https://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=LadanielsOnTrackNorthAmerica - User contributions [en]2026-04-09T06:21:23ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.41.0https://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Participation_Options&diff=5699Participation Options2025-05-07T17:52:35Z<p>Ladaniels: /* Registered Visitors */</p>
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==== Introduction ====<br />
Our first [[Industry Action Plan]] (IAP), VitalRail, supports stakeholders in making important improvements to specific industries in the name of economic and environmental long-term stability. Through conversations and iterative IntelliConference Series, our Participating Stakeholders, staff organizers and facilitators drill into detailed dialogues to address the challenges, opportunities and breakthroughs. <br />
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One more important detail: if all we did was produce great white papers on these changes, that would not be enough. We maintain this site for stakeholders and staff to stay up-to-date via summaries and digests linked to deeper analysis. <br />
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==== Participation Roles ====<br />
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====== Registered Visitors ======<br />
As a registered visitor, you are able to visit all public pages, make comments and ask questions using the [[Discussion Tab]] on each page. To become a Registered Visitor [[Special:Contact|contact us]]. with the subject line: '''Registered Visitor'''.<br />
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====== Registered Stakeholders ======<br />
A Registered Stakeholder is a person who chooses to observe the evolution of our [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis|IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis]] process. As a registered stakeholder, you will have your own stakeholder page to introduce yourself, your background and interests in a specific Industry Action Plan. You can also comment and ask questions specific to the subject page you are on. To become a Registered Stakeholder, send an email to [mailto:welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org] with the subject line: '''Registered Stakeholder'''. We will notify you with a temporary login ID and password. <br />
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As a Registered Stakeholder we ask you to:<br />
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* Read the [[Founder's Statement]] and [[OTNA/CAPSI Ethics]] pages.<br />
* Ask us any questions or make comments via email.<br />
* Be concise as possible in your communication. Feel free to attach any material you think relevant to the work.<br />
* Please register your agreement with our ethics by commenting in your request to be a Registered Stakeholder.<br />
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====== Participating Stakeholders ======<br />
If you regard yourself as a subject matter expert (SME), a champion, an early adopter or scout in any of our goals and dialogues, we invite you to become a Participating Stakeholder of one of our Industry Action Plans, for example, VitalRail. <br />
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* '''SME''': As a Subject Matter Expert, you have the ability to provide verifiable information and considered views on specific subjects related to one or more of our IAPs.<br />
* '''Champion''': As a Champion, you may be an SME but in this case you are a specific advocate for a subject.<br />
* '''Scout''': As a Scout, you meet with professional stakeholders and research information to uncover POVs that may be relevant and valuable to other stakeholders.<br />
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If you fulfill any of these descriptions, we ask you to register as a Participating Stakeholder and identify yourself as a SME, Champion or Scout. You will be contacted by a member of our organizing team. To become a Participating Stakeholder send an email to [mailto:welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org] with the subject line: '''Participating Stakeholder'''.<br />
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====== Sponsor Prospects ======<br />
Sponsorship of our work offers many direct benefits to the near and long term goals and mission of your organization. We invite any organization within the sectors of business, government, labor, associations, advocacy, industry media and academia to contact us about sponsorship of one of our Industry Action Plans or a specific IntelliConference Series. To investigate sponsorship, send an email to [mailto:welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org welcometocapsi@ontracknorthamerica.org] with the subject line: '''Sponsorship'''. You will be contacted by an organizer.<br />
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==== FAQs ====<br />
Since we are just starting out we don't have any FAQs for this page. When you register let us know if you have any questions that would be good for FAQs related to this page.</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=5698Main Page2025-05-07T17:42:52Z<p>Ladaniels: Changed redirect target from CAPSI to Home Page</p>
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<div>== Major Changes to Main Page ==<br />
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ON June 4, 2024 Jeff Lohrmann started making major changes to this page. Look at tjis date's page version to see the pre-June 4 versions<br />
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How does a page get archived? [[User:JLohrmann|JLohrmann]] ([[User talk:JLohrmann|talk]]) 17:00, 5 June 2024 (UTC)</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=5691Home Page2025-05-07T17:34:22Z<p>Ladaniels: Ladaniels moved page CAPSI to Home Page</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}<br />
<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
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We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
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== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
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<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
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<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, to foster efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
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<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Though Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce, it can significantly benefit from the improved coordination facilitated by our Industry Action Plans. They are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions, while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than merely producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
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<h2 style="border-bottom:none;"><center><big><b>[[Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry|Industry Action Plans]]</b></big></h2></div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=5680Home Page2025-05-06T18:17:52Z<p>Ladaniels: </p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}<br />
<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
<br />
We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
<br />
== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
<br />
<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
<br />
<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, to foster efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
<br />
<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce, which can significantly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}<br />
<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
<br />
We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
<br />
== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
<br />
<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
<br />
<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, to foster efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
<br />
<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce, which can significantly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
<br />
<br />
