COMPARING RISKS OF TRANSPORTING CHEMICALS BY HIGHWAY AND RAIL: A CASE STUDY

The risks of moving chemicals by rail and highway are compared using a distribution risk decision support tool. Described are the problems faced by those who must evaluate how hazardous materials are to be transported, what attributes are needed in a decision support tool that quantifies the risk along competing routes, and how these results are used to select a mode and a route. This is achieved through the presentation of a case study involving the movement of anhydrous ammonia.

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• Authors:
  • Kornhauser, Alain L
  • Pasternak, Dexter J
  • Sontag, Mary Anne
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 36-40
• Monograph Title: Freight transportation research
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1430
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Ammonia; Case studies; Decision support systems; Hazardous materials; Highway transportation; Railroad transportation; Risk assessment; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Anhydrous ammonia
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00662914
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309055083
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM