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Using Commodity Flow Survey Microdata and Other Establishment Data to Estimate the Generation of Freight, Freight Trips, and Service Trips: Guidebook (2016) / Chapter Skim
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... 17 In contrast to the sprawling nature of supply chains, which can encompass municipal, regional, national, and international levels, FSA is easily observed at the (local) establishment level.
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... 18 Using Commodity Flow Survey Microdata and Other establishment Data to estimate the Generation of Freight, Freight trips, and Service trips Generation by Industry Sector In the industry sectors of urban economies, the vast majority of industry segments create FG, FTG, or STG, though they do so in different amounts. Table 3 shows qualitative estimates of the amounts of FG, FTG, and STG that are produced by the various industry sectors.
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