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<h2 style="border-bottom:none;"><center><big><b>[[Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry|Industry Action Plans]]</b></big></h2></div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=5656Home Page2025-05-05T14:35:29Z<p>Ladaniels: Closed discussion</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}<br />
<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
<br />
We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
<br />
== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
<br />
<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
<br />
<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, to foster efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
<br />
<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce, which can significantly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h2 style="border-bottom:none;"><center><big><b>[[Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry|Industry Action Plans]]</b></big></h2></div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=5655Home Page2025-05-05T14:35:21Z<p>Ladaniels: Edited comment</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}<br />
<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
<br />
We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
<br />
== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
<br />
<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
<br />
<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, to foster efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
<br />
<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce, which can significantly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h2 style="border-bottom:none;"><center><big><b>[[Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry|Industry Action Plans]]</b></big></h2></div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=VitalRail&diff=5607VitalRail2025-05-01T18:13:26Z<p>Ladaniels: /* IntelliConference Series */</p>
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==== Why is VitalRail Needed? ====<br />
Though North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system, the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue is in stark contrast with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue. <br />
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Railroads offer irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Increasing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders:<br />
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* A one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks<br />
* Its energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on one-quarter to one-half of the fuel required and the resulting emissions<br />
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VitalRail serves at the heart of CAPSI as a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. <br />
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There has never been a greater need or more opportunity for capitalizing railroad development to address transportation efficiency and environmental challenges. Rather than the emotional critiques and general calls for a so-called rail renaissance, VitalRail is informed by the real challenges and benefits of growing an industry as integral as railroads.<br />
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At the same time, we need more from railroad companies than they can accomplish on their own. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout, and they outperform many other industries. That stability—combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies—delivers a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together.<br />
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==== Join Us! ====<br />
Lets work together right now. Go to [[Participation Options]] to enter this world of positive change collaboration. The OTNA Staff look forward to meeting you.<br />
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==== VitalRail Stakeholders ====<br />
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving the tremendous growth opportunity for: <br />
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* Railroads<br />
* Rail-related companies<br />
* The industries and communities they serve<br />
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VitalRail engages 14 interdependent stakeholder groups:<br />
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* Class I, II, and III railroad leaders<br />
* Investors, banks, and economic developers<br />
* Rail employees, customers, suppliers, and citizens<br />
* Transportation planners, land developers, realtors, and site selectors<br />
* Researchers, other transportation services and modes, and government leaders<br />
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Learn more about [[VitalRail/VitalRail Stakeholders|VitalRail Stakeholders]]. <br />
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==== IntelliConference Series ====<br />
VitalRail begins with the most important IntelliConference Series dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service. These IntelliConferences were conceived using the input of key participants in each domain. These topics are fluid, not static, and can change based on input from stakeholders. [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis|IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis]] is the anchor methodology we use to advance these dialogues and goals. <br />
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* [[VitalRail/Rail Growth Capitalization IntelliConference|Rail Growth Capitalization]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Regulatory Excellence IntelliConference|Rail Regulatory Excellence]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Business Culture Transformation IntelliConference|Rail Business Culture Transformation]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Management – Rail Labor IntelliConference|Rail Management – Rail Labor]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Containerized International Freight IntelliConference|Containerized International Freight]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Revitalizing the Rail Carload System IntelliConference|Revitalizing the Rail Carload System]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Energy Efficiency IntelliConference|Rail Energy Efficiency]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Freight Transportation Land Use IntelliConference|Freight Transportation Land Use]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Technology Adoption IntelliConference|Rail Technology Adoption]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Trucking Coordination IntelliConference|Rail Trucking Coordination]]<br />
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==== VitalRail Value Proposition ====<br />
Expanding freight rail service is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. <br />
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As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization, railroads need to serve as the backbone of supply chain transportation. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity; its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. However, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. For North America’s future prosperity, they must be reconceived with the thoughtful input of all stakeholder groups.<br />
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The challenge is not a lack of intelligence; there are many smart and committed people in industry, government, and the community. What we have been lacking are the effective forums and methods for gathering this intelligence into smart policy, programs, and marketplace improvements. CAPSI provides that platform. <br />
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Learn more about the [[VitalRail/VitalRail Value Proposition|VitalRail Value Proposition]].<br />
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==== VitalRail FAQs ====<br />
Go to the [[VitalRail/VitalRail FAQs|VitalRail FAQs]] page to get your early questions answered.</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=User:Ladaniels&diff=5536User:Ladaniels2025-04-29T16:17:23Z<p>Ladaniels: Created page with "Test 1 as Sysop :)"</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:VitalRail: A Comprehensive Growth Plan for Rail-Enabled Industrial Productivity}}<br />
