Washington state freight system resiliency.

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• Creators:
  Goodchild, Anne ; Jessup, Eric ; McCormack, Ed ; Ta, Chilan ; Pitera, Kelly ; Andreoli, Derik
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Northwest Regional Center X (TransNow) (UTC)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Washington State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Washington (State). Dept. of Transportation. Research Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight transportation
  • Freight traffic Freight and freightage--Washington (State)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TNW2009-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Washington
• Edition:
  Final research report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Transportation Northwest (TransNow) UTC
• Abstract:
  The economic viability and well-being of Washington State is significantly influenced by the freight ; transportation system serving the region. An increased understanding of the vulnerability of this freight ; system to natural disasters, weather, terrorist acts, work stoppages and other potential freight transportation ; disruptions will provide the State with the information necessary to assess the resiliency of the transportation ; system, and provide policy makers with the information required to improve it. This research project will: a) ; Identify a set of threats or categories of threats to be analyzed. b) Assess the likelihood of each event ; occurring within certain time horizons. c) With the threats and their probabilities, analyze the resiliency of ; the Washington transportation system. This will include 1) identifying the most valuable and least valuable ; components, both infrastructure and operational characteristics, of the transportation system with respect to ; moving freight, 2) identify the most likely events and the impact of those events, and 3) develop strategies for ; making WSDOT investments that would support improvements in the resiliency of the transportation ; system. Deliverables may include the following: i. Identification of the most likely events and failures ii. ; Identification of the weak points in the transportation system iii. Identification of improvements that will ; have the largest benefits in terms of the state’s ability to move freight when faced with a transportation ; system failure iv. Identification of the most important elements of the transportation system in terms of the ; state’s ability to move goods v. Provide suggestions as to how WSDOT investments can best improve the ; resiliency of the transportation system. The outcome of this research effort will help shape and guide ; transportation policy and infrastructure investment decisions in the future.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS99-G-0010
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17237/dot_17237_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 779.37 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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