Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry
Contents
- 1 Introduction CAPSI is the strategic thinking community that designs the Industrial Systems Initiatives such as VitalRail and companion IntelliConference Series. It is an element of OnTrackNorthAmerica.
- 2 Scope What industrial systems do we want CAPSI to address?
- 3 Design What design criteria do we want to set for CAPSI?
- 4 Public-Private Planning How do we want planning to support sustainable industrial systems?
- 5 Capital Deployment How de we want capital deployment to support sustainable industrial systems?
- 6 Geographic Planning Regions
- 7 Timeline
- 8 CAPSI FAQs
Introduction CAPSI is the strategic thinking community that designs the Industrial Systems Initiatives such as VitalRail and companion IntelliConference Series. It is an element of OnTrackNorthAmerica.
Scope What industrial systems do we want CAPSI to address?
Agriculture
- Inputs
- Land use
- Soil
- Water
- Enhancements
- Processing
- Outputs
- Food
- Energy
- Biomass
Forestry
- North American Sustainable Forestry Business Plan
- Wood
- Pulp
- Paper
Mining
- Minerals
- Metals
- Coal
- Oil and Gas
Manufacturing
- Metals
- Chemicals
- Equipment
- Textiles
Materials
- Containers and Packaging
- Construction Materials
- Cement and Aggregates
- RE-CARD, Cement and Aggregates Regional Distribution
- Refractory
- Lumber
- Cement and Aggregates
- Metals
- Plastics
- Paper
Construction
- Factories
- Warehouses
- Powerplants
- Mechanical and structural components
Energy
- RE-POWER, Rail Enabled Power Distribution
Transportation
- Rail
- Truck
- Air
- Ports
- Ocean
- River Barge
- Pipelines
Waste
- Industrial
- Commercial
- Municipal
- Glass
- RE-GLASS, Rail Enabled Glass Logistics and Sustainable Supply
- Glass
- Construction and demolition waste
- Agricultural
- Wood waste
When deciding how best to streamline an existing industrial system, stakeholders will address the elements involved in or affected by that system:
Natural Resources
- Water
- Air
- Land
- FTLUS, Freight Transportation Land Use Strategy
- RE-BAR, Rail Enabled Brownfield Asset Redevelopment
Design What design criteria do we want to set for CAPSI?
What do stakeholders want to add to the CAPSI Ethics and Principles?
How do stakeholders address goals?
Staff Organizers, Facilitators and Participating Stakeholders use IntelliConferences and IntelliSynthesis to uncover breakthrough information on goals. IntelliConference Series are specific synchronous and asynchronous venues where stakeholders and staff meet to work.
What Planning Protocols do stakeholders agree on?
What Outcomes do stakeholders envision?
- What outcomes do we want for the environment?
- What outcomes do we want for citizens?
- What outcomes do we want for business owners?
- What outcomes do we want for investors?
- What resources does society need and want to optimize?
- What goods does society need and want to have available?
What Measures of progress do stakeholders want to apply?
Public-Private Planning How do we want planning to support sustainable industrial systems?
What benefits do stakeholders want Collaborative Industrial Optimization to deliver?
How do we want public-sector economic development to contribute to sustainable industrial systems?
How do we want private-sector commercial activity to align with sustainable industrial systems?
How do we want land use decisions to contribute to sustainable industrial systems?
How do we want transportation planning to evolve to support sustainable industrial systems?
How can academic and commercial research support sustainable industrial systems?
What factors do we want to include in assessing the full impact of industrial systems?
How must interactions among public and private sector entities evolve to support systemwide sustainability?
Capital Deployment How de we want capital deployment to support sustainable industrial systems?
How do we want investors’ decisions on capital deployment to evolve?
How do we want business stakeholders’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?
How do we want lenders’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?
How do we want public agencies’ approach to capital deployment to evolve?
What advantages will Sustainable Systems Capitalization deliver?
Geographic Planning Regions
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 also go to the GIS Planning Tools page for related information
Local
Potential
- OnTrackPhiladelphia
In Development
In Action
Corridor
Potential
In Development
- Dallas to Texarkana I30 Corridor Strategy
- San Francisco Bay ports to Salt Lake City I80 Corridor Strategy
- San Pedro Bay ports to Salt Lake City I15 Corridor
In Action
State/Province
Potential
| Alberta |
| British Columbia |
| Manitoba |
| New Brunswick |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Northwest Territories |
| Nova Scotia |
| Nunavut |
| Ontario |
| Prince Edward Island |
| Quebec |
| Saskatchewan |
| Yukon |
| Alabama |
| Alaska |
| Arizona |
| Arkansas |
| California |
| Colorado |
| Connecticut |
| Delaware |
| Florida |
| Georgia |
| Hawaii |
| Idaho |
| Illinois |
| Indiana |
| Iowa |
| Kansas |
| Kentucky |
| Louisiana |
| Maine |
| Maryland |
| Massachusetts |
| Michigan |
| Minnesota |
| Mississippi |
| Missouri |
| Montana |
| Nebraska |
| Nevada |
| New Hampshire |
| New Jersey |
| New Mexico |
| New York |
| North Carolina |
| North Dakota |
| Ohio |
| Oklahoma |
| Oregon |
| Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island |
| South Carolina |
| South Dakota |
| Tennessee |
| Texas |
| Utah |
| Vermont |
| Virginia |
| Washington |
| West Virginia |
| Wisconsin |
| Wyoming |
| Aguascalientes |
| Baja California |
| Baja California Sur |
| Campeche |
| Chiapas |
| Chihuahua |
| Coahuila |
| Colima |
| Durango |
| Guanajuato |
| Guerrero |
| Hidalgo |
| Jalisco |
| México |
| México City |
| Michoacán |
| Morelos |
| Nayarit |
| Nuevo León |
| Puebla |
| Oaxaca |
| Querétaro |
| Quintana Roo |
| San Luis Potosí |
| Sinaloa |
| Sonora |
| Tabasco |
| Tamaulipas |
| Tlaxcala |
| Veracruz |
| Yucatán |
| Zacatecas |
In Development
- OnTrackNevada
- OnTrackPennsylvania
In Action
Regional/Multi-state
Potential
- Southeast Supply Chain Coalition
In Development
- Southwest Supply Chain Coalition
In Action
National
Potential
- OnTrackMexico
- OnTrackCanada
- OnTrackUS
In Development
In Action
Continental
- OnTrackNorthAmerica
Timeline
January 2025 - Selected stakeholder review
April 22, 2025 - CAPSI public launch
May 2025 - VitalRail Launch
April 2026 - Continental Agreement on Principles, Goals, Protocols, and Outcomes
April 2027 - All CAPSI Industrial Systems Initiatives in gear
CAPSI FAQs
What is the distinction between CAPSI and OnTrackNorthAmerica? OTNA produces Industrial Systems Initiatives such as VitalRail and companion IntelliConference Series. CAPSI is the strategic thinking community that designs the work.
