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NCFRP Report 9
Author: Guidance for Developing a Freight Transportation Data Architecture
Author: César Augusto QuirogaPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309155231
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
At head of title: National Cooperative Freight Research Program.
Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement
Author: Keith M. ChasePublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309129427
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
" TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C20-RR-1: Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement documents the state of the practice for freight demand modeling. The report also explores the fundamental changes in freight modeling, and data and data collection that could help public and private sector decision-makers make better and more informed decisions. SHRP 2 Capacity Project C20, which produced Report S2-C20-RR-1, also produced the following items: A Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement Strategic Plan, which outlines seven strategic objectives that are designed to serve as the basis for future innovation in freight travel demand forecasting and data, and to guide both near- and long-term implementation: A speaker's kit, which is intended to be a "starter" set of materials for use in presenting the freight modeling and data improvement strategic plan to a group of interested professionals; and; A 2010 Innovations in Freight Demand Modeling and Data Symposium " -- publisher's description
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Authorization Act of 1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
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Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Authorization Act of 1972, Hearing Before ..., 92-2, June 13, 1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. CommercePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 610
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NCFRP Report 6
Author: Transportation Research BoardPublisher:
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Globalization of American Infrastructure
Author: Matthew HeinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317282361
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book gives an account of how the U.S. freight transportation system has been impacted and “globalized,” since the 1950s, by the presence of the shipping container. A globally standardized object, the container carries cargo moving in international trade, and it utilizes and fits within the existing transportation infrastructures of shipping, trucking and railroads. In this way it binds them together into a nearly seamless worldwide logistics network. This process occurs not only in ocean shipping and at ports, but also deep within national territories. In its dependence on existing infrastructural systems, though, the network of container movement as it pervades domestic space is shaped by the history and geography of the nation-state. This global network is not invariably imposed in a top-down manner—to a large degree, it is cobbled together out of national, regional and local systems. Heins describes this in the American context, examining the freight transportation infrastructures of railroads, trucking and inland waterways, and also the terminals where containers are transferred between train and truck. The book provides a detailed historical narrative, and is also theoretically informed by the contemporary literature on infrastructure and globalization.
The Transportation Research Board, 1920â¬"2020
Author: Sarah Jo PetersonPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309493749
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
In 1920, state highway engineers, federal officials, and experts from academia were among a small group convened by the National Academy of Sciences to confront the problems of the highway. The public was entrusting them with billions of dollars for good roads, and World War I had proved the feasibility of moving freight long distances by truck. But even new highways were crumbling. They turned to research for solutions. The founders of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the generations that followed took on problems such as safety, social equity, and environmental issues. They embraced "total transportation," adapting their highway research model to urban transportation and then applying it to rail, marine, and aviation modes. Today TRB convenes thousands of researchers, practitioners, and administrators every year to advise the government, solve practical problems, foster innovation, and stimulate new research. In The Transportation Research Board, 1920â€"2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited, Sarah Jo Peterson tells the story of how people and institutions created and have continued to shape TRB. In a compelling narrative accompanied by more than 150 images exploring the history of transportation and research, she argues that TRB can be best understood as an infrastructureâ€"one that people purposely designed and devotedly maintained. Despite TRB's institutional complexity, its unique mission, the vast collection of acronyms in its orbit, and the significant changes to the organization in its first 100 years, Dr. Peterson provides a view from 30,000 feet, deftly describing the social, political, and economic context in which transportation (and TRB) functioned. At the same time, she attends to details of the key events, individuals, and human motivations that shaped TRB's evolution. The author's skills as a historian, her experience in the transportation field, and her manifest ability to tell a good story have produced a book that transportation professionals of all stripesâ€"and, for that matter, anyone interested in the history of transportation in the United Statesâ€"should find both engaging and informative and an essential addition to their library.
Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual
Author: Transit Cooperative Research ProgramPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309087767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM contains full text of the manual, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and a library of related documents.
Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning
Author: Genevieve GiulianoPublisher:
ISBN: 0309259088
Category : Freight and freightage
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
"TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 23: Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning explores policies and practices for managing freight activity in metropolitan areas. The primary focus of the report is on "last-mile/first-mile" strategies, but it also addresses strategies affecting environmental issues and trading hubs or nodes. The research used to develop the report looked beyond the United States--mostly, but not exclusively' in Europe and the European BESTUFS (Best Urban Freight Solutions) program--for potentially relevant policies and practices that could be used in the United States"--Publication info.
