Components - Demand/Usage

This area of the study has evolved to be an analysis of the usage of the freight transportation system in our region. For example, the research team at the University of Illinois at Chicago will be collecting data on train volumes, tonnage reported at ports, and truck volumes along the corridor. The two main tasks of this area of the study are:

1. Collect existing freight flow data

This is a large task that will send the researchers to various sources, such as state DOTs, the federal government, or private carriers. If there are gaps in the data for parts of the corridor, this will be noted to the Steering Committee before analysis.

2. Analyze the data

The objective of the analysis will be to give the stakeholders of the study useful information on how goods move to, from and within the region. If resources and existing data allow, an analysis of future growth in freight movements will be conducted.

The Freight Analysis Framework, sponsored by FHWA, has this type of demand data in a state by state format. The maps are available to the public at the site, http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/state_profiles.htm

The lead researchers in this area are Drs. Kazuya Kawamura and Sue McNeil, with assistance from three graduate students at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Updated 08-Jan-2004

Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study
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