<div id="test">__FORCETOC__<br />
==== Why is VitalRail Needed? ====<br />
North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system and yet the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue starkly contrasts with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue. <br />
<br />
Railroads offer irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Growing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders:<br />
<br />
* A one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks<br />
* It's energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on ½ to ¼ the fuel and emissions<br />
<br />
VitalRail serves at the heart of CAPSI as a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. <br />
<br />
The need and opportunity for railroad development to address transportation efficiency and environmental challenges has never been greater. Rather than the emotional critiques and general calls for a so-called rail renaissance, VitalRail is informed by the real challenges and benefits of growing an industry as integral as railroads.<br />
<br />
At the same time we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout, they outperform many other industries. That stability—combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies—delivers a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together.<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== Join Us! ====<br />
Lets work together right now. Go to [[Participation Options]] to enter this world of positive change collaboration. The OTNA Staff look forward to meeting you.<br />
<br />
==== VitalRail Stakeholders ====<br />
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving the tremendous growth opportunity for: <br />
<br />
* railroads;<br />
* rail-related companies; and<br />
* the industries and communities they serve.<br />
<br />
VitalRail engages fourteen interdependent stakeholder groups:<br />
<br />
* Class I, II, and III railroad leaders;<br />
* Investors, Banks, and Economic Developers;<br />
* Rail Employees, Customers, Suppliers, and Citizens;<br />
* Transportation Planners, Land Developers, Realtors, and Site Selectors; and<br />
* Researchers, other transportation services and modes, and government leaders.<br />
<br />
Learn more about [[VitalRail/VitalRail Stakeholders|VitalRail Stakeholders]]. <br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== IntelliConference Series ====<br />
VitalRail begins with the most important IntelliConference Series dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service. These IntelliConference Series were conceived with the input of key participants in each domain. Based on input from Stakeholders these topics may change. [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis|IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis]] is the anchor methodology we use to advance these dialogues and goals. <br />
<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Growth Capitalization IntelliConference|Rail Growth Capitalization]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Regulatory Excellence IntelliConference|Rail Regulatory Excellence]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Business Culture Transformation IntelliConference|Rail Business Culture Transformation]]<br />
<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Management – Rail Labor IntelliConference|Rail Management – Rail Labor]]<br />
* [[VitalRail/Containerized International Freight IntelliConference|Containerized International Freight]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Revitalizing the Rail Carload System IntelliConference|Revitalizing the Rail Carload System]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Energy Efficiency IntelliConference|Rail Energy Efficiency]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Freight Transportation Land Use IntelliConference|Freight Transportation Land Use]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Technology Adoption IntelliConference|Rail Technology Adoption]]<br />
*[[VitalRail/Rail Trucking Coordination IntelliConference|Rail Trucking Coordination]]<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
<br />
==== VitalRail Value Proposition ====<br />
Expanding freight rail service is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. <br />
<br />
As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization, railroads need to serve as the backbone of supply chain transportation. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity; its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. However, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. For North America’s future prosperity, they must be reconceived with the thoughtful input of all stakeholder groups.<br />
<br />
The challenge is not a lack of intelligence; there are many smart and committed people in industry, government, and the community. What we have been lacking are the effective forums and methods for gathering this intelligence into smart policy, programs, and marketplace improvements. CAPSI provides that platform. <br />
<br />
Learn more about the [[VitalRail/VitalRail Value Proposition|VitalRail Value Proposition]].<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== VitalRail FAQs ====<br />
Go to the [[VitalRail/VitalRail FAQs|VitalRail FAQs]] page to get your early questions answered.</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=VitalRail&diff=5531VitalRail2025-04-29T15:11:37Z<p>Ladaniels: /* IntelliConference Series */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:VitalRail: A Comprehensive Growth Plan for Rail-Enabled Industrial Productivity}}<br />
<div id="test">__FORCETOC__<br />
==== Why is VitalRail Needed? ====<br />
North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system and yet the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue starkly contrasts with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue. <br />
<br />
Railroads offer irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Growing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders:<br />
<br />
* A one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks<br />
* It's energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on ½ to ¼ the fuel and emissions<br />
<br />
VitalRail serves at the heart of CAPSI as a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. <br />
<br />
The need and opportunity for railroad development to address transportation efficiency and environmental challenges has never been greater. Rather than the emotional critiques and general calls for a so-called rail renaissance, VitalRail is informed by the real challenges and benefits of growing an industry as integral as railroads.<br />
<br />
At the same time we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout, they outperform many other industries. That stability—combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies—delivers a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together.<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== Join Us! ====<br />
Lets work together right now. Go to [[Participation Options]] to enter this world of positive change collaboration. The OTNA Staff look forward to meeting you.<br />
<br />
==== VitalRail Stakeholders ====<br />
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving the tremendous growth opportunity for: <br />
<br />
* railroads;<br />
* rail-related companies; and<br />
* the industries and communities they serve.<br />
<br />
VitalRail engages fourteen interdependent stakeholder groups:<br />
<br />
* Class I, II, and III railroad leaders;<br />
* Investors, Banks, and Economic Developers;<br />
* Rail Employees, Customers, Suppliers, and Citizens;<br />
* Transportation Planners, Land Developers, Realtors, and Site Selectors; and<br />
* Researchers, other transportation services and modes, and government leaders.<br />
<br />
Learn more about [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail Stakeholders|VitalRail Stakeholders]]. <br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== IntelliConference Series ====<br />
VitalRail begins with the most important IntelliConference Series dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service. These IntelliConference Series were conceived with the input of key participants in each domain. Based on input from Stakeholders these topics may change. [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis|IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis]] is the anchor methodology we use to advance these dialogues and goals. <br />
