Planning for Sustainable and Equitable Goods Movement: Identifying Barriers, Best Practices and a Path Forward

Goods movement, also referred to as freight transportation, is vital to maintaining and growing strong economies, but goods movement also causes a wide range of environmental, public health and climate concerns. These concerns are particularly acute and severe in low income and communities of color where many studies have documented disproportionate exposure to air pollution from goods movement and truck traffic. In the United States, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are charged with developing long-range regional transportation plans that identify regional transportation planning goals and prioritize infrastructure investments to meet them. Until recently, most MPOs have focused on concerns related to household travel and passenger transportation which has left significant gaps and a wide variation in how MPOs plan for goods movement. The objective of this research is to understand the limitations and barriers to more effective regional goods movement planning and the implications for understanding and addressing sustainability and equity concerns. This will be accomplished by reviewing the long-range regional transportation plans created by a representative sample of 48 MPOs and conducting interviews with MPO planning staff. The information gathered from MPOs and their planning documents will be used to develop a comprehensive understanding of what is needed to overcome barriers and transform how MPOs in the U.S. plan for goods movement and how they can better address critical sustainability and equity challenges.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/planning-sustainable-and-equitable-goods-movement-identifying-barriers-best-practices-and

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $164658
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of Vermont

  Transportation Research Center
  Burlington, Vermont  United States  05405
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616

  University of Vermont

  Transportation Research Center
  Burlington, Vermont  United States  05405
• Project Managers:

  Cliff, Sydney

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of Vermont

  Transportation Research Center
  Burlington, Vermont  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Rowangould, Gregory

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20250831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equity; Freight transportation; Long range planning; Metropolitan planning organizations; Sustainable transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929758
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 7 2024 11:57AM