Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13)

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13)

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TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Web-Only Document 1: Web-Only Document 1: Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13) provides background material used in the development of NCFRP Report 13, which describes the key criteria that the private sector considers when making decisions on where to build new logistics facilities.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Freight Research Program

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22862.

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Chapters		skim
Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13)	1-1
TRB Disclaimer	2-2
About the National Academies	3-3
Contents	4-6
Introduction	7-9
Literature Review	10-24
Survey of Public and Private Perspectives	25-32
Freight Logistics Facility Types	33-37
The Location Selection Process	38-46
Key Criteria and Data Requirements for Facility Location Decisions	47-57
Current Dynamics Impacting Facility Location Decisions	58-61
Part 1: Framework for Assessing the Economic and Transportation Impacts of Freight Facilities	62-66
Part 2: Introduction to the Case Studies	67-70
Commodities and Shipping Patterns	71-73
Facility Type: Intermodal Facility	74-108
The Critical Roles of Groundwork and Collaboration	109-112
NCFRP 23 Glossary of Terms	113-118
Appendix A: Public and Private Sector Data Collection Instruments (DCI)	119-124
Appendix B: List of Interviews	125-125

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