Y3R7 - Identifying Critical and Vulnerable Freight Routes in Roadway Networks: A Game Theory Framework and Application in the State of Florida

Transportation networks are by nature vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters (or incidents). Vulnerabilities of transportation networks have been widely studied in recent years and are gaining even more attention with the growing number of threats (e.g., climate change, man-made attacks). In the US the transportation network is one of the largest and oldest in the world making also one of the most vulnerable. As traffic demand increases (despite the decrease in vehicle miles traveled) decision-makers are faced with the important task of identifying the vulnerable and critical links and routes in the transportation network and make decisions on investment that will protect and fortify the network against attacks. Addressing network vulnerabilities of transportation assets, in general, will minimize impacts of disruption, reduce recovery time and improve on the region’s resilience. In this project, the project team will improve and implement on a testbed in Florida mathematical models and tools developed by Golias et al. (2018) to identify critical and vulnerable links and/or paths with a focus on freight movements

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $274374
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747120

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Freight Mobility Research Institute

  Florida Atlantic University
  Boca Raton, FL  United States  33431
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Memphis

  Center for Intermodal Freight Transportation Studies
  3815 Central Avenue
  Memphis, TN  United States  38152

  University of Minnesota Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering

  500 Pillsbury Drive SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455
• Principal Investigators:

  Golias, Mihalis

  Hourdos, John

  Kaisar, Evangelos

  Mishra, Sabyasachee

• Start Date: 20210212
• Expected Completion Date: 20190322
• Actual Completion Date: 20210727
• USDOT Program: Advanced Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster resilience; Freight transportation; Game theory; Infrastructure; Mathematical models; Networks; Risk assessment; Roads; Routes
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01777897
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Freight Mobility Research Institute
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747120
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 27 2021 3:56PM