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A-1 The Freight Trip Generation (FTG) software applies FTG models developed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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A-2 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide Manual for Freight Trip Generation Software Table of Contents Database Information ........................................................................................... A-3 Freight Trip Generation Estimator Home Page .....................................................
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Freight Trip Generation (FTG) Software A-3 Database Information Download County Business Patterns Data, for the year you need.
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A-4 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide Module 1: Zip Code Business Pattern Input Data Preparation Purpose: Takes the information from raw database and generates a new database containing only NAICS 2 digit level information for which ‘Freight Trips Generation' can be estimated. The data corresponding to 2 digit NAICS code is saved as new text file to estimate FTG in further steps.
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Freight Trip Generation (FTG) Software A-5 Module 2: Freight Trip Generation (FTG)
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A-6 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide H Input Custom FTA and FTP Coefficients: For uploading custom coefficients text files, so the program will use these coefficients rather than the default ones.
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Freight Trip Generation (FTG) Software A-7 2.
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A-8 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide E Employment Coefficient: Enter this value if you wish to add a NAICS code to the default list F
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Additional Information A-9 Additional Information The next sections of the Appendix provide additional information not directly part of the FTG User Manual. Initial Data Collection Assessment This part of the Appendix provides additional information not directly part of the FTG User Manual.
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A-10 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide Initiative Selector The Initiative Selector is an HTML webpage that, for a given set of inputs, return suggestions of potential initiatives that could be implemented for a given problem. The Initiative Selector can be found at http://coe-sufs.org/wordpress/InitiativeSelector/.
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Additional Information A-11 • Initiatives suggested (for a Congestion problem, impacting a corridor, and produced by Through traffic) are: Ring Roads, Acceleration/Deceleration Lanes, New and Upgraded Roads 3.
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A-12 Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide Table A-1. Decision matrix for supply-related initiatives.
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Additional Information A-13 Table A-2. Decision matrix for demand-related initiatives.
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Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005)
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