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5As part of the development of the Toolkit, a survey of state transportation departments was conducted in March 2003 to identify the need for freight forecasting tools. The objectives of the survey were to: • Identify policy and planning needs for freight analysis and forecasting; and • Review current applications of the freight forecasting tools.
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Terminal Access Planning States with major ports such as New Jersey and South Carolina identified port access planning as a major priority for freight models and analysis. New Jersey specifically is using a refined version of its statewide freight model for the purposes of access planning at the Port of New York/New Jersey.
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development High Modal diversion analysis High Pavement, bridge, and safety management Medium Policy and economic studies for governor, legislature, commission, etc. Medium Needs analysis Medium Commodity flow analysis to understand types, values, and economic importance of freight movement to, from, and within the state Medium Rail planning Medium Trade corridor and border planning Medium Operational needs Medium Project development or design needs; e.g., forecasts and loadings Medium Terminal access planning; forecasting truck loadings for highway access facilities to ports, other intermodal terminals, and grain or other heavy commodity terminals Medium Truck flow analysis and forecasting Medium Performance measurement/program evaluation Medium Bottleneck analysis Medium Note: States listed multiple primary freight policy and analytical needs.
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and to the absence of techniques to directly utilize the outputs of freight models to calculate these measures. 8 Type of Toola Policy and Analytical Needs Facility Flow Factor O-D Factor Models Truck Models Commodity Models Economic- Based Models 1 State transportation planning – P P P P 2 Project prioritization, STIP development P S P P P 3 Modal diversion analysis – S – P P 4 Pavement, bridge, and safety management P S P P P 5 Policy studies – – – – – 6 Needs analysis P S P P P 7 Commodity flow analyses – P – P P 8 Rail planning – S – P P 9 Trade corridor and border planning – – – – – 10 Operations, safety, security, truck size and weight issues, etc.
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