Truck freight commodity flows : US 395 North of Spokane Washington,
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2014-10-01
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Abstract:The search for understanding of commodity flows throughout the nation and the State of
Washington is a continual process. This understanding is critical at many levels of the
transportation industry and to those firms and entities that provide that transportation, or
regulate and invest in the needed infrastructure. These data, usually desired at the sub national
level, are essential to adequate planning by state, regional and local levels as attempts continue
to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the transportation system. State
and national travel models require those data, often on a seasonal, commodity/industrial,
directional, modal, etc. basis. Determining the importance of a commodity flow on a corridor
level leads to the correct prioritization of investments in infrastructure as well as increasing the
ability to determine quantitative impacts of congestion, regulation and bottlenecks on a
transportation system or supply chain.
Using the FPTI (Freight Policy Transportation Institute) developed Intercept Survey
Methodology, the research team conducted a series of seasonal truck surveys at three locations
on the US 395 corridor between Deer Park and the Canadian Border. Survey results aid in the
identification of not only volume and commodity movements in the region, but also bottlenecks
and troubled locations identified by the survey respondents.
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