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Appendix C - Reference Resources
Appendix C - Reference Resources
Pages 32-48
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The references in the general literature have been grouped as follows: • General public and private sector decision-making comparisons • Literature focusing on public transportation agency decision making • Literature focusing on transportation decision making and relationships • Other associated literature The identified references include research and documentation of comparisons of public and private sector decision making from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Much of the research compares organizational issues as well as decision-making aspects of processes and relationships.
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In Analytics in Public Sector Decision Making, Congressional Quarterly Press, Washington, D.C., 2003. Reference Resources 33
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While this rather haphazard approach to decision making may have been considered adequate in the past, the complexity of government operations and mandates for increased accountability to stakeholders now demands otherwise. Public Transportation Agency Decision-Making References The references for public sector transportation agency decision making include publications addressing how public agencies define their mandate to address freight transportation; how they organize themselves to carry out their mandate; the processes they use in setting freight policy, planning for freight systems, regulating freight activities, and investing in capital improvements; and the resources available to support decision making and investment.
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The report provides a select number of "best practices" case studies to demonstrate how investment in intermodal facilities and better integration of freight operations can streamline freight services. The focus of the report is AASHTO's policy recommendations, which are addressed to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission and to Congress as it takes up reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs.
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The study finds that states are most effective in addressing freight issues when they establish secretarial- or director-level freight offices but only where the freight office has the power to shape freight policies and hold division groups accountable for implementing state DOT freight transportation programs, projects, and initiatives. Relevance: The study is one of the few studies specifically addressing the question of how state DOTs should assign roles and responsibilities for freight planning and investment.
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Public Sector Assessment of Freight Investments Bryan, J., Weisbrod, G., and Martland, C NCHRP Report 586: Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion -- Final Report and Guidebook, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2007.
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In the accompanying guidebook, the authors provide detailed guidelines for analysis of project feasibility and assessment of the impacts of shifting freight from truck to rail, including a listing of data sources and a description of calculation methods. Relevance: The report documents the procedures for public sector analysis of rail freight solutions to roadway congestion.
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Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2007. Description: This guidebook recommends procedures for integrating freight planning and decision making into existing statewide and metropolitan transportation planning processes.
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Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2003. Description: This report considers the long-term implications of trends in freight transportation markets and how government policy can allow more efficient provision of freight transportation system capacity.
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Relevance: The report documents the diverse and expanding number of approaches to public and public-private financing of freight projects. It does not describe the public sector decision making behind the case studies, but illustrates the range and complexity of freight projects to which decision-making guidelines and tools must be applied.
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American Trucking Trends is produced by the American Trucking Associations and provides a broad range of information and high-level statistics regarding the activities of the trucking industry. This publication uses information from government-maintained datasets including the Motor Carrier Management Information System and Federal Highway Statistics, as well as data from original surveys.
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NCHRP Report 388 serves as a tool to assist public sector transportation officials with freight planning. The report includes information for planners in all modes of transportation.
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Although this report is not specific to freight planning, it does highlight the economic responsibility of freight as it is transported along the nation's highways compared with other vehicle classes. 44 Public and Private Sector Interdependence in Freight Transportation Markets
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Technology is currently being used for asset tracking, traffic system monitoring, onboard shipment status, and facilitating non-intrusive inspections, which all contribute to a smoother flow through the freight networks. This report includes information on various technologies available to freight stakeholders and some of the benefits they help achieve for both the private and public sectors.
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1790, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2002 Research conducted on truck-trip generation at marine container terminals based on a nationwide survey that gathered data from 21 container terminals in the United States. The analyses of both trip-generation rates and the regression models indicate that there are statistically significant differences in the regional patterns of trip generation.
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Freight Modelling -- An Overview of International Experiences. Presented at the TRB Conference on Freight Demand Modelling: Tools for Public Sector Decision Making, Washington, D.C., September 25-27, 2006.
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This essay is in a collection of essays on freight transportation issues. 48 Public and Private Sector Interdependence in Freight Transportation Markets
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