1. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT Freight Modeling Research, Funding, and Collaboration Tianjia Tang, Ph.D., PE Office of Freight Management and Operations Tianjia.Tang@DOT.GOV 202-366-2217

2. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT Research Needs

3. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT From Research to Production ResearchResearch ProductionProduction

4. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT TRB - NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program The NCFRP was authorized by SAFETEA-LU, sponsored by US DOT’s RITA, and Managed by the National Academies through TRB. SAFETEA-LU authorized $3.75 million per year in fiscal years 2006 through 2009. The exact dollar amount is determined by the annual appropriation process.

5. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT 2006 1Review and Analysis of Freight Transportation Markets and Relationships - $250,000 2Impacts of Public Policy on the Freight Transportation System- $450,000 3Performance Metrics for Freight Transportation Productivity - $300,000 4Operational and Low-Cost Improvements to Freight Transportation System Performance $500,000 5Review of Freight Investment Decision-Making Processes in the Public Sector - $400,000 6Freight Demand Modeling to Support Public Sector Decision Making - $600,000 TRB - NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program

6. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT 2007 1Private Sector Responses to Freight Transportation Capacity Constraints - $300,000 2Analytical Tools for Freight Infrastructure Investments - $600,000 3Institutional Mechanisms in the Freight Transportation System - $300,000 4Success Factors for Truck-Only Lane Projects - $50,000 TRB - NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program

7. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT FHWA Freight Modeling R&D Program 1.The Freight Analysis Framework – data, network, payload, integrating WIM and VIUS data 2.Truck Travel Times in Freight Corridors 3.Freight Benefit and Cost Analysis Tools 4.Quick Response Freight Manual Update 5: Several freight related professional development training courses 6: FAF2 Freight Data pilot studies

8. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT FHWA’s Contract Acquisition Mechanism IDIQ – Indefinite Deliverables Indefinite Quantities Contracts Cooperative Agreement Interagency Agreement

9. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT IDIQ IDIQ Process: 1: Individual FHWA program office initiates the request for IDIQ contract through the Office of Acquisition Management. 2: The Office of Acquisition Management announce the request via web 3: Interested contractors prepare and submit proposals to the Office of Acquisition Management 4: The program office evaluates all proposals and make a recommendation to the Office of Acquisition Management for award 5: The Office of Acquisition Management makes the award Typically, a prime contractor assembles a team consisting of numerous subcontractors

10. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT Cooperative Agreement Agreement between FHWA and educational, nonprofit, and other institutions to conduct certain activities – key is that the educational, non profit … institutions needs to come up with matching fund – typically 20%

11. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration, US DOT University Transportation Research Program October 22-23, 2007 Research Issues in Freight Transportation: Congestion and System Performance Organized by TRB Supported by RITA Freight Data Related Program CFS – Commodity Flow Survey VIUS – Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey T-100 – Airline Cargo Statistics

12. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT Collaboration Public Involvement Private Business State/Local Governments FederalFederal Educational and others Private Business State/Local Governments FederalFederal Educational and others

13. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT Collaboration Pooled research effort FHWA will be willing to seed the program and coordinate research program which has national applications. If you are interested in such an effort, email me at Tianjia.Tang@DOT.GOV

14. Federal Highway Administration,, US DOT That’s all. Thank you! Freight Modeling