SIMULATION OF WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION RELIABILITY

A microscopic model for simulating barge traffic through a series of locks has been developed and tested with data for a section of the Ohio River. The model was designed primarily to analyze the economic effects of waterway congestion and service reliability. The results indicate that the model is capable of simulating the system performance sufficiently well for analytic purposes. The results also indicate to what extent coal stockouts would increase at a power plant, or alternatively, how safety stocks would have to be increased, as traffic volumes approach capacity.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1313, Freight Transportation: Truck, Rail, Water, and Hazardous Materials 1991. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Dai, Melody D M
  • Schonfeld, Paul
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 98-105
• Monograph Title: Freight transportation: truck, rail, water, and hazardous materials 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1313
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Economic impacts; Estimating; Level of service; Locks (Waterways); Reliability; Simulation; Traffic congestion; Waterways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Congestion; Service
• Old TRIS Terms: Waterways (Transportation)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00620551
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030905124X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 31 1992 12:00AM