Providing the evidence base for informed freight transport policy-making

The public sector has an essential role in ensuring freight transport is undertaken in an efficient and sustainable manner both to support local economies and minimise impacts. Access to detailed and robust freight data, forecasting and modelling is key to this role.

  • Benefits of freight transport data, forecasting & modelling

    Freight data and modelling services can be used to support:
    • Planning - Providing robust evidence for local plans and transport strategies
    • Schemes – Supporting business cases for new transport infrastructure
    • Sustainability - Measuring the environmental impact of freight
    • Forecasting & modelling - Quantifying future freight activity
    • Democracy – Providing robust evidence to inform residents and politicians

  • Benefits of the Freight Data Hub

    • Free data - available by local authority area
    • Highly detailed origin-destination data
    • Multimodal data - HGVs, LGVs, road, rail & ferries
    • International & domestic data – trade vital for an island economy
    • Commodity data – explaining relationship between the economy and freight
    • Freight forecasting & modelling – scenarios using state of the art GB Freight Model
    • Integrated – with passenger flow data in highways models
    • Assignments – available for networks or key links
    • Robust – quality-assured data
    • Experience – decades of sectoral expertise from MDS Transmodal