Incorporating infrastructure and vehicle technology requirements, changes in demand, and Decarbonization policies’ considerations into freight planning

This report develops an equitable and sustainable freight-oriented LU methodology to support future planning activities, enabling the integration of freight activity across urban, suburban, and rural areas and facilitating the transition of heavy- and medium-duty vehicles toward zero-emission. The methods include a literature review to identify freight sustainable strategies, policy analysis at different scales, characterization of local context, and demand/supply patterns. The latter examines the spatial distribution and land use characteristics of freight facilities and retail/service sectors in the Sacramento region to inform sustainable and equitable planning strategies. This analysis identifies co-location patterns, accessibility gaps, and sectoral interactions using a multi-dimensional approach integrating spatial clustering, distance analysis, population-employment dynamics, and environmental burdens. Data sources include LODES, ACS, CalEnviroScreen, and OpenStreetMap, along..., The proposed framework comprises four main steps. The first focuses on characterizing the freight context based on local, State, and federal decarbonization plans, equity policies, land use plans, and labor conditions. The second step analyzes urban, suburban, and rural freight distribution patterns based on supply and demand characteristics. The third step analyzes potential freight-efficient LU and transportation initiatives that can be implemented locally (including decarbonization, social, and environmental policies). Finally, step four develops sustainable and equitable freight LU methodology considering impacts on environmental justice, GHG emissions, labor, and social justice. The case study for implementing this methodology is the Sacramento region, California., # Incorporating infrastructure and vehicle technology requirements, changes in demand, and Decarbonization policies’ considerations into freight planning

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.tb2rbp0d1](10.5061/dryad.tb2rbp0d1)

## Description of the data and file structure

#### **Data was collected for the project:**

Incorporating infrastructure and vehicle technology requirements, changes in demand, and decarbonization policies considerations into freight

### Files and variables

#### File: Deliverables.zip

**Description:** Deliverables.zip contains five files described below.

List of deliverables included in the ZIP file:

1. synthetic_aggregated_23.gpkg: This file contains an aggregation of the 2023 synthetic population, derived from the analysis, and is organized by census tract, including shopping characteristics and census geometry. Variables:
* GEOID: Numeric codes that uniquely identify a census tract geographic area.
* NAME: Combination of census tract number, county, and st..., This dataset includes human subjects data obtained from public-use datasets that have been fully de-identified and made publicly available by the original data providers. Specifically:

*The American Community Survey (ACS) and American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data were accessed via the IPUMS USA platform using an API. IPUMS USA provides anonymized, public-use microdata that are de-identified in accordance with U.S. Census Bureau disclosure standards. All direct identifiers have been removed, and statistical techniques have been applied to reduce the risk of re-identification.

*The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) data were accessed via an API and consist of aggregated or anonymized public-use datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau. These data comply with strict confidentiality protocols under Title 13 of the U.S. Code.

*The California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen 4.0) includes environmental, health, and demographic indicators at the cens...