Effectively using the QRFM to model truck trips in medium-sized urban communities.

This report analyzes the effectiveness of applying the Quick Response Freight Manual (QRFM) to model freight
transportation. Typically freight transportation is modeled indirectly or as an after-thought. Increasing freight
volumes, coupled with cost-saving strategies such as just-in-time delivery systems, require that transportation
policymakers analyze infrastructure needs and make investment decisions that explicitly include freight volumes as
a component. This paper contains a case study using a travel model for a medium-sized urban area and the QRFM
trip-generation and distribution methodology to provide a framework for freight planning that can be used to
improve resource-allocation decisions