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Primary freight is defined in the Toolkit as goods moved over long distances and between cities, significant for statewide planning applications. Depending on the sources of data and the techniques that can be supported, this definition of primary freight also includes goods moved by local truck that are at the initial stage of a long-distance movement, such as agricultural products traveling from farms to grain elevators.
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2.3 Freight Terminology In order to identify and forecast freight shipments, it is important to define key attributes of those shipments. The Transportation Research Board Committee on Freight Transportation Data refers to the desirable elements of a freight database using the mnemonic CODMRT, which stands for: • Commodity – The type of freight being moved.
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