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Integrating Public and Private Data Sources for Freight Transportation Planning
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) stipulates that state transportation agencies
expand their interest in freight initiatives and modeling to support planning efforts, particularly the evaluation of
current and future freight transportation capacity necessary to ensure freight mobility. However, the
understanding of freight demand and the evaluation of current and future freight transportation capacity are not
only determined by robust models, but are critically contingent on the availability of accurate data. Effective
partnerships are clearly needed between the public and private sectors to ensure adequate freight planning and
funding of transportation infrastructure at the state and local levels. However, establishing partnerships with
firms who are both busy and suspicious of data-sharing, remains a challenge. This study was commissioned by
the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to explore the feasibility of TxDOT entering into a data-sharing partnership with representatives of the private sector to obtain sample data for use in formulating a
strategy for integrating public and private sector data sources. This report summarizes the findings, lessons
learned, and recommendations formed from the outreach effort, and provides a prototype freight data architecture
that will facilitate the storage, exchange, and integration of freight data through a data-sharing partnership.Texas Department of Transportation
Research and Technology Implementation Office
P.O. Box 5080
Austin, TX 78763-5080Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineerin