• Front Matter R1-R9

• Introduction and Background 1-1

• Key Issues and Challenges in Evaluating Freight Projects 2-9

• A Framework for Addressing These Challenges 10-11

• Existing Data and Analytical Tools 12-12

• Conclusions 13-16

• Chapter 1 - Introduction 17-17

• 1.1 Summary of the Technical Approach and Product 18-18

• 1.2 Organization of the Report 19-19

• 2.1 Addressing the Motivations of Different Types of Stakeholders 20-21

• 2.3 Evaluating Projects of Differing Scales 22-22

• 2.4 Accounting for Different Costs, Benefits, and Impacts 23-24

• 2.5 Assessing Risk 25-26

• 3.2 Decision Processes 27-36

• 3.3 Key Issues and Challenges of Existing Decision-Making Processes 37-37

• 3.4 Existing Data and Tools 38-47

• 3.5 Data and Tools Summary 48-51

• 4.1 Developing the Framework 52-55

• 4.2 Incorporating Risk 56-58

• 5.1 Case Study Testing 59-61

• 5.2 Case Study Results 62-94

• 5.3 Case Study Lessons Learned 95-98

• 5.4 Freight Investment Workshop 99-100

• 6.1 When and How the Framework Should Be Applied 101-106

• 6.2 Key Elements of the Framework with Examples of Use 107-112

• 7.1 Critical Lessons Learned from Phase I Research 113-114

• 7.2 Proposed Phase II Research Approach [Unfunded] 115-117

• References 118-118

• Appendix A - Traditional Benefit/Cost Tools 119-123

• Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 124-124

Transportation Research Board " A Framework for Addressing These Challenges ." NCFRP Report 12: Framework and Tools for Estimating Benefits of Specific Freight Network Investments . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011 .

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