Railroad Transportation
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A Tactical Planning Model for Railroad Transportation of Dangerous Goods
Railroad transportation of hazardous materials did not receive as much attention as highway transportation in the academic literature, although comparable volumes are shipped via these two transport modes in North America and Europe. In this paper we present an optimization methodology for the railroad tactical planning problem with risk and cost objectives. We determine the routes to be utiliz...
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The participants in the grain logistics system need forecasts of railroad grain carloads. Although forecasting studies have been conducted for virtually every mode, no forecasting studies of quarterly railroad grain transportation have been published. The objectives of the paper are (1) specify a US quarterly railroad grain transportation forecasting model, and (2) empirically estimate the mode...
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Getting informed on the characteristics of provincial transportation could be helpful in regional economic planning. This paper tries to describe the situations in provincial economic sectors through data analysis and location quotient in order to identify the necessary characteristics of transportation. It also attempts at examining transportation status of the province and comparing its chara...
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We describe competition over space between a competitive shipping industry (truck-barge) and one with market power (the railroad). The latter prices so as to "beat the competition" in equilibrium, or else at the monopoly price, if that is lower. The monopoly price rises more slowly than do the costs of transportation (freight absorption) if the spatial demand at each point is log-concave. With ...
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As World population is exponentially increasing big cities face traffic and safety challenges related to railroad and rapid ground transportation projects. For this reason, to avoid collisions and allow a better communication between train, central control headquarters, and passengers new technologies are being developed by means of very sophisticated technologies. This project, being focused i...
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The Brazilian freights railroad transportation, in the last five years, is achieving a significant growth. Currently, the railroad transport operators use performance evaluation measures, related to financial and operational aspects, being that in some cases, there isn’t a relation of cause and effect between them. According to the Brazilian research, 85% of the railroad transport companies use...
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