ARRB Transport Research Ltd. Research Report No. This report reviews freight data sources and determine if they match the data needs for freight demand forecasting.
Good data are available for freight transport by sea, rail and air.
The data need is in the road freight sector. There is also no standardisation of the required information in the survey instruments. There have been renewed interests in freight modelling in recent years. Two approaches that are feasible for integrated freight demand forecasting are reviewed and three freight projects are recommended in this report.