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... NCHRP Project 8-53 – Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project-Selection Processes 6.0 Suggested Topics for Further Research The research project turned up two general areas where additional research would have clear value: improving the ability of states and MPOs to quantify the public benefits of multijurisdictional freight investments; and identifying, describing, and disseminating best practices in developing advocates for freight planning efforts. „ 6.1 Tools and Methods for Quantifying Public Benefits of Multijurisdictional Freight Investments As described earlier, freight movements are increasingly national and even global in scope, affecting the transportation systems of multiple MPOs, states, and countries.
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... NCHRP Project 8-53 – Integrating Freight into Transportation Planning and Project-Selection Processes moving from planning to programming to implementation. In addition, being able to effectively describe benefits and how they would accrue to different groups can help open the door to discussing how costs could be shared.

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