Province of Ontario’s Commodity Flow and Long Distance Truck Models – A Comprehensive Picture of Freight Movement in Ontario

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff was hired by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to develop the Transport and Regional Economic Simulator of Ontario (TRESO), which is a passenger, freight and macroeconomic model covering the Province of Ontario with connections to the rest of the world. When complete, MTO staff will be able to use TRESO to evaluate a wide variety of policy, planning and investment scenarios that will affect major transportation corridors and systems across the entire province, as well as gateways to other North American locations. Commodity and freight modelling is a heavy emphasis within TRESO. Example scenarios of interest to MTO staff include the effects of: economic growth or decline, land-use changes (reflected by adding new firms within a region), changing use of E-commerce, changes to the rail and marine infrastructure and possible trade barriers on truck, rail and marine freight travel patterns. This paper presents an overview of two TRESO components - the commodity flow model and the long-distance truck model. The paper describes their inputs, a brief and high-level description of their structure, and some preliminary model results.

• Record URL:
  • http://ctrf.ca/?page_id=4419
• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Duggal, M
  • Sharman, B
  • Donnelly, R
  • Tardif, R
  • SURESHAN, S
  • Damodaran, S
• Conference:
  • Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 830 KB, 8p.
• Monograph Title: Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Conferences; Economics; Forecasting; Freight transportation; Investments; Mathematical models; Policy; Simulation; Transportation; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 263: Economics of transport; 132: Forecast; 1112: Freight transport; 227: Investment; 1236: Lorry; 6473: Mathematical model; 173: Policy; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01678319
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Aug 22 2018 1:43PM