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    Rural goods movement is the transportation of, and terminal activities associated with, the movement of goods in a rural area.
Technical Report
Published: 2014
Authors: Dr. Anne Goodchild, Erica Wygonik
Journal/Book: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans)
Summary:
While researchers have found relationships between passenger vehicle travel and smart growth development patterns, similar relationships have not been extensively studied between urban form and goods movement trip-making patterns. In rural areas, where shopping choice is more limited, goods movement delivery has the potential to be relatively more important than in more urban areas.