Integrating MTS Commerce Data with Multimodal Freight Transportation Performance Measures to Support MTS Maintenance Investment Decision Making (2014) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 1-5
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 1... ...
9 S U M M A R Y The Research Effort The purpose of NCFRP Project 42 was to explore the development of an analytical framework and model for evaluating the allocation of operations and maintenance dollars to navigation projects, taking into account how those projects tie into the overall surface transportation system. However, the literature dealing with the prioritization of navigation projects suffers from the same shortcomings as transportation data repositories -- it is very modal specific and does not provide a means of analyzing system effects.
|
From page 2... ...
10 Five port complexes were selected as case studies on which to apply the model: • Duluth, Minnesota • Hampton Roads (Port of Virginia) , Virginia • Huntington, West Virginia • Plaquemines, Louisiana • Portland, Oregon The Port of Portland was further divided into deep draft (import/export)
|
From page 3... ...
11 The highway corridor analysis tapped into previous and ongoing work conducted by Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) through its Urban Mobility Research Program (UMRP)
|
From page 4... ...
12 Certain findings became obvious, even before running the model. They are explained in depth in the body of the report.
|
From page 5... ...
13 Appendix F shows the results of the model for each of the selected dredging scenarios. In summary: 1.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.