<br />
* [[VitalRail/Rail Growth Capitalization IntelliConference|Rail Growth Capitalization]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Regulatory Excellence IntelliConference|Rail Regulatory Excellence]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Business Culture Transformation IntelliConference|Rail Business Culture Transformation]]<br />
<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Management – Rail Labor IntelliConference|Rail Management – Rail Labor]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Containerized International Freight IntelliConference|Containerized International Freight]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Revitalizing the Rail Carload System IntelliConference|Revitalizing the Rail Carload System]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Energy Efficiency IntelliConference|Rail Energy Efficiency]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Freight Transportation Land Use IntelliConference|Freight Transportation Land Use]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Technology Adoption IntelliConference|Rail Technology Adoption]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Trucking Coordination IntelliConference|Rail Trucking Coordination]]<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
<br />
==== VitalRail Value Proposition ====<br />
Expanding freight rail service is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. <br />
<br />
As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization, railroads need to serve as the backbone of supply chain transportation. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity; its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. However, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. For North America’s future prosperity, they must be reconceived with the thoughtful input of all stakeholder groups.<br />
<br />
The challenge is not a lack of intelligence; there are many smart and committed people in industry, government, and the community. What we have been lacking are the effective forums and methods for gathering this intelligence into smart policy, programs, and marketplace improvements. CAPSI provides that platform. <br />
<br />
Learn more about the [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail Value Proposition|VitalRail Value Proposition]].<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== VitalRail FAQs ====<br />
Go to the [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail FAQs|VitalRail FAQs]] page to get your early questions answered.</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=VitalRail&diff=5530VitalRail2025-04-29T15:10:25Z<p>Ladaniels: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:VitalRail: A Comprehensive Growth Plan for Rail-Enabled Industrial Productivity}}<br />
<div id="test">__FORCETOC__<br />
==== Why is VitalRail Needed? ====<br />
North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system and yet the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue starkly contrasts with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue. <br />
<br />
Railroads offer irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Growing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders:<br />
<br />
* A one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks<br />
* It's energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on ½ to ¼ the fuel and emissions<br />
<br />
VitalRail serves at the heart of CAPSI as a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. <br />
<br />
The need and opportunity for railroad development to address transportation efficiency and environmental challenges has never been greater. Rather than the emotional critiques and general calls for a so-called rail renaissance, VitalRail is informed by the real challenges and benefits of growing an industry as integral as railroads.<br />
<br />
At the same time we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout, they outperform many other industries. That stability—combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies—delivers a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together.<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== Join Us! ====<br />
Lets work together right now. Go to [[Participation Options]] to enter this world of positive change collaboration. The OTNA Staff look forward to meeting you.<br />
<br />
==== VitalRail Stakeholders ====<br />
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving the tremendous growth opportunity for: <br />
<br />
* railroads;<br />
* rail-related companies; and<br />
* the industries and communities they serve.<br />
<br />
VitalRail engages fourteen interdependent stakeholder groups:<br />
<br />
* Class I, II, and III railroad leaders;<br />
* Investors, Banks, and Economic Developers;<br />
* Rail Employees, Customers, Suppliers, and Citizens;<br />
* Transportation Planners, Land Developers, Realtors, and Site Selectors; and<br />
* Researchers, other transportation services and modes, and government leaders.<br />
<br />
Learn more about [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail Stakeholders|VitalRail Stakeholders]]. <br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== IntelliConference Series ====<br />
VitalRail begins with the most important IntelliConference Series dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service. These IntelliConference Series were conceived with the input of key participants in each domain. Based on input from Stakeholders these topics may change. [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis|IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis]] is the anchor methodology we use to advance these dialogues and goals. <br />
<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Growth Capitalization IntelliConference|Rail Growth Capitalization]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Regulatory Excellence IntelliConference|Rail Regulatory Excellence]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Business Culture Transformation IntelliConference|Rail Business Culture Transformation]]<br />
<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Management – Rail Labor IntelliConference|Rail Management – Rail Labor]]<br />
* [[VitalRail:VitalRail/Containerized International Freight IntelliConference|Containerized International Freight]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Revitalizing the Rail Carload System IntelliConference|Revitalizing the Rail Carload System]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Energy Efficiency IntelliConference|Rail Energy Efficiency]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Freight Transportation Land Use IntelliConference|Freight Transportation Land Use]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Technology Adoption IntelliConference|Rail Technology Adoption]]<br />
*[[VitalRail:VitalRail/Rail Trucking Coordination IntelliConference|Rail Trucking Coordination]]<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== VitalRail Value Proposition ====<br />
Expanding freight rail service is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. <br />
<br />
As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization, railroads need to serve as the backbone of supply chain transportation. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity; its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. However, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. For North America’s future prosperity, they must be reconceived with the thoughtful input of all stakeholder groups.<br />
<br />
The challenge is not a lack of intelligence; there are many smart and committed people in industry, government, and the community. What we have been lacking are the effective forums and methods for gathering this intelligence into smart policy, programs, and marketplace improvements. CAPSI provides that platform. <br />
<br />
Learn more about the [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail Value Proposition|VitalRail Value Proposition]].<br />
<p style="padding:2px;"></p><br />
==== VitalRail FAQs ====<br />
Go to the [[VitalRail:VitalRail/VitalRail FAQs|VitalRail FAQs]] page to get your early questions answered.</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=About_OnTrackNorthAmerica&diff=5529About OnTrackNorthAmerica2025-04-29T15:06:58Z<p>Ladaniels: </p>
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<div><center>[[File:OTNA Logo.jpg|center|frameless|654x654px]]</center><br />
<br />
<br />
'''OnTrackNorthAmerica (OTNA)''' produces Industrial Systems Initiatives such as '''VitalRail''' and companion IntelliConference Series. The Continental Action Plans for Sustainable Industry (CAPSI) is the strategic thinking community, a part of OTNA, that designs Industrial Systems Initiatives and IntelliConference Series. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''OTNA''' was founded by '''Michael Sussman''' in 2007 as a nonprofit 501c3 industrial policy institute co-leading society in redesigning industrial systems to support sustainable life. Michael Sussman began his career in transportation in 1994 by launching [https://strategicrail.com Strategic Rail Finance], a North American transportation-industry consulting firm, and has since advised on infrastructure-related projects, companies, and systems for private and public sector clients in forty-three U.S. states and four Canadian provinces.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
At OTNA, we value objectivity, non-partisanship, and autonomy from any financial, political, or personal interests. We are committed to industrial systems that are financially profitable and sustainable.</br></br><br />
<b>OTNA has developed state and regional plans, tools, </b><b>analyses</b><b>, and paradigms support</b><b>ing</b><b> these </b><b>values</b><b>. </b><br />
* In 2023, OTNA led a four-county stakeholder process in New Mexico in the aftermath of a 350,000-acre forest fire resulting in the [[New Mexico Sustainable Forestry Business Plan|New Mexico Forestry Business Plan]].<br />
* In 2021, OTNA convened hundreds of transportation stakeholders to create [[Nevada’s 2021 State Rail Plan]], a new whole-systems paradigm for statewide rail-enabled economic development.<br />
* On December 11, 2008, OTNA [[pdf:Resolution-OnTrackNorthAmerica|gathered industry and government leaders in the U.S. Capitol Building]] to set a new collaborative framework for freight rail transportation efficiency.<br />
* On December 8, 1998, OTNA convened [https://capsi.ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/ef/1998-Invitation-US-Congressional-Briefing-<br />
<br />
OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf a rail transportation educational event in the U.S. Capitol Building] for 55 congressional staff. <br />
<br />
<br />
<b>OnTrackNorthAmerica Frequently Collaborates with Partners in Academia </b><!-- This Paragraph doesn't have corresponding links --><br />
<br />
* Dr. Barbara Gray, founder of Penn State University’s Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation, has contributed significantly to OTNA’s work. <br />
* The University of Tennessee’s [https://isse.utk.edu/ Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment] provided research assistance for OTNA’s Land Freight Lifecycle Impact Calculator.<br />
* Philadelphia’s Temple University hosted Michael’s talk, [[How Collaboration, Trust, and Railroads Will Save the World|“How Collaboration, Trust, and Railroads Will Save the World,”]] on December 5th, 2023.<br />
* The Transportation Research Forum honored Michael with its 2024 annual [https://trforum.org/presidents-award/ President’s Award].<br />
* Michael serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the six-university consortium, [https://fersc.utk.edu/ Center for Freight Transportation and Efficient & Resilient Supply Chains] <br />
<br />
<br />
<b>He has contributed </b><b>to </b><b>improving public policy by meeting with s</b><b>taff or leaders of 6</b><b>9</b> <b>U.S. Senate and 1</b><b>9</b><b>5</b><b> U.S. House offices</b><b>. </b><br />
<br />
* In March of 2011, Michael was the only private sector invitee to a [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/6/6b/2011-Invitation-US-Congress-Rail-Workshop-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf U.S. House Railroad Subcommittee Staff Workshop] to explore ways to improve the FRA RRIF loan program.<br />
* On February 17, 2011, [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f7/2011-Testimony-US-Congressional-Hearing-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf he testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Railroad Subcommittee] on reforms to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program.<br />
* On October 19, 2005, [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/a/ab/2005-Testimony-Surface-Transportation-Board-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf he spoke before the Surface Transportation Board] on the 25th anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Representative acknowledgments of these efforts:</b><br />
<br />
* Thank you letters from [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/d/d3/Thank-You-Letter-US-Rep-Wolf-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Republican House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Frank Wolf] and [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/3/3e/Thank-You-Letter-US-Sen-Rockefeller-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller’s Chief of Staff].<br />
* In 2003, he contributed to Washington State produce shippers by designing and writing important elements of the [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f4/2003-Reference-Letter-2-WSDOT-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Washington State Produce Railcar Pool Act] as passed by the 2003 state legislature.<br />
* In 1999, he worked with the Federal Railroad Administration to eliminate audited financial statement requirements for Class II and III railroads from the [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/7/78/OMB-Caused-the-Delay-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing Act (RRIF loan program)].<br />
* In November of 1997 he was responsible for making freight rail projects eligible in [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/1/11/OnTrackNorthAmerica-105v106.pdf H.R.115 – the National Infrastructure Development Act].<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Michael‘</b><b>s </b><b>w</b><b>riting has been</b> <b>published in </b><b>many</b><b> transportation industry journals</b><b>:</b><br />
<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/7/75/December_2014_Railway_Age_Perspective.pdf Railway Age, December 2014, “Revitalizing Direct Rail Service”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/e3/A-RRIF-Centered-Capitalization-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railway Age, April 2011, “A RRIF-Centered Capitalization Growth Strategy”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/b/b8/Leveraging-Capital-for-the-Entire-Industry-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railway Age, September 2008, “Leveraging Capital for the Entire Industry”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/2/23/Regional-and-Short-Line-RRs-in-the-US-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Transportation Quarterly, Fall 2002, “Regional and Short Line Railroads in the United States”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/ee/Assessing-the-Process-of-Creating-the-RRIF-Program-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Association of Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy, Fall 2000, “Assessing the Process of Creating the RRIF Program”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f9/Getting-a-Lenders-Attention-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Progressive Railroading, June 1998, “Getting a Lender’s Attention”]<br />
* [https://freightforum.org/its-not-just-amazon-its-all-of-us/ It’s Not Just Amazon, It’s All of Us, May 7]<br />
</br><br />
==== <i><b><u>Board of Trustees</u></b></i> ====<br />
<big>''Michael Sussman''</big><br />
<br />
Chairman, OnTrackNorthAmerica and Chairman & CEO, Strategic Rail Finance</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Eugene N. (“Gene”) Cipriani''</big><br />
<br />
Attorney; former advisor to the United States Railway Association (U.S.R.A.); former in-house corporate counsel for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Daniel R. Elliott''</big><br />
<br />
Transportation Attorney, Former Chairman of U.S. Surface Transportation Board</br><br />
<br />
<big>''R. Powell Felix''</big><br />
<br />
Founder, Indiana Boxcar Corporation</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Jim Hoecker''</big><br />
<br />
Founder, Hoecker Energy Law & Policy PLLC, former Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</br><br />
==== <i><b><u>Advisory Board</u> </b></i> ====<br />
<big>''Daniel Burgess''</big> <br />
<br />
Local Chairman, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Division 456</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Dr. Beverly A. Cigler''</big><br />
<br />
Professor of Public Policy & Administration, Penn State Harrisburg</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Steve Gothreau''</big><br />
<br />
Norfolk Southern Rail Train & Engine Service (Retired)</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Philip Mortimer''</big></br><br />
Director, TruckTrain Industries<br />
<br />
<big>''Mingzhou Jin, Ph.D.''</big></br><br />
Associate Head Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee<br />
<br />
<big>''Brian Rademacher''</big><br />
<br />
CEcD Economic Development Director, City of Ormond Beach</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Karen Risa Robbins''</big><br />
<br />
Principal, Washington Progress Group</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Peter Schwartzman''</big><br />
<br />
Associate Professor & Chair, Knox College Environmental Studies Program</br><br />
<br />
<big>''Dr. Joseph Schwieterman''</big><br />
<br />
Director, DePaul University, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development</div>Ladanielshttps://relaxed-feynman.74-208-238-145.plesk.page/index.php?title=About_OnTrackNorthAmerica&diff=5528About OnTrackNorthAmerica2025-04-29T15:04:41Z<p>Ladaniels: </p>
<hr />
<div><center>[[File:OTNA Logo.jpg|center|frameless|654x654px]]</center><br />
<br />
<br />
'''OnTrackNorthAmerica (OTNA)''' produces Industrial Systems Initiatives such as '''VitalRail''' and companion IntelliConference Series. The Continental Action Plans for Sustainable Industry (CAPSI) is the strategic thinking community, a part of OTNA, that designs Industrial Systems Initiatives and IntelliConference Series. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''OTNA''' was founded by '''Michael Sussman''' in 2007 as a nonprofit 501c3 industrial policy institute co-leading society in redesigning industrial systems to support sustainable life. Michael Sussman began his career in transportation in 1994 by launching [https://strategicrail.com Strategic Rail Finance], a North American transportation-industry consulting firm, and has since advised on infrastructure-related projects, companies, and systems for private and public sector clients in forty-three U.S. states and four Canadian provinces.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
At OTNA, we value objectivity, non-partisanship, and autonomy from any financial, political, or personal interests. We are committed to industrial systems that are financially profitable and sustainable.</br></br><br />
<b>OTNA has developed state and regional plans, tools, </b><b>analyses</b><b>, and paradigms support</b><b>ing</b><b> these </b><b>values</b><b>. </b><br />
* In 2023, OTNA led a four-county stakeholder process in New Mexico in the aftermath of a 350,000-acre forest fire resulting in the [[New Mexico Sustainable Forestry Business Plan|New Mexico Forestry Business Plan]].<br />
* In 2021, OTNA convened hundreds of transportation stakeholders to create [[Nevada’s 2021 State Rail Plan]], a new whole-systems paradigm for statewide rail-enabled economic development.<br />
* On December 11, 2008, OTNA [[pdf:Resolution-OnTrackNorthAmerica|gathered industry and government leaders in the U.S. Capitol Building]] to set a new collaborative framework for freight rail transportation efficiency.<br />
* On December 8, 1998, OTNA convened [https://capsi.ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/ef/1998-Invitation-US-Congressional-Briefing-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf a rail transportation educational event in the U.S. Capitol Building] for 55 congressional staff. <br />
<br />
<br />
<b>OnTrackNorthAmerica Frequently Collaborates with Partners in Academia </b><!-- This Paragraph doesn't have corresponding links --><br />
<br />
* Dr. Barbara Gray, founder of Penn State University’s Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation, has contributed significantly to OTNA’s work. <br />
* The University of Tennessee’s [https://isse.utk.edu/ Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment] provided research assistance for OTNA’s Land Freight Lifecycle Impact Calculator.<br />
* Philadelphia’s Temple University hosted Michael’s talk, [[How Collaboration, Trust, and Railroads Will Save the World|“How Collaboration, Trust, and Railroads Will Save the World,”]] on December 5th, 2023.<br />
* The Transportation Research Forum honored Michael with its 2024 annual [https://trforum.org/presidents-award/ President’s Award].<br />
* Michael serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the six-university consortium, [https://fersc.utk.edu/ Center for Freight Transportation and Efficient & Resilient Supply Chains] <br />
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<b>He has contributed </b><b>to </b><b>improving public policy by meeting with s</b><b>taff or leaders of 6</b><b>9</b> <b>U.S. Senate and 1</b><b>9</b><b>5</b><b> U.S. House offices</b><b>. </b><br />
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* In March of 2011, Michael was the only private sector invitee to a [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/6/6b/2011-Invitation-US-Congress-Rail-Workshop-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf U.S. House Railroad Subcommittee Staff Workshop] to explore ways to improve the FRA RRIF loan program.<br />
* On February 17, 2011, [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f7/2011-Testimony-US-Congressional-Hearing-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf he testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Railroad Subcommittee] on reforms to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program.<br />
* On October 19, 2005, [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/a/ab/2005-Testimony-Surface-Transportation-Board-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf he spoke before the Surface Transportation Board] on the 25th anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.<br />
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<b>Representative acknowledgments of these efforts:</b><br />
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* Thank you letters from [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/d/d3/Thank-You-Letter-US-Rep-Wolf-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Republican House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Frank Wolf] and [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/3/3e/Thank-You-Letter-US-Sen-Rockefeller-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller’s Chief of Staff].<br />
* In 2003, he contributed to Washington State produce shippers by designing and writing important elements of the [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f4/2003-Reference-Letter-2-WSDOT-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Washington State Produce Railcar Pool Act] as passed by the 2003 state legislature.<br />
* In 1999, he worked with the Federal Railroad Administration to eliminate audited financial statement requirements for Class II and III railroads from the [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/7/78/OMB-Caused-the-Delay-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing Act (RRIF loan program)].<br />
* In November of 1997 he was responsible for making freight rail projects eligible in [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/1/11/OnTrackNorthAmerica-105v106.pdf H.R.115 – the National Infrastructure Development Act].<br />
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<b>Michael‘</b><b>s </b><b>w</b><b>riting has been</b> <b>published in </b><b>many</b><b> transportation industry journals</b><b>:</b><br />
