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A Simulation Model for Intermodal Freight Transportation in Louisiana
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kelle, Peter Jin, Mingzhou |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | With increased emphasis on intermodal freight transportation, the issues of how to evaluate an existing intermodal transportation system and how to evaluate the changes in the system have been receiving intensive attention. Because of the high complexity and high variability involved in intermodal transportation, simulation tools need to be applied. The authors built a system-level intermodal simulation model for Louisiana that includes highways, railways, and waterways and also incorporates the connections between the different modes. The research: (1) summarized the existing intermodal freight transportation simulation results; (2) developed a simulation framework based on the ARENA simulation software; (3) developed the simulation model and calculated the mobility, reliability, safety, and environmental performance measures for the existing intermodal freight system of Louisiana; (4) validated the simulation model based on traffic counters at certain locations from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, energy data, safety dataset, etc; and (5) analyzed three different scenarios. In Scenario 1 the potential effects of the Panama Canal expansion have been calculated, in Scenario 2, the effects of traffic disruptions while in Scenario 3, the effects of a potential improvement in highway safety have been calculated. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2018/14_2SS.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ncitec.msstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013-42FR.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ncitec.msstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012-34FR.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/pdf/2014/capsule_14-2SS.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
