The research described in this report, Development Of A Method To Forecast Freight Demand Arising From The Final Demand Sector, describes a framework and a research approach to achieve insight into significant components of freight transportation in Alabama and the U.S.  The initial objective was to develop the ability to projecting freight traffic arising from  Read more »

The use of national freight data at the local level is challenging due to the high level of aggregation and because freight data is proprietary.  Many national freight databases aggregate information to the individual states or major communities.  Most methods of utilizing freight data depend on applying proxy factors to allocate the freight to the  Read more »

The challenge in this effort was to gain an understanding of Alabama’s Aerospace Industry workforce expectations and how they may evolve over the next decade. This aerospace company perspective will provide the aerospace industry a better understanding of itself as well as offer insight about the strategic requirements necessary for the continued success of this  Read more »

The use of local freight data in transportation planning is essential to ensure accuracy in the travel demand modeling process. However, unlike passenger transportation, where extensive research work has been performed into the collection and use of household travel data, limited research work has been performed to collect and use local freight travel data. This  Read more »

This research built upon previous work on the development of tools to bridge the gaps in the analysis and understanding of the relationships between economic growth and transportation infrastructure in Alabama. The tasks performed under this contract included: Development of the Integrated Freight Planning Framework including Trip Generation, Trip Distribution, Modal Split and Assignment and  Read more »

The 2008 research into Transportation Infrastructure in Alabama had two main focal points; the creation of the Freight Planning Framework, with particular emphasis on the disaggregation and use of national level freight data at the state and local level, and the refinement and continued development of the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Model (ATIM) for analysis and  Read more »

2007 DOT – Tools for Solutions – Final Report

Redstone Arsenal, located in North Alabama, is home to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and numerous other federal entities clustered around the research and development base. The transformation from a munitions plant to a major center for aviation  Read more »

2005 DOT – Meeting the Needs for Economic Growth – Final Report Research conducted under Transportation Infrastructure In  Alabama: Meeting The Needs For Economic Growth was based on the interaction between economic activity, infrastructure, population, and congestion. The research presented an assessment of Alabama’s transportation infrastructure, population, economic activity, and likely future congestion. The infrastructure  Read more »