The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) identified the need to improve goods movement (freight) data collection in Canada. As a first step, TAC established two needs: first, to develop a framework to guide potential future goods movement data collection; and, second, to develop an understanding of urban goods movement issues as they relate to land use planning, infrastructure planning, traffic safety and operations, demand management and sustainable transportation. This initiative provided the basis for the research project, Framework for High Quality Data Collection of Urban Goods Movement in Canada. The specific purpose of this research project is to provide an improved understanding of the characteristics, operations, issues and opportunities of urban and inter-modal goods movement. This was to be achieved in two phases: Phase 1 conducts an international literature review (including follow-up interviews with 'best practitioners'), develops a survey questionnaire to better grasp the stakeholders current needs and practices, develops a sampling and stratification plan for that survey and pilot-tests the survey. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E216511.
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