Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas
Freight flows are a physical manifestation of the manufacturing and consumption activities that are pillars of modern life. For that reason, transportation policy should ensure that freight is moved as efficiently as possible, as hampering the flow of cargo is bound to have a negative effect on the economy. At the same time, it is important to minimize the negative impacts produced by freight traffic such as congestion, pollution, noise, infrastructure damage, and deterioration of quality of life. The goal of public policy must be to maximize the benefits of the freight flows while minimizing the negative externalities of the freight vehicle traffic.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $23663.00
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Contract Numbers:
49997-20-25
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Sponsor Organizations:
University Transportation Research Center
City College of New York
Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY United States 10031 -
Project Managers:
Eickemeyer, Penny
Thorson, Ellen
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Performing Organizations:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Department of Civil Engineering
Troy, NY United States 12180-3590 -
Principal Investigators:
Wojtowicz, Jeffrey
Amaya, Johanna
Holguin-Veras, Jose
- Start Date: 20140101
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20151130
- Source Data: RiP Project 39765
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Deterioration; Economic impacts; Externalities; Freight traffic; Policy making; Quality of life; Traffic congestion
- Uncontrolled Terms: Freight flow
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01565942
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: University Transportation Research Center
- Contract Numbers: 49997-20-25
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 6 2015 1:00AM