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Appendix C Workshop Presenters and Topics
Pages 43-46

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... This history involved Section 5115 of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century, and previous work in the late 1990s by Senators Moynihan and Chafee, and interactions between BTS, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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... The factors include interstate lane-miles, interstate vehicle-miles, annual contribution to the highway account, lane-miles, vehicle-miles, diesel fuel used on highways, total lane-miles on principal arteries divided by a state's population, share of total cost to repair or replace deficient highway bridges, weighted nonattainment and maintenance area population, equal shares to each eligible state, nonhighway recreational fuel use during the preceding year, and urbanized area population. Esteve indicated how the various data systems might be used to estimate international trade carried by highways.
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... Paul Metaxatos, Universal Technical System, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Estimation and Accuracy of Origin-Destination Highway Freight Weight and Value Flows" Abstract: Metaxatos described the gravity model in detail, including how the parameters are estimated, the sensitivity of the estimates to changes in the parameter estimates, needed data sources, model output -- including confidence intervals, and results based on current data. Harvey Monk, Bureau of the Census, "Access to Export-Import Data for Allocation Formula Uses" Abstract: Monk discussed what import and export information could be shared with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics under the authority of Title 13 of the United States Code.
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... , which was created to understand the magnitude and geography of freight moving on the nations' transportation system, to develop a tool to evaluate emerging congestion, and to support reauthorization policy analysis. The FAF is a synthesis of diverse data from BTS, Army Corps, Reebie Truck, Rail Waybill Sample, etc., working across modes, to develop a better understanding of emerging logistics and various trade and transportation issues.
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Key Terms

  • highway freight
  • trade data
  • highway administration
  • transportation statistics
  • traffic monitoring

  • transportation data
  • information typically
  • federal highway
  • measuring international
  • typically collected

  • freight traffic
  • border agencies
  • confidence intervals
  • deficient highway
  • eligible state

  • work carried
  • measure highway
  • rob tardif
  • waterborne data
  • annual mileage

  • inland movement
  • reebie data
  • associated limits
  • evaluate emerging
  • freight flow

  • ciannavei provided
  • recreational fuel
  • distance average
  • railway weight
  • multimodal network


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