Estimating the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to Intermodal Freight Systems
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/research/research_in_progress.php
Record Type: UTC

Disruptions to the movement of goods can have significant long-term and short-term consequences. This collaborative project intends to identify and estimate the impact of such disruptions through the integration of engineering, economics, and policy frameworks. Researchers will critically evaluate data from two case studies in the Midwest: one along the Borman Expressway and another at the Markland Locks and Dam. There is potential to strengthen transportation systems by analyzing the effects of disruptions to the movement of goods across multiple modes.
Start date: 2010/10/1
Status: Active
Total Dollars: $67,720.00
Source Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette
Date Added: 06/16/2011
Index Terms: Economic impacts, Intermodal transportation, Freight traffic, Freight transportation, Transportation disruptions, Trucking, Water traffic, Case studies, Engineering, Economics, Policy making,

Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
USA

NEXTRANS
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/
Purdue University, West Lafayette
3000 Kent Avenue
Lafayette, IN 47906
USA
Phone: (765) 496-9729
Fax: (765) 807-3123

Ukkusuri, Satish
Phone: (518) 276-6033
Email: ukkuss @ rpi . edu

Mannering, Fred L.
Phone: (206) 705-7973

Mitra, Amlan