Skip to main content

A Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning (2010) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Appendix E - Freight Transportation in Statewide Corridor Planning
Pages 60-64

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 60...
... SAFETEA-LU significantly expanded the consideration of freight by local, state, and federal transportation planning agencies by including freight issues in existing programs and establishing new sections specifically related to freight. Of special note, federal planning requirements for state DOTs and MPOs were expanded to explicitly include freight considerations.
Read the entire page →
From page 61...
... . Integrating Freight into the Transportation Planning Process Freight planning should reflect similar planning processes to those exercised for other modes of transportation, including • Setting statewide and corridor goals and objectives by working with private- and public-sector freight stakeholders; • Conducting technical analysis of existing and future freight mobility and freight needs; • Identifying and evaluating potential alternatives to select solutions and approaches, including policies, projects, programs, system management strategies, funding options, and implementation plans; • Prioritizing and programming projects and strategies; and • Measuring performance to evaluate how well the plan is doing in regards to meeting the stated goals and objectives.
Read the entire page →
From page 62...
... In general, interaction between the public and private sector is undertaken through an established process that seeks to provide businesses with meaningful input to project investment and selection criteria. Collecting Freight Data In broad terms, gathering freight data entails capturing freight traffic volumes in three dimensions: the points where freight begins, ends, and is handled; the directions and means by which freight flows; and the routes that freight follows.
Read the entire page →
From page 63...
... Highway traffic counts can range from temporary tube counts to pulling information from permanent weigh-in-motion or toll stations. One use of traffic counts for freight planning is to position tube counters inside industrial parks, with the objective of estimating traffic generation.
Read the entire page →
From page 64...
... However, foreign trade projection can be quite complex, relying upon econometric forecasting to combine and allow for the interplay of multiple factors. These econometric models account for input costs, foreign trade and trade barriers, industrial mix and competition, and, in some cases, freight traffic trends.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • freight planning
  • freight data
  • transportation planning
  • flow data
  • corridor planning

  • foreign trade
  • freight flow
  • freight mobility
  • freight stakeholders
  • statewide corridor

  • traffic counts
  • public involvement
  • freight community
  • collecting freight
  • include freight

  • freight demand
  • freight movements
  • planning processes
  • planning agencies
  • planning requirements

  • statewide transportation
  • demand forecasting
  • data include
  • highway traffic
  • secondary data

  • information exchange
  • route volumes
  • swcp process
  • measuring performance
  • industrial parks


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.