Project: #279 Modeling and Enhancing Freight Mobility in the Philadelphia Region Progress Report - Reporting Period Ending: March 30, 2020 Principal Investigator: Sean Qian Status: Active Start Date: July 1, 2019 End Date: June 30, 2020 Research Type: Applied Grant Type: Research Grant Program: FAST Act - Mobility National (2016 - 2022) Grant Cycle: 2019 Mobility21 UTC Progress Report (Last Updated: June 28, 2020, 2:15 p.m.) % Project Completed to Date: 75 % Grant Award Expended: 75 % Match Expended & Document: 75 USDOT Requirements Accomplishments Objectives: 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. We have completed programming tools to process truck GPS data purchased and provided by DVRPC (through a research license with INRIX). With the sample data, we have analyzed truck demand characteristics, namely tours and all trips associated with each tour; 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. This project has supported two phd research assistants. We have completed Task 1: Integrate various data sources for in-depth freight data analytics; and Task 2: Analyze and visualize truck GPS trajectories data. We have discussed the outcomes with DVRPC, and presented the initial results within DVRPC. We have started Task 3: Modeling of freight truck trip generation at intermodal facilities and the mixture flow of cars and trucks in the regional highway network. This task will be completed by June 30. Impacts The results would greatly benefit the real-world practices for planning organizations, and could be used directly to evaluate policies and management strategies related to freight transportation within the DVRPC region. MAC-POSTS was initially supported by UTC, and is being expended with models and algorithms to support freight transportation mobility analysis. All codes will be open sourced to share with the public and any stakeholders of interest in the DVRPC region. Other n/a Outcomes New Partners n/a Issues n/a