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1 The main goal of NCFRP Project 44 was "to develop a handbook for public practitioners that describes the factors shippers and carriers consider when choosing freight modes and provides an analytical methodology for public practitioners to quantify the probability and outcomes of policy-induced modal shifts.
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2 Impacts of Policy-Induced Freight Modal Shifts team conducted numerical experiments using hypothetical examples. These experiments were conducted to gain insight on the ability of the estimated models to produce sound estimates of the impacts of hypothetical policies.
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Summary 3 represent the best combination of conceptual validity, ability to capture the effects of the various key variables, and practicality. The review also concluded that supply-chain-based approaches, such as the Intermodal Transportation and Inventory Cost (ITIC)
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4 Impacts of Policy-Induced Freight Modal Shifts The results indicate that the choice of freight mode is influenced by transit time in only 3 of the 42 commodity groups considered (i.e., Paper Articles, Pharmaceuticals, and Transportation Equipment)
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Summary 5 states to improve the system and develop regional intermodal freight distribution centers. While the project has appeared to have shifted a significant amount of freight from trucks to rail intermodal, the change appears to be only a fraction of initial forecasts, illustrating the difficulty in both shifting freight among modes and in forecasting those shifts.
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6 Impacts of Policy-Induced Freight Modal Shifts freight rail connections, especially to Long Island, and in part to historical reliance on railto-barge car floats that by the middle of the twentieth century were no longer competitive. New York City's DOT and other related agencies have focused on freight and have undertaken several large-scale plans and initiatives, including the 2015 Urban Freight Initiatives, the Smart Truck Management Plan, NYC DOT Strategic Plan 2016, and Freight NYC.
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Summary 7 • Seasonal changes. Seasonal changes include the effects of season-related weather on modes, as well as varying sales periods.
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