A simulation tool to model the flow of Intermodal Terminal Units (ITUs) among intermodal terminals is presented. This terminal simulator tool is part of the DGVII EC-funded PLATFORM project. The terminal model is composed by road and rail gates and by a set of platforms. Intermodal terminals are inter-connected by rail corridors. Each terminal serves a user catchment via a road network. The int...

An intermodal rail terminal is a facility where the transfer of cargo occurs between truck and rail. The operations within these terminals involve many resources and operating rules. The ability of a terminal to respond to activity peaks that occur as a result of train arrivals and departures is critical. In order to explore how operations can be improved given the dynamics of resource and dema...

Prioritization is an increasingly important concept for transportation system planning and programming. The resources for capital improvements to state and regional transportation systems are stagnant or declining. AT the same time, population growth, urban development patterns, and travel behaviors are increasing the demands placed on transportation systems. The number and range of interest gr...

Agricultural transportation is often characBACKGROUND terized by seasonal and cyclical traffic flows that unfavorably affect the logistical efficiency of the marketing system. Congestion problems are an important link in the arise in the truck-to-ship intermodal grain export grain marketing system. Currently, 66 transfer system at the Port of Houston. Seaport elevators operate in the U.S. and t...

MeTrISSM, a Metropolitan Transportation Information System, envisages extensive tracking of vehicle movement in a region, supported by associated spatial analysis and modeling methodologies. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were compelling candidates for a first implementation of MeTrIS due to their critical strategic role in the national economy. USDOT funded a project to track up to 50...

Word-learning likely involves a multiplicity of components, some domain-general, others domain-specific. Against the background of recent studies that suggest that word-learning is domain-specific, we investigated the associative component of word-learning. Seven- and 14-month-old infants viewed a pair of events in which a monkey or a truck moved back and forth, accompanied by a sung syllable o...

Abstract Reduced free time and increased fees for demurrage detention create organizational challenges with respect to intermodal transport. As a result, actors within the maritime supply chains are confronted greater complexity higher risk of costs; and, therefore, often fall back on transportation by truck from hinterland. That is why present research examines impact this evolution bottom lin...