Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Handbook

1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-18-018

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Implementation Handbook

5. Report Date

December 2017

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Ron Schaefer, Monica Worth, Jonathan Heilman, Nicholas Kehoe

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Leidos
11251 Roger Bacon Drive
Reston, VA 20190

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-11-D-00015-5010

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management and Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Technical Report
07/22/16 – 10/21/17

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

HOP

15. Supplementary Notes

16. Abstract

The SHRP2 C20: Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Strategic Plan provides a framework for making further improvements to freight data sets and freight modeling practices to advance the integration of freight considerations into the planning process. This handbook provides information about better freight data and modeling tools through examples and pilot projects for State DOTs and MPOs to improve freight-related decisionmaking. It gives an overview of the projects funded by the SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) and highlights how these implementations address issues faced by freight planners.

17. Key Words

Freight Modeling, Freight Data

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions.

19. Security Classification (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classification (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No of Pages

60

22. Price

N/A