Economic Impacts of Lock Usage and Unavailability

Freight statistics should provide an objective baseline for transportation policy decisions, and national economic benefits of maritime transport necessitate improving inland waterways infrastructure. Proposed work includes consolidating and learning from Lock Use, Performance, and Characteristics data collected by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and published by the navigation Data Center. The objective is to estimate statistical models of annual tons locked by commodity group and lock, as a function of lock usage and unavailability (1993-2013), to discover knowledge of relationships between system disruption and economic consequences.

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Language

English

Project

Status: Completed
Funding: $112229.00
Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC50
Sponsor Organizations:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Department of Industrial Engineering
Fayetteville, AR United States 72701

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590
Performing Organizations:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Department of Industrial Engineering
Fayetteville, AR United States 72701
Principal Investigators:
Chimka, Justin
Start Date: 20140818
Expected Completion Date: 20160630
Actual Completion Date: 20160630
Source Data: RiP Project 37072

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Canal lock operations; Commodities; Economic impacts; Freight traffic; Inland water transportation; Locks (Waterways); Systems availability
Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01573281
Record Type: Research project
Source Agency: Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center
Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC50
Files: UTC, RIP
Created Date: Aug 21 2015 1:01AM