More Effective Use of Tennessee Waterways to Account for Competing Uses and Address Freight Congestion

Tennessee plays an integral role in the transportation of commodities and freight using the inland waterways system (IWS), which is connected to additional port operations, railways, trucking, and highway operations. This report outlines strategic objectives to continue to develop Tennessee's use of the IWS while maximizing economic impacts and support investment decisions. This report presents a review of best practices, performance, and funding opportunities on IWS. This information serves as a significant tool for the Tennessee Department of Transportation (DOT) and for federal practitioners and stakeholders to maximize the available capacity and to increase the efficiency, safety, resiliency of Tennessee's IWS. More specifically, this report focuses on (1) examining the available inland waterways programs and practices on the state level, (2) reviewing methodologies used in evaluating and prioritizing infrastructure assets, (3) identifying and categorizing key performance indicators (KPIs) of inland waterways assets, (4) reviewing methodologies used to quantify economic benefits that the inland waterways and ports bring to the nearby communities and the state, (5) reviewing opportunities for federal and non-federal funding and areas to invest (capital and operational), (6) identifying and categorizing the available data from deferent agencies that could provide beneficial information on IWS.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.fau.edu/engineering/research/fmri/pdf/research-projects/y6r3-22-uofm-golias.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76987
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Memphis, Department of Civil Engineering

  ,    

  Florida Atlantic University

  ,    

  IAMPE

  South Portland, Maine  United States  04116

  Freight Mobility Research Institute

  Florida Atlantic University
  Boca Raton, FL  United States  33431

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  Department of Transportation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  Nashville, TN  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Golias, Mihalis
  • Kaisar, Evangelos
  • Mishra, Sabyasachee
  • Liatsos, Vasileios
  • Ioannou, Ioannis-Paraskevas
  • Monroe, Jeffrey
  • Maier, Don
  • Arnold, David
• Publication Date: 2024-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 63p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Commodities; Economic indicators; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Freight transportation support businesses; Infrastructure; Inland water transportation; Inland waterways traffic; Port congestion; River ports; Waterways
• Identifier Terms: Tennessee Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01928727
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Y6R3-22
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 26 2024 11:21AM