Modeling ocean, rail, and truck transportation flows to support policy analysis
Abstract
Freight transportation represents about 9.5% of GDP, is responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas emissions and supports the import and export of about 3.6 trillion in international trade; hence it is important that our national freight transportation system is designed and operated efficiently and embodies user fees and other policies that balance costs and environmental consequences. Hence, this paper develops a mathematical model to estimate international and domestic freight flows across ocean, rail and truck modes which can be used to study the impacts of changes in our infrastructure as well as the imposition of new user fees and changes in operating policies. This model is applied to two case studies: (1) a disruption of the maritime ports at Los Angeles/Long Beach similar to the impacts that would be felt in an earthquake; and (2) implementation of new user fees at the California port
- Authors:
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- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- DHS; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1459989
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1478218
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2018-5207J; SAND-2017-12452J
Journal ID: ISSN 1479-2931; 663159
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Maritime Economics & Logistics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1479-2931
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Citation Formats
Wang, Hao, Nozick, Linda Karen, Xu, Ningxiong, and Gearhart, Jared Lee. Modeling ocean, rail, and truck transportation flows to support policy analysis. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1057/s41278-018-0108-x.
Wang, Hao, Nozick, Linda Karen, Xu, Ningxiong, & Gearhart, Jared Lee. Modeling ocean, rail, and truck transportation flows to support policy analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0108-x
Wang, Hao, Nozick, Linda Karen, Xu, Ningxiong, and Gearhart, Jared Lee. Fri .
"Modeling ocean, rail, and truck transportation flows to support policy analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-018-0108-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1459989.
@article{osti_1459989,
title = {Modeling ocean, rail, and truck transportation flows to support policy analysis},
author = {Wang, Hao and Nozick, Linda Karen and Xu, Ningxiong and Gearhart, Jared Lee},
abstractNote = {Freight transportation represents about 9.5% of GDP, is responsible for about 8% of greenhouse gas emissions and supports the import and export of about 3.6 trillion in international trade; hence it is important that our national freight transportation system is designed and operated efficiently and embodies user fees and other policies that balance costs and environmental consequences. Hence, this paper develops a mathematical model to estimate international and domestic freight flows across ocean, rail and truck modes which can be used to study the impacts of changes in our infrastructure as well as the imposition of new user fees and changes in operating policies. This model is applied to two case studies: (1) a disruption of the maritime ports at Los Angeles/Long Beach similar to the impacts that would be felt in an earthquake; and (2) implementation of new user fees at the California port},
doi = {10.1057/s41278-018-0108-x},
journal = {Maritime Economics & Logistics},
number = 3,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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