U.S. Freight Network Resiliency Analysis

The US freight network, consisting of highway, railway, pipelines, maritime, air, and their intermodal operations, is a complex and dynamic system. Traffic jam at one location pushes freight to alternative freight routes while altering highway and railway freight traffic as a result. The failure of any one of the major Mississippi River crossings, such as the Hernando de Soto Bridge on I-40, can cause major delay not just to local interstate traffic but also long detours and days of delay to the US logistics. This project, as the first installment of a five-year effort, will evaluate existing models, identify capability gaps, set research priorities, assess/acquire relevant freight data, and chart the research roadmap forward to eventually adapt and develop a comprehensive set of models and algorithms representing the Nation’s multimodal network. Issues such as larger supply chain locational distribution and uncertainties, resiliency under interruption of services, global impacts and local realities in the wake of geopolitical shifts and climate changes, etc. can be modeled with this set of tools. The goal is to improve freight system efficiency and resiliency to better serve the national economy and security.

• Record URL:
  • https://fersc.utk.edu/research-focus/fersc-projects/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $357277
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348338

• 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:

  Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain

  University of Tennessee Knoxville
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996
• Project Managers:

  Bruner, Britain

  Kaplan, Marcella

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  College Station, TX  United States  77840

  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  John D. Tickle Building
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37886

  University of Illinois, Chicago

  Department of Civil and Materials Engineering
  842 West Taylor Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60607
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Bruce

  Yunlong, Zhang

  Han, Lee

  Zou, Bo

• Start Date: 20230801
• Expected Completion Date: 20240731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster resilience; Freight transportation; Supply chain management; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01895578
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348338
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 6 2023 5:21PM