Texas Freight Advisory Committee
Advisory committees
Mission
Advise TxDOT on freight issues, priorities, projects, and funding needs for freight improvements; and elevate freight transportation as a critical component of the state’s economic vitality, and competitiveness.
Goals
- Ensure the participation of private sector freight stakeholders in TxDOT’s transportation planning process.
- Ensure that freight transportation needs are addressed in TxDOT’s transportation planning, programming, investments, and implementation processes.
- Provide input into the development of the Statewide Freight Plan.
- Help TxDOT identify and target freight investments.
- Assist TxDOT in prioritizing freight investments by identifying high-priority and strategic freight transportation projects that facilitate the safe and efficient movement of freight throughout the state.
- Develop TxDOT’s Freight Transportation action items on key freight issues.
Schedule
| Date | Location | Agenda | Presentation | Summary |
| 04/10/2024 | TxDOT Stassney Campus auditorium, 6230 E. Stassney Ln. Austin, TX 78744 |
04/10/24 agenda | 04/10/24 presentation | 04/10/24 summary |
| Date | Location | Agenda | Presentation | Summary |
| 01/18/2023 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
01/18/23 agenda | 01/18/23 presentation | 01/18/23 summary |
| 06/22/2023 | TxDOT Stassney Campus auditorium, 6230 E. Stassney Ln. Austin, TX 78744 |
06/22/23 agenda | 6/22/23 presentation | 6/22/23 summary |
| 11/30/2023 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
11/30/23 agenda | 11/30/23 presentation | 11/30/23 summary |
| Date | Location | Agenda | Summary | Presentation |
| 11/04/22 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
11/04/22 agenda | 11/04/22 summary | 11/04/22 presentation |
| 10/05/22 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
10/05/22 agenda | 10/05/22 summary | 10/05/22 presentation |
| 08/22/22 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
08/22/22 agenda | 08/22/22 summary | 08/22/22 presentation |
| 07/20/22 | TxDOT Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78701 |
07/20/22 agenda | 07/20/22 summary | 07/20/22 presentation |
| 04/06/22 | Virtual | 04/06/22 agenda | 04/06/22 summary | 04/06/22 presentation |
| 02/02/22 | Virtual | 02/02/22 agenda | 02/02/22 summary | 02/02/22 presentation |
| Date | Location | Agenda | Summary | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/10/21 8 a.m. |
Virtual | 11/10/21 Agenda | 11/10/21 Summary | 11/10/21 Presentation |
| 08/24/21 8 a.m. |
Virtual | 08/24/21 Agenda | 04/20/21 Summary | 08/24/21 Presentation |
| 04/20/21 8 a.m. |
Virtual | 04/20/21 Agenda | 04/20/21 Summary | 04/20/21 Presentation |
| Date | Location | Agenda | Summary | Presentation |
| 11/05/20 8 a.m. | Virtual | 11/05/20 Agenda | 11/05/20 Summary | 11/05/20 Presentation |
| 09/03/20 8 a.m. | Virtual | 09/03/20 Agenda | 09/03/20 Summary | 09/03/20 Presentation |
| 03/31/20 8 a.m. | Virtual | 03/31/20 Agenda | 03/31/20 Summary | 03/31/20 Presentation |
| Date | Location | Agenda | Summary | Presentation |
| 12/05/19 8 a.m. | IBC Bank 130 E. Travis St. San Antonio, TX 78205 | 12/05/19 agenda | 12/05/19 summary | 12/05/19 presentation |
| 07/11/19 8 a.m. | IBC Bank 500 W. Fifth St. (13th Floor) Austin, TX 78701 | 07/11/19 agenda | 07/11/19 summary | 07/11/19 presentation |
| Name | Organization |
| Ed Emmett - Chair | Rice University |
| Adriana Cruz | Office of the Governor |
| Charlie Leal | Texas Farm Bureau |
| Clint Schelbitzki | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Gerry Schwebel | IBC |
| John Esparza | Texas Trucking Association |
| Keith Patridge | McAllen Economic Development Corp. |
| Matt Woodruff | Kirby Corporation |
| Lindsay Mullins | BNSF |
| Paul Treangen | TNW Corporation |
| Roger Guenther | Port Houston |
| Rolando Ortiz | Killam Development, Ltd. |
| Sean Strawbridge | Port of Corpus Christi Authority |
| Tiffany Melvin | North American Strategy for Competitiveness |
| Robert MacDonald | TEMPO |
| Vacant | Alliance |
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Armando "Mando" Martinez | Texas House of Representatives |
| Brenda Gunter | City of San Angelo |
| Danny Smith | UPS |
| John LaRue | Port of Corpus Christi Authority |
| Victor Treviño | City of Laredo |
| Sergio Muñoz | Texas House of Representatives |