Washington state freight system resiliency.

Details

• 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 Traffic Freight And Freightage--Washington (State) Freight Transportation
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS99-G-0010
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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