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Freight Demand Modeling: Tools for Public-Sector Decision Making
September 25-27, 2006
Washington, D.C.

OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Welcome, J. Susie Lahsene
National Freight Transportation Policy Direction and Why Freight Demand Modeling is Important, Tony Furst
Freight Transportation “Megatrends”, Paul Bingham
What Makes a Freight Model “Good”?, Mark Turnquist

FREIGHT MODELING: STATE OF THE PRACTICE
Moderator, Keith Hofseth
Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Bruce Spear
State Departments Of Transportation, Greg Giaimo
Federal Agencies, Randy Curlee
Private-Sector: Lessons For The Public Sector, Kevin Neels

PANEL DISCUSSION: EVALUATION OF PRACTICE TODAY
Moderator: C. Michael Walton
Rick Donnelly
Arnim H. Meyburg
Huiwei Shen
Rob Leachman

RECAP OF TOWN HALL DISCUSSION: GAPS AND SHORTCOMINGS IN CURRENT PRACTICE
John T. Gray

PANEL DISCUSSION: DEFINING FUTURE NEEDS
Moderator, Bruce Lambert
Ongoing Research, Frank Southworth
Future Modeling Needs, Michael D. Meyer
New Data Sources, Michael S. Bronzini
Questions and Answers, Bruce Lambert

PANEL: EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN DEVELOPMENT AND IN PRACTICE
Moderator, Susie Lahsene
International Practices In Freight Demand Modeling, Lorant A. Tavasszy
Discussant: Inge Vierth
Oregon And Calgary Case Examples: PART ONE and PART TWO, J. Douglas Hunt
Discussant: Scott Drumm
Ontario Commercial Vehicle Survey: Use Of Gis For Data Collection, Processing, Analysis, And Dissemination, Selva Sureshan
Discussant: Robert J. Tardif

THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING FREIGHT
J. Richard Capka