Cost Effectively Building Resilience into Freight Transportation Operations and Capital/Infrastructure Investments

Resilience and disruption response have become part of our daily lexicon. However, cost-effectively and continuously including resilience considerations in freight operations and infrastructure investments is still developing. This research effort focuses on identifying the key steps that can be taken by regions to work resiliency from a supply chain perspective in planning and infrastructure investment efforts. While approaches such as risk registers and “bow tie” analyses exist, many regions and organizations do not have a consistent understanding of how to incorporate resilience cost-effectively into existing programs in terms of freight operations and investments. The research will involve surveys, interviews, and case studies of effective practices involving supply chains and various forms of disruptive events. The large volume of existing resources will be noted and arranged in a format that makes them easily used by public agencies. The result will be a document to assist public sector entities with considering and incorporating resilience into freight planning and infrastructure investments.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552344813

  69A3552348318

• 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:

  National Center for Infrastructure Transformation

  Prairie View A&M University
  Prairie View, TX  United States  77446
• Performing Organizations:

  Arizona State University, Tempe

  Tempe, AZ  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Strauss-Wieder, Anne

• Start Date: 20260201
• Expected Completion Date: 20270131
• Actual Completion Date: 20270131
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 03-39-RU

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Infrastructure; Optimization; Risk management
• Identifier Terms: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Subject Areas: Economics; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 02001911
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Infrastructure Transformation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552344813, 69A3552348318
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 10 2026 8:39AM