Seattle Freight Mobility Advisory Committee

About the Seattle Freight Mobility Advisory Committee

The City of Seattle established the Freight Mobility Advisory Committee in September 2002 to advise elected officials, SDOT and other agencies on measures to improve freight mobility and safety in Seattle.

SDOT looks to the citywide Freight Committee to represent the various modes of transportation (truck, rail and marine) for the movement of goods and services and to accomplish the following purposes:

• To make recommendations as appropriate.
• To serve as a forum for exchange between stakeholders and government agency staff on potential freight mobility transportation improvements, problem identification, solution ideas and support with funding opportunities.
• To support the city's implementation of the Seattle Manufacturing and Maritime Action Plan, the Seattle Transportation Strategic Plan and the annual Freight Mobility Strategic Action Plan.

The Committee is a public/private partnership with Seattle freight community stakeholders from the Ballard/Interbay/Northend Manufacturing Industrial Center (BINMIC) and the Duwamish Manufacturing Industrial Center. The current Committee Co-Chairs are Peter Whitehead (Nelson Trucking) and Patrick Binion (Columbia Distributing). It is currently composed of nine Seattle area freight operators.

Committee members are appointed by the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. The SDOT Director has designated representatives from the respective set of freight business sectors (representative freight industry personnel from the truck, marine and rail businesses) located in both the Duwamish and BINMIC areas to ensure that a broad spectrum of freight interests serve on the Committee. These individuals represent businesses involved in freight operations.

Meetings are open to the public and are generally held 8:00-9:30 AM on the third Tuesday of every month. Monthly Committee meeting locations are scheduled on a rotating basis in the respective north and south industrial centers.

Advisories
The following are advisories which the Committee has issued on various topics, per the Committee's purpose. The Committee has discussed and approved the correspondence listed below: