Educating Binational Transportation Networks, Freight Movements, and Economic Impacts

The objective of this proposal is to advance educational knowledge of students and professionals working in transportation infrastructure management and investment by offering a simulation based graduate course. Freight transportation involves moving diverse commodities to satisfy global supply and demand for goods and services. These commodity outputs, which are connected with many diverse inputs, are often imported or exported via ports of entry (POE), primarily by truck. In 2010, the daily value of all modes of goods exchanged between the United States (US) and Canada was nearly $1.8 billion, making US-Canada trade the largest bi-national trade relationship in the world. The supply chains of both countries are highly integrated, with the majority of this trade being intra-industry. While it is important to understand the bi-national freight movement and transportation network, students and professionals located near POE are not clearly understanding the economic role of bi-national trade and POE.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utrc2.org/research/projects/educating-binational-transportation-networks

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $16163
• Contract Numbers:

  49198-15-28

• Sponsor Organizations:

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing 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

• Performing Organizations:

  State University of New York, Buffalo

  242 Carpenter Hall
  Buffalo, NY  United States  10003
• Principal Investigators:

  Park, JiYoung

• Start Date: 20160801
• Expected Completion Date: 20170731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Education; Freight traffic; Port operations; Ports of entry; Simulation
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01607476
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 49198-15-28
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 8 2016 9:11PM