The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture

Details

• Creators:
  McCoy, Kevin ; Peirce, Sean ; Baker, Gary ; Andorf, Ryan ; Foreman, Christina ; Galton, Rachel ; Gilmore, Michelle M. ; Kittredge, Danielle ; Mahavier, Kendall ; Mason, D.J. ; Pace, David ; Radin, Sari ; Vinella-Brusher, Emma
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Agricultural Marketing Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Agricultural economics
  • Agriculture
  • Freight traffic
  • Freight transportation
  • Highways
  • Commodities
  • Agricultural products
  • Economic analysis Freight data
  • freight analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-USDA-21-01;TS295. 12-20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
• Description:
  This report provides information to inform the transportation planning and project selection processes that build and maintain the highway infrastructure upon which the agriculture industry relies upon for safe and efficient transportation of goods. It demonstrates the interconnected nature of agricultural freight and highlights the need for cooperation across jurisdictions via 1) A summary of the economic significance of highway infrastructure to the agriculture industry; 2) Identification of High-Volume Domestic Agriculture Highways based on 2018 commodity flows; 3) Modeled projections of future infrastructure conditions and performance; 4) Identification of efforts to improve agricultural freight movements.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  51OS96A119;TH995, TH996, UK067, UK068
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53963/dot_53963_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d996c85fd21ff9f49a157de00fd2036396c6d5656d240618bdeedea592bd7e6194e4bae7c39bf3c0acf78f883af9146145182eabce0e14ac767a299803e063d9