Using Ground Transportation for Aviation System Disruption Alleviation

High Speed Ground Transportation

Aviation System Performance Measures

Contract Number 65A0010. Any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the California Department of Transportation. The author acknowledges the many helpful comments and suggestions received during the course of the research from personnel in the Caltrans Aeronautics Program and New Technology and Research Program.

Disruption Management in Passenger Railway Transportation

This paper deals with disruption management in passenger railway transportation. In the disruption management process, many actors belonging to different organizations play a role. In this paper we therefore describe the process itself and the roles of the different actors. Furthermore, we discuss the three main subproblems in railway disruption management: timetable adjustment, and rolling sto...

Impact of port disruption on transportation network

Port, as a critical facilitator in international trade and logistics, plays a unique role in global supply chain activities. Maritime ports are exposed to many disruption sources such as natural disasters, labour strikes and terrorism. Disruptions in port can have a wide range of potential negative impact on its transportation networks; while sometimes also benefit other ports in close proximit...

5.3 Transportation and Communication Lifeline Disruption

One of the many lessons from 9/11 is that terrorism is not just about terror. Terrorism is also an attempt to disrupt the daily lives of non-combatants to achieve political objectives. Physical or virtual networks that are vital to health, safety, comfort, and economic activity are called lifelines (Platt 1995). The complete or partial failure of even a limited number of lifelines can have a ma...