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Many surveys combine quantitative and qualitative information-gathering: a review of recent MPO and statewide freight studies indicates that although freight surveys have been conducted, many of these are qualitative. The synthesis profiles 12 different types of freight transportation surveys: Roadside/intercept surveys1.
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Case studies for five survey types were identified, mainly from the United States but also from Canada and Europe. These comprised roadside/intercept surveys, focus and stakeholder group surveys, commercial trip diary surveys, establishment surveys, and ITS technologies.
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A detailed review of the efficacy of using existing • public freight data sets as the basis for capturing vehicle trip information. The review should examine the feasibility of using these data sets as platforms for adding vehicle trip data as part of the data collection activity or for integrating separate vehicle trip surveys into them.
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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" (57)
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