Completed Research Projects
- 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)
The USDOT Office of Intermodalism requested CIFTS to assist in the preparation of the 2007 progress report to Congress on the National Intermodal Freight Transportation System (NITSIP). This work consisted of preparing the first chapter of the report, a baseline of the existing freight system for all transportation modes. This baseline documentation includes figures, tables, geographic information system (GIS) maps and explanatory text.
The analysis includes data representations of freight by international versus domestic, value and volume comparisons by mode, cargo-handling equipment inventories, major corridors and border crossings, and locations of extreme congestion. Faculty from Vanderbilt University, the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) and the University of Memphis contributed to the final report. The draft chapter was not included in the final NITSIP report.
Supplemental Notes: This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program (University of Memphis, Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute).
Please contact Jimmy Dobbins for more information about this project. The full text of the report is available here.
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