DESIGN OF ROUTING NETWORKS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS TO SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) represent a technology with considerable potential for important applications in transportation engineering. This paper focuses on the applications of GIS technology in the transportation routing area. Two case studies are presented: the first focuses on the design and analysis of different Arizona statewide waste tire collection transport networks corresponding to different percentages of total annual waste tires collected. The second case presents ongoing Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored research on the transportation routing and risk management of hazardous waste shipments across the U.S.-Mexico border region. Both routing applications take advantage of the efficiency and productivity of GIS technology and have been implemented on the GIS software TransCAD.

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• Authors:
  • Baaj, M Hadi
  • Ashur, Suleiman A
  • Chaparrofarina, Miguel
  • Pijawka, K David
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 140-144
• Monograph Title: Artificial intelligence and geographical information
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1497
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Case studies; Design; Geographic information systems; Hazardous wastes; Networks; Routing; Software; Solid wastes; Tires; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Scrap tires; Transportation networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Collection
• Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714953
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309061636
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 20 1995 12:00AM