Agricultural Freight: Network Access and Issues
The modeling framework and tools under development throughout Signature Project 1 focus on informing policy related to passenger transportation. Yet, the concept of evaluating transportation in light of environmental impacts and resiliency to disruption applies equally well to freight transportation. View Full Summary The modeling framework and tools under development throughout Signature Project 1 focus on informing policy related to passenger transportation. Yet, the concept of evaluating transportation in light of environmental impacts and resiliency to disruption applies equally well to freight transportation. In a state where agriculture is one of the largest sectors of the economy, contributing about a half billion dollars in gross receipts annually (USDA ERS, 2006), and is important for attracting tourists who bring another $20 million (USDA NASS, 2004) to the state each year, agricultural freight deserves attention. Because the majority of agricultural freight transportation in Chittenden County either originates or has destinations outside of the county, it is not appropriate to model within the closed-system model used for passenger transportation. However, by gaining a better understanding of agricultural freight networks within Vermont, modelers and planners will have a more complete picture of the transportation network under study. The issues related to agricultural freight, including potential impacts on road surface integrity, air and environmental quality need to be better understood before models can be extended or developed for this context. This project will describe how milk moves from farms to first collection points or processing plants and analyze the robustness of the road networks carrying this agricultural freight. This information will be useful to public and private sector entities concerned with how transportation relates to sustainable agriculture.
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Supplemental Notes:
- http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-11-006.pdf
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $18438.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT06-G-0018
023304
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Troy, Austin
Aultman-Hall, Lisa
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Performing Organizations:
University of Vermont
210 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT United States 05405 -
Principal Investigators:
Smith, Julie
- Start Date: 20070401
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110630
- Source Data: RiP Project 15389
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Land use; Land use planning; Local transportation; Policy making; Public transit; Research projects
- Uncontrolled Terms: Model integration
- Geographic Terms: Vermont
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Public Transportation; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01569207
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 023304
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 2 2015 1:01AM