Current Research
- Current Research
- Impact Estimation of the Effects of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Infrastructure
- Development of an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Evaluation Toolbox
- Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Freight Transportation Operations and Infrastructure – A Leadership Summit
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination: Phase III
- Data Collection and Analysis to Evaluate Transportation System Performance
- Evaluating Vulnerabilities to Transportation Infrastructure Under Future Climate Projections
- Simulations to Inform Management of Systems Under a Range of Scenarios
- Evaluating Benefits of Mitigation Strategies
- Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Bridge Infrastructure Adaptation in Response to Climate-Induced Flood Risk
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Enterprise Risk Management Methods Enhancement and Mitigation Strategy Development
- Completed Research Projects
- Network Analysis of Freight Diversion and Capacity Issues in Tennessee
- Intermodal Freight Network – User Interface Development
- U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System: phase II
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Spatial Analysis of Safety and Security Vulnerability During Transport of Hazardous Materials
- U.S. Freight Investment Efficiency: Phase I
- Baseline of the US National Freight System
- National Scan of Freight Capacity, Safety and Security Issues (phases I and II)
- Freight Analysis Network Development
- Intermodal Freight Curriculum Development
- Freight Analysis Network – Terminal Capacity Estimation
- Tennessee Highway Route Risk Assessments
- I-40 Trucking Operations and Safety Analysis
- Enterprise Risk Management Needs Assessment Protocol
- Intermodal GIS Network Risk Assessment
- Truck Terminal and Corridor Performance Analysis
- Coastal Maritime Risk Assessments
- The “Phases” of Emergency Management
- The Recovery Phase of Emergency Management
- Freight Transportation and Emergency Management: Profiles of 3 Stakeholder Groups
- Safety, Security and Capacity of Critical Rail Corridors
- Intermodal Freight GIS Network
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination – Phase 2
- CAIT 10: Inland Marine Transportation Analytics, Phase II
- Inland Marine Transportation Data Collection Using Automatic Identification Systems
- US Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System
- TDOT SmartWay Information System (TSIS)
- Spill Management Information System (SMIS)
During a previous research project, VECTOR research members identified critical issues affecting freight transportation safety, security and efficiency. One of these issues, the impact of climate change on freight transportation operations and infrastructure, has been selected as the topic for a CIFTS leadership summit to be held at Vanderbilt University. The purpose of this project is to organize and implement this leadership summit.
Summit goals are to:
- Involve industry, government, academic and community leaders in recognizing how climate change influences freight transportation
- Establish priorities on short-term and long-term impacts of climate change that warrant strategic freight transportation focus
- Develop freight transportation strategies for addressing priority climate change considerations
- Identify actions that should be undertaken as soon as possible to initiate these strategies
- Provide a forum for networking and creating synergies among key stakeholders
The summit will be structured as an invitation-only event involving the participation of 40-50 key stakeholders, representing all aspects of the freight transportation industry operating in the Southeast. Summit attendees will convene in plenary and breakout sessions such that each attendee actively participates in reaching consensus on the scope of the problem, issues requiring priority attention, strategy identification and development of an action plan.
Update: This summit was held June 2nd and 3rd, 2011 at Vanderbilt University. Click here for the post-summit press release.
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