The increased importance of truck activity in transportation engineering and planning has created a need for truck-oriented analytical tools. A particular planning need is for trip generation data that can be used to estimate truck traffic patterns, beginning with the ability to estimate truck trips generated by a variety of common land uses. However, the current state of the practice in truck trip generation data falls short of the needs of today's transportation engineers and transportation planners. The objective of this synthesis report is to identify available truck trip generation data and provide an assessment of the current state of the practice. The synthesis begins by identifying the needs for and uses of truck trip generation data. In each case, the critical issues and problems associated with meeting these needs are defined and discussed. The needs of transportation engineers, travel demand modelers, and state and regional transportation planners for truck trip generation data vary considerably. This synthesis report attempts to provide a balanced assessment of the state of the practice in truck trip generation data for all different groups of practitioners.


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    Title :

    Truck Trip Generation Data. A Synthesis of Highwy Practice. A Synthesis of Highway Practice


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    94 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English