Modeling and Enhancing Freight Mobility in the Philadelphia Region Lead Researcher: Sean Qian Project Team: Wei Ma Project Website (if there is one): mac.Heinz.cmu.edu Add a photo/graphic representing project (if there is one)

Brief Overview of Project Goals: This research project will analyze freight transportation data and enhance the regional freight transportation model to better estimate and forecast truck travel in the Philadelphia region. Anticipated Outcomes: technical report; a regional truck model for DVRPC; a prototype web application for decision making Partners –DVRPC, PennDOT Add any relevant photos/graphics 2

Expected Outcomes 1. Analyze truck demand characteristics:  analyze the freight movements from the intermodal facilities in the DVRPC region, including ports, airports, and rail terminals, to understand travel destinations, travel routes, touring behaviors, time of day of travel and other travel patterns of the freight truck movements generated from these facilities, using the truck GPS data purchased and provided by DVRPC.      2. Visualize and understand truck demand:  develop a web-based application to visualize the truck demand characteristics.  3. Develop integrated regional network models for cars and trucks in the DVRPC region:  with the new truck demand model, this research also plans to develop a regional network model that encapsulates route choices of car and trucks. This model can be used to predict the mobility of truck demand induced by ‘what-if scenarios’, such as roadway construction, new freight terminals and land-use change.  4