Forecasting Tools for Analyzing Urban Land Use Patterns and Truck Movement: Case Study and Discussion of Results

Many urban planning efforts have supported development in dense, mixed-use areas, but tools are not widely available to help understand the relationship between urban form and goods movement. A review is presented on the status of urban goods movement forecasting models to account for the impacts of density and mixed land use. A description is given of a series of forecasting model runs conducted with state-of-the-practice tools available at the Puget Sound Regional Council. By comparing dense, mixed-use scenarios with different baseline and transportation network alternatives, the ability of the model to capture the relationship between goods movement and density is evaluated. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the results for truck forecasting and freight planning.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2547-11
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Wygonik, Erica
  • Bassok, Alon
  • McCormack, Edward
  • Goodchild, Anne
  • Carlson, Daniel
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 74-82
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems, Volume 1
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2547
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Freight traffic; Land use models; Mixed use development; Population density; Urban goods movement
• Geographic Terms: Puget Sound Region
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01607608
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309369886
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-1538
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 11 2016 2:44PM