railroad |
| Arun Chatterjee | University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research |
| Bob Rock | Tennessee Department Of Transportation |
| Bob Weithofer | Metropolitan Government of Nashville |
| Butch Gelband | Nashville Airport Authority |
| Dave Huneryager | Tennessee Trucking Association |
| David Clark | University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research |
| Doug Demosi | Rutherford County |
| Eric Zavattero | Fortna |
| James Cain | CSX |
| James Dyer | CSX |
| Jane Covington | CSX |
| Jim Svoboda | City of Gallatin |
| Jim Rose | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Jimmy Dobbins | Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research |
| John Pewitt | City of Spring Hill |
| Malcom Baird | Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research |
| Malinda Keen | City of Portland |
| Phil Maples | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Rick Gregory | City of Goodlettsville |
| Tameka Macon | Federal Highway Administration |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Nashville Airport Authority |
