Multimodal Network Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment of U.S.–Canadian Trade in Lake Erie Corridor

Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States. Much of the flow of goods between the two countries is focused in the area between Detroit, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York: the Lake Erie corridor. A multimodal network model allows assessment of the vulnerability of these trade flows to disruptions at one or more of the major bridges and tunnels that are the border-crossing points. The model was calibrated against observed freight flows at these major border crossings for 2007 and then used in a series of experiments to assess the impact of various facility disruption scenarios.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2168-02
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Multimodal+Network+Analysis+and+Vulnerability+Assessment+of+U.S.%e2%ac%1cCanadian+Trade+in+Lake+Erie+Corridor&author=M.+Turnquist&author=C.+Rawls&publication_year=2010
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• Authors:
  • Turnquist, Mark A
  • Rawls, Carmen
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 9-16
• Monograph Title: Freight Transportation Modeling, Planning, and Logistics
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2168
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Border regions; Commodity flow; Freight traffic; International borders; Multimodal transportation; Network analysis (Planning); Railroads; Risk assessment; Transportation corridors; Trucking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disruptions
• Geographic Terms: Lake Erie; United States-Canada Border
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158848
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309160377
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10-2771
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 14 2010 8:54AM