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For the public sector, reliable urban freight data can lead to better infrastructure and policy decisions that may improve urban freight operations and the livability of neighborhoods. For the private sector, supply chain reliability is crucial to business strategies that create competitive advantage.
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. Used together, secondary freight data sources, supplemented with primary data often can be integrated to provide value to public planners addressing urban goods movement issues.
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Many states and communities have adopted idling regulations for residential areas. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
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EJ census blocks were mapped in relation to the proposed truck routes, in order to address environmental justice issues concerning existing and potential future freight traffic impacts during subsequent outreach sessions. For each of the neighborhood freight issues described there are likely some sources of secondary data collected for traffic monitoring, land-use compliance, or travel demand modeling that can be adapted to address safety, air quality, or environmental justice issues.
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. Finally, node data also is important in a planning context for understanding "last mile" needs for designating truck routes, and for use in travel demand modeling, land-use planning, and environmental analysis.
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Heavy truck counts can provide information about the key network elements used for freight movements and the associated infrastructure demands on various 34 Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement
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Private sources of vehicle tracking data also are emerging as GPS data become more available via cell phone networks. INRIX® is one example of a proprietary vendor that can develop customized Using Freight Data for Planning 35 Source: Wilbur Smith Associates.
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Commodity data at the urban level can provide insight about interdependencies between goods and services such as retail trade and food services. Commodity flow data also can help identify those industries in a regional economy that are highly dependent on transportation (e.g., those industries producing high-volume movements and/or high-value products)
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The database yields freight flow origin and destination (O/D) pairs, identifying Using Freight Data for Planning 37 Source: Wilbur Smith Associates.
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However, given the robust promise of the FAF-3 for planning applications, research into techniques for disaggregation continues, and some additional tools and techniques are readily available for planners to begin commodity analysis for their area. NCFRP Project 20, "A Guidebook for Developing SubNational Commodity Flow Data," a project in progress at the time of this report, will provide additional resources and methods for local planners seeking to use freight flow data.
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It is also a good idea to assess internal capabilities for data analysis and maintenance, so that efforts made to collect freight data don't go unused or become outdated if the planning effort requires periodic updates to the supporting information. • Seek out partners who can open doors for your data collection efforts: Many successful freight data efforts result from public agencies partnering with business groups, trade associations, or economic development agencies.
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Be prepared to think outside the box in seeking ways to collect primary data. 40 Guidebook for Understanding Urban Goods Movement
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