A transportation corridor analysis toolkit.

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• Creators:
  Seedah, Dan P.K. ; Walthall, Rydell D. ; Fullerton, Garrett ; Owens, Travis D. ; Harrison, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight transportation
  • Transportation corridors
  • Multimodal transportation
  • Trucking
  • Railroads
  • Operating costs
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Case studies
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/13/600451-00066-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act includes a number of provisions advocating ; improving the condition and performance of the national freight network through targeted investments and ; policies by the Department of Transportation and state agencies. Critical to this network are freight ; corridors which serve as major trade gateways connecting multiple cities and regions. However, ; transportation planners and policy makers are limited by the number of tools available to assess the ; performance and condition of these corridors. Most current tools and models require data which is either ; unavailable, outdated or insufficient for analysis. To address this need, a truck-rail intermodal toolkit was ; developed for multimodal corridor analysis and enables planners and other stakeholders examine freight ; movement along corridors based on mode and route characteristics. The toolkit includes techniques to ; acquire data for simulating line-haul movements, and models to evaluate multiple freight movement ; scenarios along corridors. Example analyses examining truck and rail movements along 5 mode-competitive corridors are presented in addition to a case study of the Gulf Coast Megaregion. The ; methodology described herein can be used in other multistate corridors and serve as an initial assessment ; of the condition and performance of the national freight network.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27389/dot_27389_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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