Comprehensive Modeling and Analysis of Clean Energy Transition in Freight Transportation: Stakeholder Behavior, Infrastructure Planning, and Impacts

The United States has made deep commitment to improving the efficiency of freight transportation by advancing the deployment of zero-emission freight vehicles and infrastructure. In this context, this project aims to perform a suite of behavioral, planning, and environmental analyses and develop relevant models and tools to prepare the US freight transportation sector for the clean energy transition at different geographical scales. Four research tasks encompassing stakeholder perception survey, infrastructure planning, and environmental impact assessment will be conducted. This project dovetails with the Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient & Resilient Supply Chain (FERSC) goals of maintaining the US economic competitiveness and security, and the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) strategic goal of Economic Strength and Global Competitiveness. Various stakeholders will be engaged during the project along with technology transfer, education, and workforce development activities.

• Record URL:
  • https://fersc.utk.edu/research-focus/fersc-projects-year-2/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $315000
• 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:

  University of Illinois, Chicago

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

  Zou, Bo

  Lin, Jane

  Kawamura, Kazuya

  Abolfazl (Kouros), Mohammadian

  Sriraj, P

• Start Date: 20240801
• Expected Completion Date: 20250731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Planning; Stakeholders
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929236
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348338
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 29 2024 4:31PM