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      <title>Supply Chain-Based Solution to Prevent Fuel Tax Evasion</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The proposed research is a unique concept for targeting fuel tax evasion that could result in two important breakthroughs. The first is in-line sensors to authenticate nanoscale markers in the fuel. The second is integration of exterior sensors to detect the volume of fuel in a tank truck and determine the open or closed position of the valve and global positioning system (GPS) communication. The research addresses preventing three types of fuel tax evasion: (1) non-taxable or low-taxable petrochemical products from being "blended" with taxable fuel products; (2) taxable fuel products from cross-jurisdictional evasion (i.e. paying State tax in a low tax State but selling in a high tax State); (3) selling "exported" fuel domestically.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 01:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Panama Canal Expansion and the Economic Impacts on New York and New Jersey States</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this research are 1) to measure negative and positive estimates of Panama Canal expansion using secondary imports and exports data available from WISERTrade (www.wisertrade.org) and 2) to understand the possible gains that New York and New Jersey states obtain. To increase container shipment capacity, the Panama Canal Authority in 2006 decided to invest more than $5 billion to expand the Canal. The expanded Canal will accommodate larger vessels that cannot now traverse the facility. Along with capacity expansion, the project is expected to have significant impacts on U.S. water and ground carriers, including transportation systems relating to cargo distribution, port development, U.S. supply chains, and logistics. The expansion will induce an even greater flow of container trade between Asian countries and the U.S., and hence, trade volumes arriving at Gulf and Atlantic Coast ports are also expected to increase as shipping cargo shifts from the congestion experienced in West Coast ports.]]></description>
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      <title>Inland Waterway Operational Analysis Model</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Currently, there is an opportunity to expand the business platform provided by the inland waterway infrastructure of the United States, especially in the eastern part of the country. Several factors have aligned to allow for this opportunity, including: (1) Anticipated completion of the Panama Canal expansion to accommodate larger ships; (2) Volatility and increases in the price of crude oil; (3) Environmental advantages of waterway shipments; (4) Increased government investment in inland waterways; (5) A need for meeting current capacity requirements for freight shipments; and (6) A need for enhancement and expansion of the nation's export infrastructure In order to capitalize on the opportunities that are currently within reach for the inland waterway system, it is critical to understand the operational characteristics of the river system and the many variables that affect the usage of the system. The purpose of this project is to develop a "real world" model for analyzing freight movements along inland waterways.  In order to gain a better understanding of the inland waterway system, it is first critical to understand the operational capacity of the system given the changing conditions of infrastructure, port operation characteristics, barge/tow capabilities, and the river characteristics itself.  Once the basic operational characteristics of the river are understood it is possible to further examine what potential changes can be made to increase usage of the system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Development of Technologies for Trusted Corridors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Exports from Asia have increased creating bottlenecks at key US ports. Conterminously, a Kansas City (KC) group, known as SmartPort, recognized the strategic position of KC and has actively worked to expand its role in distribution to increase cargo traffic through the KC area. SmartPort is developing a US import-export capability and has the only Mexican Customs clearance capability that is not at the border. The goal is establishment of a trusted corridor via I-35 and Mexico, from Port of Lazaro Cardenas to Kansas City using ITS and other security related technologies to assure safe, secure, and reliable passage from overseas origin to final destination.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:19:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Empirical Investigation of the Relation between Transportation Infrastructure and the Pattern of Production Specialization across the US States</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project intends to evaluate the extent to which integration of domestic producers into the global economy is predetermined by domestic transportation infrastructure. Econometric analysis will be based on a very detailed data set on the composition of state international exports combined with the information on the method of shipment, state&amp;rsquo;s geographic location, and availability of transportation infrastructure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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