Multitask emergency logistics planning is a complex optimization problem in practice. When disaster occurs, relief materials or rescue teams should be dispatched to destinations as soon possible. In nutshell, the can described an of multipoint-to-multipoint transportation delivery given multimodal traffic network. this study, network considered for planning, and mixed-integer programming (MIP) ...

This paper argues that transportation planning methodologies must be built on the central thesis of the activity-based approach to travel demand modeling, namely, that travel is a derived demand that reflects people’s desire and need to participate in activities. The paper discusses why this foundation for transportation planning methodologies is necessary to address contemporary planning and p...

In the recent past a vide variety of strategie transportation planning issues has come to the f ore, at both the supply and the demand side. Land use problems, environmental externalities, lack of capacity, and high speed transport systems have dramatically altered the conventional scène of transportation planning. The paper will give an overview of emerging transportation planning issues from ...

Los Angeles (LA) has the reputation of an auto dependent city. Although the region is served by a robust public transportation system, the majority of the population commutes by automobile and has developed in sprawling manner leading to poor air quality, traffic congestion and unsafe streets. Despite this, in recent years, the LA region has made significant headway in reversing sprawl and auto...

In order to maintain and improve road infrastructure in their respective jurisdictions, the state (the Minnesota DOT), region (the Metropolitan Council), and seven counties in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area develop their respective decision making (investment) processes in which federal or local funding are periodically allocated to road projects, prioritized according to their funding needs...