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TitleFreight Demand Modeling: A Conference on Tools for Public-Sector Decision Making, September 25–27, 2006 - (TRB Technical Activities e-Sessions now available)
Date Posted10/3/2006
URLhttp://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.trb.org/Conferences/e-session/2006fdm.htm
Description The conference is designed to engage members of the freight transportation community in examining current modeling practices and identifying areas where improvement in the state-of-the-practice and the state-of-the-art may be needed. The conference also examined the freight data sources, availability, collection methods to support freight demand modeling, especially at the state and metropolitan levels.