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TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 22: Freight Data Cost Elements identifies the specific types of direct freight transportation cost data elements required for public investment, policy, and regulatory decisionmaking. The report also describes and assesses different strategies for identifying and obtaining the needed cost data elements.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Freight Data Cost Elements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/21939.

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121 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/21939
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Front Matter i-vi
Summary 1-2
Chapter 1 - Introduction 3-3
Chapter 2 - Fundamentals of Freight Cost Estimation and Its Use 4-8
Chapter 3 - Public-Sector Functions and Current Cost Data Needs 9-26
Chapter 4 - Public-Sector Future Cost Data Needs 27-37
Chapter 5 - Identification and Assessment of Data Sources 38-51
Chapter 6 - Addressing Freight Cost Data Gaps 52-55
Chapter 7 - Conclusions 56-57
References 58-62
Appendix A - Basic Cost Concepts, Definitions, and Glossary 63-68
Appendix B - Cost Data Elements 69-102
Appendix C - Data Collection Techniques 103-122

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