TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 384: Forecasting Metropolitan Commercial and Freight Travel explores methods of freight and commercial vehicle forecasting currently in professional practice, along with promising methods emerging from ongoing research.  The primary focus of the report is on metropolitan-level forecasting, although some consideration is given to statewide freight models.  Report located at https://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9871.