Initial Data Collection Assessment
Sample of data collection needs and assessment tasks that may be associated by groups of initiatives discussed in this Guide.
Initiative/Freight Problem Area |
Data Collection Needed |
Assessment and Analysis |
Infrastructure Management |
- Roadway, intermodal and modal facilities inventory, including traffic counts and capacity
- Origin/Destination of travel
- Condition of infrastructure, including related roadway geometrics
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- Level of Service, Volume to Capacity by time of day; pavement ratings; types of vehicles using the facility
- Infrastructure condition
- Locations of freight generators (shippers and receivers)
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Parking/Loading Areas Management |
- Number and locations of on- and off-street parking spaces and use
- Number and location dedicated to trucks and delivery zones, including time restrictions
- Number of parking violations
- Design and access to loading docks
- Parking-related regulations and enforcement
- Freight-trip generation
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- Parking analysis: needs and availability
- Focus on freight generator and receivers, such as retail establishments
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Vehicle-Related Strategies |
- Vehicle emissions and noise regulations
- Number of low-emission freight vehicles registered in region
- Air quality data
- Noise data
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- Comparison of air and noise regulations and incentives to other parts of US and abroad
- Analysis of incentive programs available
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Traffic Management |
- Summary of freight vehicle restrictions in the region
- Location of truck routes
- Location of roadways with and without signal timing
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- Congestion analysis including intermodal connection access issues, and identification of problem locations
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Pricing, Incentives, and Taxation |
- Current freight-related regulations, taxation, and incentive programs in the region
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- Analysis (possibly through private sector interviews/surveys) of the impact of these to local businesses
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Logistical Management |
- Locations and volume of freight coming from, and going to businesses, industries and manufacturing in the region
- Summary of current ITS programs operating in the region
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- Freight-trip generation locational analysis
- Origin destination analysis
- Congestion and mobility study, including time-of-day analysis
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Freight Demand/Land Use Management |
- Current land use map and regulations
- Locations and volume of freight coming from, and going to businesses, industries and manufacturing in the region
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- Freight-trip generation locational analysis
- Origin destination analysis
- Congestion and mobility study including time-of-day analysis
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