Cost of Delay from HAZMAT Rail Incidents: Final Report

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• Creators:
  Taylor, Catherine ; Baker, Gary ; Eilbert, Andrew ; Hyde, David ; Keen, Matthew ; Plotnick, Sarah ; Roycroft, Claire ; Wilke, Peter
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hazardous materials
  • Railroad crashes
  • Delays
  • Pollutants
  • Freight and passenger traffic
  • Bottlenecks
  • Externalities
  • Costs HAZMAT
  • rail crash
  • train crash
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-PHMSA-23-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of research estimating the social cost of delay resulting from hazardous material in rail incidents. The analysis estimates the delay experienced by freight and passenger rail, and roadway users due to track closures resulting from rail incidents due to the presence of hazardous materials. Delay occurs due to trains waiting for track to reopen or rerouting around incident sites. Costs include additional crew hours, passenger wait time, the opportunity cost of locomotives and railcars, fuel, and emissions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/73718/dot_73718_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; PHMSA Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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