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GCat: Transportation Modes
MCat: Trucking-Freight Systems
Cat: Freight Planning

Freight and trucking planning. Statewide freight plans.

27 Resources
Financing Freight Improvements [31239] ?

Guidebook for developing financing plans to fund freight projects.

Forecasting Statewide Freight Toolkit [pdf] [33423] ?

Framework for forecasting freight movements at the state level.

Freight Benefit/Cost Study: Capturing the Full Benefits of Freight Transportation Improvements [31207] ?

Report on linkages and benefit-cost analysis of freight.

Freight Data Synthesis [33776] ?

Freight data needed to support transportation planning in Colorado.

Freight Forecasting [31225] ?

List of frieght forecasting reports, freight models and related studies.

Freight Performance Measurement: Travel Time in Freight-Significant Corridors [31486] ?

Study on speed and travel-time reliability on freight-significant corridors.

Freight Planning and Programming Guidebook [pdf] [32571] ?

Guidebook for integrating freight into transportation planning and project selection processes.

Freight Video [36523] ?

Overview of intermodal freight transportation and addresses why it is important

Guidebook for Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project Selection Processes [pdf] [32596] ?

Guidance on incorporating freight need for all modes of transportation into planning.

How Freight Moves: Estimating Mileage and Routes Using an Innovative GIS Tool [pdf] [31358] ?

Article on using a BTS software tool to better estimate freight travel.

Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project-Selection Processes [pdf] [32570] ?

Plan, develop, program, and implement freight improvement projects.

Keeping the Global Supply Chain Moving - Video [36522] ?

The importance of an efficient transportation system for reliable freight movement

Legal Truck Loads and AASHTO Legal Loads for Posting [31321] ?

Report and appendix of recommended revisions to the legal loads for posting.

Minnesota Statewide Freight Plan [pdf] [31076] ?

Plan identifies system deficiencies and recommends planning and programmatic solutions.

North American Freight Transportation Data Workshop [pdf] [31852] ?

Workshop recap highlights changes in government-supplied data sources and explored data users needs.

Public-Private Freight Planning Guidelines [31226] ?

Guidance on freight planning between companies and the government.

Quick Response Freight Manual [33139] ?

Full text of manual.

Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership [34438] ?

Examines and comments on the overall adequacy and balance of the program.

SAFETEA-LU Freight Programs - Guidance to States [31209] ?

Guidance on four sections of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.

Statewide Freight System Disaster Preparedness Plan [pdf] [34443] ?

Development of a freight system resiliency plan.

Statewide Heavy Vehicle Safety Plan [pdf] [31080] ?

Plan to reduce crashes through enforcement, engineering and education.

Travel Time in Freight-Significant Corridors [31224] ?

Initial research findings on speed and travel time reliability on freight-significant corridors.

Trends in European Road Freight Transport [33210] ?

Data on European freight.

Trucks and Twin Cities Traffic Management [pdf] [31077] ?

Report identifies strategies that will reduce congestion for trucks traveling within and through the Twin Cities.

U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight [35161] ?

Statistical data back to 1980 for air, truck, rail, water, and pipelines.

Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study [31206] ?

Report with priority initiatives to respond to growing freight demand.

West Coast Trade and Transportation Study [pdf] [34367] ?

Freight-related needs in seaports, airports, border crossings, and highways and rail corridors along the US west coast.


Related Categories & Information

- The Transportation Library : Related Categories (4)

Rail / Rail Freight Transport
Regional and local rail freight transport.

System Policy - Planning / Metropolitan Planning
Metropolitan transportation planning.

System Policy - Planning / Statewide Planning
Comprehensive multimodal statewide transportation planning.

Trucking-Freight Systems / Freight Logistics
Freight system transportation and logistics.


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