The Future of the Louisiana Waterways Transportation System: A System Analysis and Plan to Move Commerce by Water

The objectives of this research are to identify the type and value of waterborne commerce; analyze and document the impact and importance of waterborne commerce; identify the improvements needed to achieve greater utilization of waterways; identify opportunities for alieving multimodal bottlenecks relative to waterways; and develop a draft Waterways Transportation Plan that can be included in the Louisiana Statewide Transportation Plan.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $284499
• Contract Numbers:

  20-1ss

  1000330

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Project Managers:

  Zeringue, Kirk

• Performing Organizations:

  Moffatt & Nichol

  301 Main Main Street
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana  United States  70801
• Principal Investigators:

  Cruz, Ricardo

• Start Date: 20200121
• Expected Completion Date: 20220820
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bottlenecks; Commercial transportation; Systems analysis; Transportation planning; Waterways
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727841
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 20-1ss, 1000330
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 24 2020 9:48AM