• Key freight programs recommended include traffic data collection to build accurate travel model, networking planning and outreach activities to ensure the availability of transportation options, and the North Texas Multimodal Operations, Velocity, Efficiency, and Safety (NT MOVES) program to ensure adequate maintenance and enhance safety and reliability of the current freight transportation network. • Specific freight transportation performance measures include vehicle classification counts, facility inventory updates, reduction in annual number of accidents, increased travel speeds for truck and non-truck traffic, improved Truck Travel Time Reliability, Increased number of truck parking locations, etc. NCTCOG Regional Freight Planning NCTCOG’s regional freight planning team 14 has done significant work in building a prominent freight transportation network aligning with the metropolitan transportation plan and the transportation improvement programs. The team’s work including analyzing freight and land use connection and mitigating environmental impact.
Takeaway:
• Restrict truck idling: Utilizing Electrified Parking Spaces (EPS) which provide power and climate control through window unit, driver’s lounge with amenities, and on-board electric devices to allow drivers to turn off the main engine. • Freight-land use linkage: Analyzing geographic distribution of freight facilities for strategic clustering, and ensuring land uses near freight developments are compatible, including truck parking, intermodal facilities, etc.
14 NCTCOG, Freight. https://www.nctcog.org/trans/plan/freight
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