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* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/7/75/December_2014_Railway_Age_Perspective.pdf Railway Age, December 2014, “Revitalizing Direct Rail Service”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/e3/A-RRIF-Centered-Capitalization-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railway Age, April 2011, “A RRIF-Centered Capitalization Growth Strategy”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/b/b8/Leveraging-Capital-for-the-Entire-Industry-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Railway Age, September 2008, “Leveraging Capital for the Entire Industry”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/2/23/Regional-and-Short-Line-RRs-in-the-US-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Transportation Quarterly, Fall 2002, “Regional and Short Line Railroads in the United States”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/e/ee/Assessing-the-Process-of-Creating-the-RRIF-Program-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Association of Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy, Fall 2000, “Assessing the Process of Creating the RRIF Program”]<br />
* [https://ontracknorthamerica.org/images/f/f9/Getting-a-Lenders-Attention-OnTrackNorthAmerica.pdf Progressive Railroading, June 1998, “Getting a Lender’s Attention”]<br />
* [https://freightforum.org/its-not-just-amazon-its-all-of-us/ It’s Not Just Amazon, It’s All of Us, May 7]<br />
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==== <i><b><u>Board of Trustees</u></b></i> ====<br />
<big>''Michael Sussman''</big><br />
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Chairman, OnTrackNorthAmerica and Chairman & CEO, Strategic Rail Finance</br><br />
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<big>''Eugene N. (“Gene”) Cipriani''</big><br />
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Attorney; former advisor to the United States Railway Association (U.S.R.A.); former in-house corporate counsel for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)</br><br />
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<big>''Daniel R. Elliott''</big><br />
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Transportation Attorney, Former Chairman of U.S. Surface Transportation Board</br><br />
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<big>''R. Powell Felix''</big><br />
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Founder, Indiana Boxcar Corporation</br><br />
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<big>''Jim Hoecker''</big><br />
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Founder, Hoecker Energy Law & Policy PLLC, former Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</br><br />
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<big>''Daniel Burgess''</big> <br />
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Local Chairman, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Division 456</br><br />
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<big>''Dr. Beverly A. Cigler''</big><br />
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Professor of Public Policy & Administration, Penn State Harrisburg</br><br />
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<big>''Steve Gothreau''</big><br />
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Norfolk Southern Rail Train & Engine Service (Retired)</br><br />
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<big>''Philip Mortimer''</big></br><br />
Director, TruckTrain Industries<br />
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<big>''Mingzhou Jin, Ph.D.''</big></br><br />
Associate Head Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee<br />
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<big>''Brian Rademacher''</big><br />
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CEcD Economic Development Director, City of Ormond Beach</br><br />
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<big>''Karen Risa Robbins''</big><br />
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Principal, Washington Progress Group</br><br />
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<big>''Peter Schwartzman''</big><br />
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Associate Professor & Chair, Knox College Environmental Studies Program</br><br />
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<big>''Dr. Joseph Schwieterman''</big><br />
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<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center><br />
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We invite you to collaborate on transformative industrial solutions that expand economic vitality while preserving our environment. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, which focuses on optimizing railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials through production, distribution, consumption, and recycling. <br />
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== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==<br />
Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This includes all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2><br />
Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and employ ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally locate lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process "Collaborative Industrial Optimization." Redesigning also calls for a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability. <br />
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<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2><br />
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media. <br />
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<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2><br />
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, for efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond to rounds of questions within seven days. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference and IntelliSynthesis processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. <br />
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<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2><br />
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within an abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem. <h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2><br />
Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce and can significantly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement. <br />
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= This is where the work begins! =<br />
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== '''Introduction''' ==<br />
You have entered the work side of CAPSI. When you register as a Stakeholder on the [[Participation Options]] page you can join the Team in designing new Industry Action Plans (IAP) or work directly on our first initiative, [[VitalRail: A Comprehensive Growth Plan for Rail-Enabled Industrial Productivity/VitalRail Stakeholders|VitalRail]]. <br />
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== '''Scope''' <small>What industrial systems do we want CAPSI to address?</small><!--former link--> ==<br />
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==== Agriculture ====<br />
* Inputs<br />
** Land use<br />
** Soil<br />
** Water<br />
** Enhancements<br />
*Processing<br />
* Outputs<br />
** Food<br />
** Energy<br />
** Nutrient material<br />
====Forestry====<br />
*[[North American Sustainable Forestry Business Plan]]<br />
** Wood<br />
** Pulp<br />
** Paper<br />
==== Mining====<br />
* Minerals<br />
**[[RE-STEM Industrial Systems Initiative|RE-STEM, Rail Enabled Sustainable Transportation of Essential Minerals]]<br />
* Metals<br />
* Coal<br />
* Oil and Gas<br />
====Manufacturing====<br />
*Metals<br />
*Chemicals<br />
*Equipment<br />
*Textiles<br />
====Materials====<br />
*Containers and Packaging<br />
*Construction Materials<br />
**Cement and Aggregates<br />
***RE-CARD, Cement and Aggregates Regional Distribution<!--former link--><br />
**Refractory<br />
**Lumber<br />
*Metals<br />
*Plastics<br />
*Paper<br />
====Construction====<br />
*Factories<br />
*Warehouses<br />
*Powerplants<br />
*Mechanical and structural components<br />
==== Energy ====<br />
*RE-POWER, Rail Enabled Power Distribution<!--former link--><br />
====Transportation====<br />
*Rail<br />
**[[VitalRail: A Continental Freight Rail Growth Initiative|VitalRail, Driving a Sustainable Economy]]<br />
*Truck<br />
*Air<br />
*Ports<br />
*Ocean<br />
