Performance-Measure Based Asset Management Tool for Rural Freight Mobility in the Pacific Northwest
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) establishes national objectives to increase productivity and economic efficiency of the nation’s freight infrastructure. The recent passage of MAP-21 has placed an emphasis on integrating asset and performance management tools to help transportation agencies better manage the critical transportation infrastructure. Infrastructure performance management expands the more traditional definition of Asset Management to include measurement and reporting of how those assets achieve their targeted operational objectives. While congestion and bottlenecks in urbanized areas readily, and deservedly, catch the attention of policy makers, many miles of multimodal transportation occur prior to freight trips arriving in (or accrue after leaving) urban areas. These miles and the ability to efficiently navigate them directly impact the productivity of the diverse freight transportation system. This project identifies and seeks to remedy performance measure gaps and freight mobility issues as they relate to identifying the appropriate infrastructure capacity to meet demand for both domestic and international economic competitiveness. Further, this research investigates and develops an applied methodology for determining the potential economic viability, including threshold analyses, of freight multi-modal facilities. The focus discerns the attributes, economic and physical characteristics and market situations that are associated with successful and viable facilities, thereby suggesting a framework for economic feasibility of either expanding or adding a freight multi-modal facility.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
Washington State University
Pullman, WA United States 99164University of Idaho, Moscow
Moscow, ID United States 83844Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
University of Washington
More Hall Room 112
Seattle, WA United States 98195-2700Idaho Transportation Department
Boise, ID United States 83707-1129Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Sage, Jeremy L
- Abdel-Rahim, Ahmed
- 0000-0001-9756-554X
- Miller, Austin
- Maxwell, John
- Publication Date: 2015-8-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Project Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 98p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asset management; Economic analysis; Freight transportation; Infrastructure; Intermodal facilities; Methodology; Mobility; Performance measurement; Rural areas
- Geographic Terms: Pacific Northwest
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01630106
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 2013-M-WSU-0040
- Contract Numbers: DTRT12-UTC10
- Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Mar 27 2017 9:30AM