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... For example, urban freight transportation factors include the number and varying characteristics of the decision makers, the diversity in the types of goods (i.e., commodities) carried, origin-destination and routing patterns, freight costs, units of measure, and the activities that take place in an urban area.
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... License plate match surveys -- electronic11. Administrative surveys12.
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... , as well as high cost, incomplete coverage of the freight mode, movement or commodity that is carried, datedness of the data, small sample size, incomplete geographical coverage, inadaptability of data that had been developed for another purpose, and inapplicability of the data definitions. Practitioners identified several needs for their freight surveys (see "Needs and Gaps • Identified by Practitioners" and "Resultant Recommendations for Research" in chapter five)
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... These comprised roadside/intercept surveys, focus and stakeholder group surveys, commercial trip diary surveys, establishment surveys, and ITS technologies. The range of case studies reflects a blend of the survey types that are used most commonly in practice, but also includes several research and comparison studies that reflect emerging practice (i.e., in the use of ITS techniques)
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... In addition, there is a need to address a lack of a "common understanding or agreement about what constitutes an urban [in this case] freight transport indicator." Although not identified specifically by practitioners or in the literature, several other recommendations can be drawn from the findings: Develop a taxonomy of freight survey types, common definitions, and a common set 9.
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