Comprehensive Freight Demand Data Collection Framework for Large Urban Areas - Sustainable Urban Logistics: Concepts, Methods and Information Systems - page 95

Table 3 Data needs for alternative modeling approaches
Data categories Commodity generation

models

Distribution
models

Input-Output
models

Freight mode
choice

Empty trip
models

Information/insight into
logistical pattern of flows

C C

Freight generation data Production C C, F

Consumption C C, F

Delivery tours Sequence

Location
OD flows

C, F C, F C, F

Empty flows C

Economic characteristics
of participating agents

Shippers C, F

Carriers C, F

Receivers C, F

Spatial distribution/Location of participating
agents

Shippers C, F

Carriers C, F

Receivers C, F

Network characteri stics Travel times and

costs

C, F C, F C, F

Use restrictions C, F C, F C, F

Capacity C, F C, F C, F

Traffic volumes

Special choice processes Mode choice C

Delivery time
Mode attributes C, F

Other economic data Production

functions
Demand functions
IO tech. coeffs. C, F

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