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62 C H A P T E R 9 This project reviewed the existing literature to identify documented connections between smart growth and urban goods movement as well as current research needs, conducted focusgroup meetings with stakeholders in two different jurisdictions, and completed model runs to test current regional modeling sensitivity to smart-growth land-use patterns of truck behavior. Reviewing the existing literature, we identified five ways in which smart growth and urban goods movement are related and a handful of research questions relevant to each.
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Conclusions 63 policies to a sometimes skeptical freight community. Despite the benefits in terms of time and efficiency gains, as well as emissions reductions, planners should continue to diligently address the very real issues raised through focus-group discussions.
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64 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement of freight, strategies that remove other vehicles from the roadway, maintain or preserve the existing system, or add strategic capacity for a defined purpose should be preferred over general roadway expansion. Greater attention should be placed on freight planning for local streets.
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Conclusions 65 models. Because a four-step model represents individual trips, it cannot account for the synergies apparent in routing and trip planning available through the sophistication of logistics firms.
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