Franklin and Murfreesboro Traffic Cameras Added to GIS Viewer

Traffic cameras in Franklin and Murfreesboro were added to the GIS viewer today.

Posted by dobbinjp on November 5, 2012 in Research, Traffic, featured

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Truck Terminal and Corridor Performance Analysis

Freight transportation planning is largely limited by the amount, quality and detail of truck trip data. Most truck movement data is reported at the inter-county level and is represented as aggregated tonnages that must be broken down to truck trips. Additionally, intra-county flows can be largely under-represented and commercially available commodity flow databases such as…

Posted by dobbinjp on October 8, 2012 in , featured, freight, research

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Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities

Introduction Automatic identification systems (AIS) provide communication between vessels and assist vessel traffic control functions in congested ports, locks and waterways. Vessels digitally broadcast information, including position, call sign, vessel name, course, speed, and navigation status. Publicly available waterway trip data is aggregated to protect business confidentiality of shippers. However, the level of aggregation renders…

Posted by dobbinjp on October 3, 2012 in , featured

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U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System: phase II

Update This project was completed in February 2013. Relevant links for the completed research are below: Final report Final system In previous research projects completed for the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute at the University of Memphis, Vanderbilt University researchers built a first-generation information system and international waterway network to support the analysis of cargo flows between…

Posted by dobbinjp on October 3, 2012 in , featured, research

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Intermodal Freight Network – User Interface Development

Update This project was completed in February 2013. Relevant links for the completed research are below: Final report Final system In previous research projects, Vanderbilt University created a first-generation intermodal freight transportation network using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and researched means of performing terminal capacity estimation. These efforts resulted in a fully-routeable, nationwide network consisting…

Posted by dobbinjp on October 3, 2012 in , featured, research

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