*River Barge<br />
*Pipelines<br />
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==== Waste ====<br />
*Industrial<br />
*Commercial<br />
* Municipal<br />
** Glass<br />
***RE-GLASS, Rail Enabled Glass Logistics and Sustainable Supply<!--former link--><br />
* Construction and demolition waste<br />
*Agricultural <br />
* Wood waste<br />
==== Natural Resources ====<br />
When deciding how best to streamline an existing industrial system, stakeholders must evaluate all elements within and affected by that system.<br />
* Water<br />
* Air<br />
* Land<br />
** FTLUS, Freight Transportation Land Use Strategy<!--former link--><br />
** RE-BAR, Rail Enabled Brownfield Asset Redevelopment<!--former link--><br />
=='''Design''' <small>What design criteria do we want to set for CAPSI?</small><!--former link-->==<br />
Staff Organizers, Facilitators and Participating Stakeholders use [[IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis]] to uncover breakthrough information on goals and make decisions about next steps. If you would like to help us improve our methods and processes or learn more, and are not yet a registered visitor or registered stakeholder, please visit the the [[Participation Options]]. <br />
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If you are already registered you can use the Discussion Tab on this page to make your comments on the following questions. Staff will follow-up with you ASAP.<br />
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* What do stakeholders want to add to the CAPSI Ethics and Principles?<br />
* How do you think stakeholders should address CAPSI and Industry Action Plan goals?<br />
* What Planning Protocols do stakeholders agree on?<br />
* What Outcomes do stakeholders envision?<br />
* What outcomes do we want for the environment?<br />
* What outcomes do we want for citizens?<br />
* What outcomes do we want for business?<br />
* What outcomes do we want for investors?<br />
* What resources does society need and want to optimize?<br />
* What goods does society need and want to have available?<br />
* What Measures of progress do stakeholders want to apply?<br />
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=='''Public-Private Planning''' <!--former link-->==<br />
Providing your input to these questions will be very valuable to all participants. You can answer questions anonymously by sending staff an email. See the [[Participation Options]] page. <br />
* How do we want planning to support sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* What benefits do stakeholders want [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]] to deliver?<br />
* How do we want public-sector economic development to contribute to sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* How do we want private-sector commercial activity to align with sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* How do we want land use decisions to contribute to sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* How do we want transportation planning to evolve to support sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* How can academic and commercial research support sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* What factors do we want to include in assessing the full impact of industrial systems?<br />
* How must interactions among public and private sector entities evolve to support systemwide sustainability?<br />
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=='''Capital Deployment''' ==<br />
As we address these broader questions we drill down into more detailed questions.<br />
* How do we want capital deployment to support sustainable industrial systems?<br />
* How do we want investors’ decisions on capital deployment to evolve?<br />
* How do we want business stakeholders’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?<br />
* How do we want lenders’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?<br />
* How do we want public agencies’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?<br />
* What advantages will Sustainable Systems Capitalization deliver?<br />
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== '''Geographic Planning Regions'''==<br />
The geography of CAPSI plans is local, corridor, state/province, regional/multi-state, national, and continental. Initiatives are cataloged here as they are conceived and advanced by stakeholder groups. You can go to the [[GIS Planning Tools]] page for related information.<br />
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==== Local ====<br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''Potential''</h6></span><br />
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<li>OnTrackPhiladelphia</li><br />
<li>OnTrackNevada</li><br />
<li>OnTrackPennsylvania</li><br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Development''</h6></span><br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Action''</h6></span><br />
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==== Corridor ====<br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''Potential''</h6></span><br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Development'' </h6></span><br />
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<li>Dallas to Texarkana I30 Corridor Strategy</li><br />
<li>San Francisco Bay ports to Salt Lake City I80 Corridor Strategy</li><br />
<li>San Pedro Bay ports to Salt Lake City I15 Corridor</li><br />
</ul><br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Action''</h6></span><br />
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==== State/Province ====<br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Development''</h6></span><br />
<ul style = "padding-left:4em;"><br />
<li>OnTrackNevada</li><br />
<li>OnTrackPennsylvania</li><br />
</ul><br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Action''</h6></span><br />
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====Regional/Multi-state====<br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''Potential'' </h6></span><br />
<ul style = "padding-left:4em;"><br />
<li>Southeast Supply Chain Coalition</li><br />
</ul><br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Development''</h6></span><br />
<ul style = "padding-left:4em;"><br />
<li>Southwest Supply Chain Coalition</li><br />
</ul><br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Action''</h6></span><br />
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==== National ====<br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''Potential''</h6></span><br />
<ul style = "padding-left:4em;"><br />
<li>OnTrackMexico</li><br />
<li>OnTrackCanada</li><br />
<li>OnTrackUS</li><br />
</ul><br />
<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Development''</h6></span><br />
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<span style = "text-indent:3em;"><h6>''In Action''</h6></span><br />
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==== Continental ====<br />
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* OnTrackNorthAmerica<br />
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=='''Timeline''' ==<br />
April 8, 2025 - CAPSI and VitalRail public introduction<br />
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May to July 2025 - VitalRail Launch<br />
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April 2026 - New Industry Action Plans launched<br />
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April 2027 - Continued launch of Industry Action Plans and introduction of new CAPSI collaboration tools and methods.<br />
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== '''CAPSI FAQs''' ==<br />
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====== Introduction ======<br />
If you have new questions and you are a registered Stakeholder or registered Participating Stakeholder, see [[Participation Options]], please enter these on the Discussion Tab page at the top of this page.<br />
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====== Questions ======<br />
* '''What is the distinction between CAPSI and OnTrackNorthAmerica?''' OTNA is the non-profit entity that operates CAPSI. OTNA staff produce [[Industry Action Plan|Industry Action Plans]] such as VitalRail and companion IntelliConference Series. CAPSI is the strategic thinking community that designs the work. The site that contains progress on the work is called CAPSI.</div>Ladaniels