Changing Trade and Transportation Patterns: NAFTA, Cuba, and the US Gulf Coast

Since the passage of the National Environmental Protection Act in 1969, transportation planning became a complex, interdisciplinary challenge. The need for meeting environmental legislation coupled with public participation demands have revealed innumerous problems associated with the use of outdated techniques. In order to satisfy the current regulations and public policies, the transportation planning process can no longer solely rely on the basics of engineering; it is now forced to find the way in a sea of data, values and actors towards a comprehensive and integrated solution. As a consequence, not only the variety of data, but also the quality and vast amount of data to be processed has become one of the big issues for transportation practitioners.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $87258
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747130

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC)

  University of Arkansas
  4190 Bell Engineering Center
  Fayetteville, AR  United States  72701
• Performing Organizations:

  University of New Orleans Transportation Institute

  368 Milneburg Hall
  2000 Lakeshore Drive
  New Orleans, Louisiana  United States  70148
• Principal Investigators:

  Stich, Bethany

• Start Date: 20180301
• Expected Completion Date: 20230831
• Actual Completion Date: 20230831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: International trade; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; North American Free Trade Agreement
• Geographic Terms: Cuba; Gulf Coast (United States)
• Subject Areas: Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01664972
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747130
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 30 2018 1:13PM