Freight Modeling Partnering Tools

. . .an important decision

. . .and RELAXING

Building a Modeling TEAM

How Modeling grew in Florida

Florida had 15 Urban Areas in 1980

25 Urban Areas in 1990

Florida models

• 25 Urban

7 Non-Urban Areas have Models

McCullough: The emerging urban areas will already have model when they too become designated urban area.

Florida models

• 25 Urban
  
• 7 Non-Urban

Models are Joined to Form Regional Models

Florida models

• 25 Urban
  
• 7 Non-Urban
  
• 6 Regional
  

Florida also has a Statewide Model

Florida models

• 25 Urban
  
• 7 Non-Urban
  
• 6 Regional
  
• 1 Statewide

How Models developed over time Organization Bridging the Policy/Technical gap Goods Movement & Freight Models Sharing Information   McCullough: The Model Task Force is a group . . .not appointed by Department procedure

How Organized

Centralized View

Decentralized View

Building a Modeling TEAM

McCullough: The Model Task Force is a group . . .not appointed by Department procedure

Bridging the Policy/Technical gap

TEAM BUILDING

Policy Management Technical

The central office functions as the TEAM Facilitator "Bridging the GAP"

Assumes technical support:

State Transportation Planner
Transportation Directors
Planning Managers
MPOAC (25 MPO's)
Regional Planning Councils
FHWA (Local & National)
Central Office Support

Assumes policy support

Florida Model Task Force
Task Force Sub-committees
Regional User Groups
MPO Modelers
University Research Centers
FHWA (Local & National)
Consultants
Central Office support

Factors Affecting Freight Demand

Goods Movement Modeling vs..Truck Modeling

• Goods Movement Modeling
  
  • Macroeconomic based commodity analyses
    
  • Multi-modal by nature
    
  • Broad brush data, analyses and assumptions
    
• Truck Modeling
  
  • Trip based analysis
    
  • Can be multi-modal, but most typically truck only
    
  • Local data targeting site level analyses

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Building Freight Partners
(Urban, Regional & Statewide)

Florida models 25 Urban 7 Non-Urban 6 Regional 1 Statewide	Urban Truck Models
	Regional Truck Models
	Statewide Highway Freight Model

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Truck/.Goods Movement Efforts

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Freight Modeling Partnering Tools

. . .an important decision

. . .and RELAXING

FREIGHT MODELING TEAM BUILDING