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Putting It All Together: A Process for Evaluating and Addressing the Impacts 53
analysis may require that local elected officials or decisionmakers acknowledge urban goods
movements as something that is important on which to spend staff time. In other words, to con-
duct an evaluation and address freight issues, support--or a directive--may need to come from
a local official to the staff. It is possible, that by reviewing this guidebook (or its overview), gain-
ing insight from other freight-related materials, or hearing a presentation on freight, a local
decisionmaker might direct staff to begin this work. If this is not the case, and the desire to
conduct urban goods movement analysis comes from the staff, it is advisable to educate local
decisionmakers and officials about the importance of freight and impacts and conflicts. Several
resources are available to help with this. The overview to this guidebook is intended to capture
the attention of local elected officials and decisionmakers. The associated CD-ROM includes
several PowerPoint presentations that can be used to explain the importance of urban goods
movements to local elected officials and decisionmakers. Although this support may not be
critical to conducting a study, having their support is critical to integrating freight into the
planning process and implementing needed changes identified through it.
Get Organized
Select a Project Manager
As a first step in evaluating the impacts of urban planning codes, ordinances, regulations, and
policies on urban goods movements, it is recommended that an appropriate staff person be des-
ignated as a project manager. This individual will be responsible for all actions, activities, and
deliverables described in the process outline that follows. Their first step will be to determine the
scope, timeframe, tasks and deliverables expected. A helpful resource for the project manager
may be NCHRP Report 570: Guidebook for Freight Policy, Planning, and Programming in Small-
and Medium-Size Metropolitan Areas (Cambridge Systematics, Inc. et al. 2007).
Contact Local MPO
The project manager should contact the local MPO or state DOT. Many MPOs and DOTs
now employ freight planners who can provide information, contacts, and additional technical
assistance for this effort.
Network with Industry
One of the most important activities the project manager should undertake when attempting
to initiate changes affecting the businesses involved in delivering or receiving goods and services,
is to build relationships. Planning staff assigned to address goods movement issues should attend
industry meetings (e.g., local roundtable meetings of the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals), get involved in local Chamber of Commerce activities, etc. Building relationships
and communicating the issues that are being addressed are the first steps toward building trust.
This is discussed more in the following section on field surveys and interviews.
Perform Background Research
The project manager should review and understand in general the current local regulations
and policies including, at a minimum, those discussed in previous sections, as follows:
· Truck routing,
· Parking and loading zones,
· Time-of-day delivery,
