NCFRP Report 13:

Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials

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Size: 80 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2011

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Daniel Hodge; Christopher W Steele; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Freight Cooperative Research Program (NFCRP) Report 13: Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials describes the key criteria that the private sector considers when making decisions on where to build new logistics facilities.

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Front Matter	i-x
What is the purpose of this guide?	1-2	(skim)
Who should use this guide?	3-3	(skim)
How to use this guide	4-4	(skim)
What do we mean by freight facilities?	5-9	(skim)
Keys to freight facility development success	10-10	(skim)
Chapter 2: Evaluating Freight Facility Impacts and Benefits	11-12	(skim)
Economic effects	13-13	(skim)
Transportation effects	14-15	(skim)
Other public sector costs	16-16	(skim)
Chapter 3: The Critical Roles of Groundwork and Collaboration	17-18	(skim)
Laying the groundwork	19-21	(skim)
Public sector assistance and incentives	22-24	(skim)
Best practices for the public sector	25-28	(skim)
Chapter 4: How the Location Selection Process Works	29-29	(skim)
Site selection: the big picture	30-30	(skim)
Stages of site selection	31-31	(skim)
Planning and strategy	32-33	(skim)
Network modeling and analysis	34-34	(skim)
Location screening	35-35	(skim)
Field and site analysis	36-36	(skim)
Cost modeling	37-37	(skim)
Incentives, negotiations, and final selection	38-38	(skim)
Chapter 5: How Candidate Sites Are Evaluated	39-39	(skim)
Ability to access key markets or customers	40-42	(skim)
Interaction with transportation networks	43-47	(skim)
Labor and workforce	48-48	(skim)
Total cost environment	49-49	(skim)
Availability and cost of suitable facilities	50-51	(skim)
Tax environment	52-52	(skim)
Weighing site selection factors	53-54	(skim)
Changing role of the freight facility	55-55	(skim)
Changes in global sourcing	56-57	(skim)
Fuel costs and environmental factors	58-59	(skim)
Computer model use and sophistication	60-60	(skim)
Transportation network congestion	61-61	(skim)
Competition with other types of development	62-62	(skim)
Appendix A: List of private sector interviewees	63-63	(skim)
Appendix B: Glossary of terms	64-69	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	70-70	(skim)

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TRB's National Freight Cooperative Research Program (NFCRP) Report 13: Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials describes the key criteria that the private sector considers when making decisions on where to build new logistics facilities.

A final report that provides background material used in the development of NFCRP Report 13 has been published as NCFRP Web-Only Document 1: Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13)

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