Development of freight policy analysis tool for northeastern Illinois and the United States.

Details

• Creators:
  Kawamura, Kazuya ; Mohammadian, Abolfazl ; Samimi, Ammir ; Pourabdollahi, Zahra ; Klekotka, Meridith
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight transportation
  • Freight traffic
  • Commodity flow
  • Policy analysis
  • Transportation planning
  • Decision making
  • Supply chain management
  • Forecasting
  • Mode choice
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CFIRE 02-29
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Freight transportation is a vital element in the economic prosperity of any country. According to the ; nationwide commodity flow survey, over 12 billion tons of goods, valued at more than $11.6 trillion, were moved in ; America in the year 2007(Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2009). To continue the efficient delivery of various ; goods within and among the consumer markets, industry sectors, and international trade networks, public agencies ; and policy makers need accurate information about national freight movement. Equally important is decision makers’ ; ability to plan for the future impacts of freight traffic and evaluate the effectiveness of policies and projects designed ; to alleviate problems, because the volume of freight flows within the United States has almost doubled the rate of ; population increase over the past three decades (Transportation Research Board, 2008). Bryan et al. (2007) along with ; many others have argued that transportation planners should consider additional environmental, maintenance and ; security costs of freight transport and congestion to better formulate practical solutions. The freight shipment ; decision-making process is becoming even more complicated and, as the businesses increasingly adopt sophisticated ; supply chain management strategies, the demand for more accurate freight modeling and forecasting tools is growing.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0020
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28205/dot_28205_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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