“Regional transportation planning organizations in metropolitan and rural areas, as well as their private sector, state, and federal partners, are working to overcome some of the most difficult challenges to effective and comprehensive goods movement planning — engaging all the stakeholders in successful partnerships. Building Planning Capacity Between Public and Private Sector Partners in the Freight Industry: A Resource Manual … acts as a guide providing varied examples of effective regional level practices to increase and elevate freight infrastructure investment. This document contains information on points at which a private sector stakeholder may access the regional transportation planning process, while offering strategies for public sector transportation planners to identify and engage the appropriate private sector counterparts.”