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125 The main intent of this chapter is to provide the reader with a sense of the process used in freight transportation planning and management, and how decisions are made to address freight transportation issues at the metropolitan level. Although many different approaches to transportation planning exist (based, for example, on organizational size, resources, and structure)
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126 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools 4. Identify potential initiatives.
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Urban Freight Transportation Decision-Making 127 freight transportation decision-making as a proper and constructive process of engagement of the multiple stakeholders involved in freight issues and their potential solutions. Two key factors relate: 1.
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128 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools example, recognizing the chief role played by the receivers (the root cause) leads to a different set of solutions, such as the establishment of appointment systems for deliveries, allowing delivery trucks to use off-street parking spaces, and an OHD program to induce receivers to accept deliveries outside regular business hours.
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Urban Freight Transportation Decision-Making 129 Tasks involved in defining the goals and objectives to be achieved are as follows: • Stakeholder outreach and agency coordination. – The individuals and groups that will define the goals take steps to include agency leadership and public- and private-sector stakeholders.
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130 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools that was attained in achieving intended goals. PMs can be defined in numerous ways, but practice shows that they work best when they are (1)
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Urban Freight Transportation Decision-Making 131 • Generation of outputs. – Outputs from this task are as follows: ◾ A set of PMs that assess the degree to which goals and objectives are achieved at different points in time ◾ A data collection plan, a modeling plan, or both to assess the PMs ◾ A collaboration agreement that outlines the role and responsibility of each of the various stakeholders in providing data as needed to estimate the PMs 8.5 Preliminary Identification of Potential Initiatives This step addresses how to select, from the spectrum of initiatives described in the Guide, those that are most likely to be effective in solving a freight issue.
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132 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools and so forth. Given that all of these elements will need to be considered at some point, it is important to gather information on each element early in the process.
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Urban Freight Transportation Decision-Making 133 with the scope and potential impact of each initiative. The FHWA Desk Reference provides a detailed discussion of the process, tools, and techniques that can be used to analyze the performance of traffic management strategies (Federal Highway Administration 2012d)
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134 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools Multi-criteria techniques do not translate impacts into monetary units. This category of evaluation techniques often makes use of a matrix to compare the performance of each alternative with respect to identified objectives.
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Urban Freight Transportation Decision-Making 135 • Data collection. – Agency staff collect information on the reactions to the draft plan, both to gather support and address any outstanding issues.
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136 Planning Freight-Efficient Land Uses: Methodology, Strategies, and Tools freight issues. FAST Act also requires incorporation of PMs and targets to follow up the progress of the plans (Federal Highway Administration 2016a)
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