Multi-Criteria Hazmat Routing on Rail with Railroad-Highway Crossing Considerations

Details

• Creators:
  Konur, Dincer ; Vanfossan, Samuel ; Long, Suzanna ; Qin, Ruwen
• Corporate Creators:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dept. of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Nebraska. Mid-America Transportation Center ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hazardous materials
  • Methodology
  • Multiple criteria decision making
  • Numerical analysis
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Railroad transportation
  • Risk assessment
  • Routes and routing
  • Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  25-1121-0005-134-1, MATC-MS&T: 134-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report August 2017 – December2018
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Mid-America Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  This project analyzes different approaches for multi-criteria route selection for hazardous materials (hazmat) transportation on rail. Considering that hazmat transportation planning should regard many safety and risk factors, selecting a route for a shipment can be a challenging decision making problem. Furthermore, the safety and risk factors should be considered in an unbiased objective manner. Three unsupervised approaches are described route selection. A solution methodology is presented with these approaches. A set of numerical analyses is used to compare different approaches. Based on the results of the numerical analyses, it is discussed that, while each approach will output the best route based on a specific value, one of the approaches is more robust compared to the other two approaches. These approaches can be used by decision makers to select routes without a need for ranking and/or comparing various criteria.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747107
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63275/dot_63275_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d1c9af977e5dd93ea42983f89a26b04cdc75a0bfcbf08317571c5badf909135501a2e64901a447de02031251187323cba075d8483cb09a86977a7b18cf78862