Assignment of Freight Truck Shipment on the U.S. Highway Network

Highway Cost Allocation and Determination of Heavy Freight Truck Permit Fees

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and other state DOTs periodically carry out studies to assess how highway construction and maintenance (HCM) expenditures ought to be attributed to various vehicle classes. In parallel, each vehicle-class' contribution to revenues from fuel and excise taxes and permit fees are calculated. Although, the latter are determined by the state legislature...

The choice of shipment size in freight transport

External costs of intercity truck freight transportation

From a societal perspective, it is desirable for all transportation users to pay their full social (private and external) costs. We estimate four general types of external costs for intercity freight trucking and compare them with the private costs incurred by carriers. Estimated external costs include: accidents (fatalities, injuries, and property damage); emissions (air pollution and greenhou...

Concurrent Locomotive Assignment and Freight Train Scheduling

The locomotive assignment and the freight train scheduling are important problems in railway transportation. Freight cars are coupled to form a freight rake. The freight rake becomes a train when a locomotive is coupled to it. The locomotive assignment problem assigns locomotives to a set of freight rakes in a way that, with minimum locomotive deadheading time, rake coupling delay and locomotiv...

Optimizing Freight Routes and Modes to Minimize Environmental Impacts: Integrating Truck Emissions Cost in Traffic Assignment