A Guide for the Development and Use of Truck Traffic Forecasts in Design

 The objective of this research is to develop a guide to assist state DOTs and other agencies in the selection and use of forecasting models, applications, procedures, tools, and techniques needed to support project design. At a minimum, the research team shall: (1) identify and evaluate the range of existing and emerging technical approaches, data sources, models, model applications, and tools available to generate and apply truck traffic forecasts to support project design; (2) identify gaps and needs for improvement in those applications, tools, and techniques within the context of design decision-making; (3) compare (quantitatively) the accuracy of new methods to traditional methods; (4) provide user-friendly instructions on the appropriate selection and use of specific model applications, tools, or techniques during project design; and (5) refer to the truck classifications 5-13 provided in the Federal Highway Administration Traffic Monitoring Guide, updated October, 2016. Deliverables shall at a minimum include: a guide to the design and application of truck traffic forecasting methods to support design; an implementation plan for the dissemination and use of the final product or products of this research project by agency staff; and a contractor’s final report detailing the full research process and results.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5131
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $425000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 08-153

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Weeks, Jennifer

• Start Date: 20231113
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Estimates; Traffic forecasting; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Truck traffic
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01772463
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 08-153
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 25 2021 3:45PM