Title of Thesis: Scheduling Under Uncertainty for a Single-Hub Intermodal Freight System Degree Candidate: Nikola Marković Degree and Year: Master of Science, 2010 Thesis directed by: Paul Schonfeld Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering This thesis addresses the optimization of an intermodal system with freight transfers at a single hub. It investigates the transportation ...

This paper describes the scope and initial findings of a study undertaken for the California Department of Transportation that is exploring opportunities to improve intermodal connectivity at California airports. It summarizes the findings of case studies of 13 airports in the state that examined opportunities to improve intermodal connectivity at those airports and discusses the issues involve...

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...

The concept of flow has become particularly important in logistics and freight distribution. From a simple question of capacity, the issues of timing, frequency and punctuality are now of significant relevance in freight movements since they are part of supply chain management strategies. In particular, transport terminals and freight distribution centers have been the major elements permitting...

Spatial Data Development at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Track: Transportation Author(s): Matthew Sheppard, Patricia Solano, Raquel Wright The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is leveraging ArcGIS and ArcIMS tools for critical spatial data development efforts. BTS has implemented an ArcIMS application designed to facilitate the collection and quality review of nonattainment ...

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine impacts climate change on intermodal transport.
 Methodology: This adopted a desktop methodology. used secondary data from which include review existing literature already published studies and reports that was easily accessed through online journals libraries.
 Findings: impact transport associated with heavy rains, carbon dioxide emiss...

The intermodal hinterland transportation of maritime containers is under pressure from port authorities and shippers to achieve a more integrated, efficient network operation. Current optimisation methods in literature yield limited results in practice, though, as the transportation product structure limits the flexibility to optimise network logistics. Synchromodality aims to overcome this by ...

The focus of our research is on rail transportation of intermodal containers. We address the problem of determining day-of-week schedules for both direct and indirect (via a hub) trains and allocating containers to these trains for the rail (linehaul) portion of the intermodal trip. The goal is to minimize operating costs, including a fixed charge for each train, variable transportation and han...