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Quick Response Freight Manual: Final Report

Appendix M

Recent Freight and Truck Surveys

  1. Phoenix, AZ- Maricopa Association of Governments (Tammy Flaitz, 602-506-4117) 1991 CSI study- comprehensive, well publicized
  2. Phoenix, AZ, 1991, Combined Telephone Mailout-Mailback
  3. Yuma, AZ, Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization (Robert Vaughan, 520-783-8911): 1990 origin-destination survey, including 7 external and 2 internal stations, one exclusively for trucks. The data presented does not distinguish between truck and automobile flows for general flows.
  4. Almeda County, CA, 1991, Combined Telephone Mailout-Mailback and Roadside Interview
  5. Ontario, CN, 1988, Roadside Interview
  6. Tampa, FL- Hillsborough County MPO (Joe Zambito, 813-272-5940): 1994 truck route study, has extensive discussion and comparison of various truck classification schemes.
  7. Chicago, IL, 1986, Mailout-Mailback
  8. Lafayette, IN, Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission (James Hawley, 317-423-9242): 1986, Assessment of the goods distribution in the Greater Lafayette Area; part of TSM; included survey identifying concerns and most heavily traveled roads.
  9. DesMoines, IA, DesMoines Area MPO (Kevin Gilchrist, 515-237-1316): 1991 I-235 Transportation Alternatives Study fax; and memo with 1984 trip production and attraction model equations and distribution rates; fax concentrating on identification of through-truck movements, information by time of day and day of week.
  10. Louisville, KY, KIPDA (Harold Tull, 502-266-6084): February, 1995, External O/D survey, including weigh station truck surveys; includes some truck trip tables.
  11. Minneapolis, St.Paul, MN (Jim Barton, 612-229-2735): January and February, 1995, studies on need for Intermodal Railroad Terminal Facilities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, including assessment and demand analysis of future needs.
  12. Kansas City, MO and KS, Mid-America Regional Council, (Bill Derrick, 816-474-4240; and Mark Kenneally of JBM Engineers- consultants- 816-561-9800) 1994-1995 study; six working papers available to date including modal facilities inventory, freight flows, industry survey, regional freight opportunities, and freight infrastructure recommendations.
  13. & N.Y, 1991, Roadside Interview
  14. & N.Y., 1992-1994, Roadside Interview
  15. Albany, NY, Capital District Transportation Committee (Kristina Younger, 518-458-2161): Internal CDTC memos, January and May 1995, focusing on time of day truck travel and performance measures relating to freight movement.
  16. Triad Regional Study- Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, NC (Michael Bruff, P.E., NC DOT, and Bill Martin, Barton-Aschman, 919- 677-0590) - combined phone/ mail-out, mail-back commercial vehicle survey with travel diaries/ manifests; pre-test conducted December, 1994, with the survey completed in early spring, 1994. Includes cars in commercial vehicles, includes trip activity and distribution of vehicles by industrial classification. Initial results available.
  17. Lancaster and York, PA, Lancaster and York County Planning Commissions (Jephrey Rebert, 717-771-9870): August 1994, excerpts from PA 372 O/D survey for truck survey including trip tables, trip purposes, and internal versus external destinations; based on 179 surveys.
  18. Berks County, PA, Berks County Planning Commission (Deborah Matherly, COMSIS Corporation, 301-588-0800)- October, 1994, cordon survey of truck O/D, 1000 plus surveys.
  19. Memphis, TN, Memphis MPO (Abdul Razcik/ Clark Odor, 901-576-6768): March 1995, Presidents Island Industry Intermodal Survey; one page survey, distinguishing between rail, barge and truck trailer loads with minor commodity information (such as hazardous materials) and identification of issues for shippers.
  20. Amarillo, TX, Amarillo MPO ( ), 1990 urban area truck travel survey, includes trip lengths.
  21. El Paso, TX, 1994, Telephone Interview
  22. Houston-Galveston, 1994, Combined Telephone Mailout-Mailback
  23. Seattle, WA- Puget Sound Regional Council (Peter Beaulieu, 206-464-7537): 1994 and 1995, "Regional Freight Mobility Conference Proceedings"; "Planning for Freight Movements in the Puget Sound Region"; "Analysis of Freight Movements in the Puget Sound Region"- commodity and survey based freight study including rail, water and truck movements. Describes various databases used in the model, such as TIUS, Dun and Bradstreet Market Locator, and County Business Patterns.
  24. Studies in process or planned for the near future include the following:
  25. Savannah, GA, Chatham Co-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission, (Bill Herrington, 912-236-9523 and Alan Meyers - consultant- 703-758-8800), first phase of data collection to be complete in approximately 2 months; full study due for completion in approximately one year.
  26. Evansville, IL, Evansville Urban Transportation Study, (Rose Zigenfus, 812-426-5230), are completing a study of intermodal activity centers and freight movements, documents not yet available.
  27. Greensboro, NC- (Laura Rice, NCDOT, 919-733-4705), commercial vehicle survey underway.
  28. Southwestern PA Regional Planning Commission, (Lucy Klain, 412-391-5590)- regional rail freight study to begin July 1.
  29. Houston-Galveston Area Council (Jerry Bobo, 713-627-3200), commercial vehicle survey and multimodal facilities inventory study in progress, to be completed by September with final analysis by December 1995.
  30. Austin, TX, Austin Transportation Study (Lee Hoy, 512-499-6423), study completed but stated to be very general look at freight movements.