Freight Systems, Volume 1

This issue contains thirteen papers concerned with freight systems. Specific topics addressed in this issue include: international origin-destination truck movements across U.S.-Canadian border crossings; commercial vehicle parking permits; the effects of safety chains on dynamics of truck and full trailer combinations; opportunity cost for society related to truck size and weight regulation; California vehicle inventory and use survey; truck platooning; and detection of hazardous material spills. Additional topics covered in this issue are: risk analysis of transporting crude oil by rail; city logistics initiatives; forecasting tools for analyzing urban land use patterns and truck movement; urban construction logistics; freight in a bicycle-friendly city; and economic analysis of cargo cycles for urban mail delivery.

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• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 118p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2547
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Freight transportation; International borders; Logistics; Motor carriers; Package and mail service; Parking; Size and weight regulations; Spills (Pollution); Traffic platooning; Trucking safety; Urban areas; Urban goods movement
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01593397
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309369886
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 9 2016 9:19PM