Environmental and Community Impacts of Freight Movement Trends and Practices
Focus Area
Land Use
Subcommittee
Environmental Process
Status
Archived
Cost
Unknown
Timeframe
Unknown
Research Idea Scope
Research should address anticipated direction of current trends; their implications for transportation, land use, and the environment; and possible policies to ensure future developments in freight movement either enhance environmental quality or avoid adverse environmental impacts. At the same time, there is a growing opportunity to investigate impacts from goods movement on disadvantaged populations. Case studies of states’ experiences and responses would be useful.
This research will (1) begin with a search of existing literature on the measurement and planning for goods movement; (2) follow with a scan of current practices used with respect to (for example) environmental, socio-demographic, regional, and modal factors; and (3) continue with an assessment of the effectiveness of the methods identified above. This research also should include an economic analysis of changes in the location of entry-level, transportation-related jobs.
Suggested By
Transportation Research Board 2002 Environmental Research Needs Conference Notes
Submitted
04/28/2006