A Product Specific Cold Chain Analysis for Regional Freight Integration into the Circle City and Beyond
This research will utilize commodity profiles, transportation data, and business profiles for the Driftless Region of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and northwestern Illinois to understand the crops and livestock products most impacted by the need for refrigerated equipment from field to freight. Meeting the objectives described above will enhance economic development in the region by increasing employment, reducing systemic inefficiencies resulting from lack of coordination between production and distribution infrastructure, and making Driftless Region cold chain products more competitive vis-à-vis similar commodities produced elsewhere.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $85312.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT06-G-0020
CFIRE 07-05
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1415 Engineering Drive, 2205 Engineering Hall
Madison, WI United States 53706 -
Principal Investigators:
Morales, Alfonso
- Start Date: 20120901
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20140501
- Source Data: RiP Project 34204
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commodities; Crops; Economic development; Freight traffic; Livestock; Refrigerated cargo; Supply chain management
- Geographic Terms: Iowa; Minnesota; Wisconsin
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Policy;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01481551
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
- Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0020, CFIRE 07-05
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: May 20 2013 1:01AM