Guidebook for Forecasting Freight Transportation Demand

摘要

The report provides reference information on freight transportation planningprocesses, techniques, tools, data, and applications. The report is organized in a Guide-book format to assist planning practitioners and policy analysts to effectively integrate freight planning and demand forecasting into the broader multimodal transportation planning process. Because freight issues are now major concerns to the state DOTs, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), port and airport authorities, rail and trucking providers, shippers, and various federal agencies, this Guidebook will provide much needed assistance to a wide range of practitioners.