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Estimating Freight Value Moved on TxDOT-Maintained Roadways for Investment Decision-Making

What Was the Need?

Despite recognizing the need for improved freight planning, most states have limited planning tools to address goods movements and are lagging behind the freight industry in terms of technological and logistical advances. Despite advancement in freight planning modeling towards a supply chain and logistics-based approach, lack of adequate freight data is a hindrance to developing behavioral models. Traditional infrastructure investment decisions are usually made based on the condition of the infrastructure and the traffic volume without considering the value of commodities moved on the infrastructure.

What's the Solution?

This project addresses those two problems by identifying freight data sources and developing a methodology to estimate the value of freight moved on TxDOT-maintained roadways. It provides useful information to TxDOT regarding prioritizing or rank ordering of infrastructure improvement projects, and establishes what would be necessary for a continuous statewide freight data program.

Project Number

0-6898

Status

Completed

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