METRANS Transportation Center

Track 1 Models for Transportation, Port, Air, Intermodal Operations, Impact Analysis:
The Impact of Supply Chain and Logistics Decisions on Transportation Demand and the Location of Economic Activity
Presenting Author: Garland Chow, Sauder School of Business, The University of British Columbia

Methods and Experience in Assessing Potential Technology Solutions in Urban Freight Impact Assessments
Presenting Author: Mark Jensen, SAIC

Adding a Freight Network to a National Interstate Input Output Model
Presenting Author: James E. Moore, II, University of Southern California
Co-Authors: Joongkoo Cho, Peter Gordon, Jiyoung Park, Harry Richardson, Sungsu Yoon, Xian Zhang

Modeling the Logistics of FedEx International Express
Presenting Author: Megan Smirti, University of California, Berkeley
Co-Authors: Andrew Papson, Valentine Calloud, Amaud Boubert

Minimizing Departure Time for Outgoing Trucks in a Crossdock
Presenting Author: Jiana-Fu Wang, University of California, Irvine
Co-Authors: Amelia Regan, Mei-Ting Tsai

On the Formulation and Solution of an Emergency Routing Problem
Presenting Authors: Hsiu-Chin Lin, Juan Casse, California State University, Long Beach
Co-Authors: Tariq Shehab, Darin Goldstein

Inter-county Spillovers and Ports and Roads Infrastructure Investment
Presenting Author: Kristen Monaco, California State University, Long Beach
Co-Author: Jeff Cohen

Optimizing Truck Appointment Systems: An Integrated Lot Sizing and Queuing Model
Presenting Author: Xuesong Zhou, University of Utah
Co-Authors: George List, Mingxin Li

The Impacts of Congestion on Commercial Vehicle Tours
Presenting Author: Miguel A. Figliozzi, Portland State University

The Greening of Freight in Europe: Assessing the Market Potential of New Services and Lower Barrriers Using a Dynamic Intermodal Simulation Assignment Methodology
Presenting Author: Hani S. Mahmassani, Northwestern University
Co-Authors: Elise Miller-Hooks, Rahul Nair, Kuilin Zhang Vishnu, Charan Arcot, Jing Dong, Aaron Kozuki, Johanna Ludvigsen

3D Tree-Structured Object Tracking for Autonomous Vehicles
Presenting Author: Changsoo Jeong, University of Southern California
Co-Author: Alice C. Parker

Impacts of Left Lane Truck Restrictions on Urban Freeways
Presenting Author: ChoonHeon Yang, University of California, Irvine

Track 2 Port Operations and Productivity:
Estimating the Impact of the Clean Trucks Program on Terminal Operators
Presenting Author: Anne Victoria Goodchild, University of Washington

Extended Gate Operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach: A Preliminary Assessment
Presenting Author: Thomas O’Brien, California State University, Long Beach
Co-Author: Genevieve Giuliano

Challenges in Developing Viable Inland Container Terminals
Presenting Author: Philip Davies, Halcrow Consulting, Inc.

Exclusive Truckways: Exploring Potential in Canada's Heartland
Presenting Author: Matthew Roorda, University of Toronto
Co-Authors: Clarence Woudsma, Baher Abdulhai, Cameron Smith

An Accurate Monitoring of Truck Waiting and Flow Times at a Terminal in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports
Presenting Author: Shui Lam, California State University, Long Beach
Co-Authors: Jeho Park, Cheryl Pruitt

Track 3 Trucking/Air/Rail Economics and Logistics, Productivity, Labor Issues:
Truck Congestion Pricing and the San Pedro Bay Ports
Presenting Author: Seiji Steimetz, California State University, Long Beach

Developing Truck-Oriented Freight Performance Measures
Presenting Author: Edward McCormack, University of Washington

Productivity Gains in Rail, Trucking, Container and the Impact on Supply Chain in Urban Areas
Presenting Author: John Falcetta, UMA-AECOM Management Consulting

Analysis of Freight Tours in a Congested urban Area Using Disaggregated Data: Characteristics and Data Collection Challenges
Presenting Author: Miguel A. Figliozzi, Portland State
Co-Authors: Lynsey Kingdon, Andrea Wilkitzki, University of Sydney

Characteristics of Triple Combination Truck Operations
Presenting Author: Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT), University of Idaho
Co-Authors: Seyla B. Gonzales, Mario Candia-Martinez, NIATT, University of Idaho

Freight Transportation Derivatives Contracts: State of the Art and Future Developments
Presenting Author: Mei-Ting Tsai, University of California, Irvine
Co-Authors: Amelia Regan, Jean-Daniel Saphores

Track 4 Local and Regional Environmental Externalities: congestion, air quality, etc.:
From Waste to Hydrogen: An Optimal Design of Energy Production and Distribution Network
Presenting Author: Nathan Parker, University of California, Davis
Co-Authors: Yueyue Fan, Joan Ogden

Development of an Exposure Model for Diesel Locomotive PM Near the Alameda Corridor Railroad
Presenting Author: Hamid Rahai, California State University, Long Beach
Co-Author: Ayaz Alvari

Hazardous Materials and Communities
Presenting Author: Lisa Schweitzer, University of Southern California

Track 5 Policy and Institutional Issues in Urban Goods Movement:
Freight Strategic Planning: What Our Customers Want
Presenting Author: Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin
Co-Authors: Teresa Adams, Ernie Wittwer

Freight Activities and Planning Efforts Within Small Metropolitan Areas in the United States
Presenting Author: Jessica Y. Guo, Teresa Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Co-Authors: Edwin Toledo-Duran

Investigating the Possibility of Using BART for Air Freight Movement
Presenting Author: Xiao-Yun Lu, University of California, Berkeley
Co-Authors: Matthew Hanson, Michael Graham, Eugene Nishinaga, Richard Lu

Market Power, Port Activity, and Environmental Health
Presenting Author: Sheikh Shahnawaz, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Evaluating Impacts of Institutional Reforms on Port Efficiency Changes: Malmquist Productivity Index for World Container Ports
Presenting Author: SangHyun Cheon, University of California, Berkeley

Track 6 Security/Vulnerability of Goods Movement Infrastructure:
Security and Vulnerability of Commercial Vehicle Operations in a Post 9/11 World (not uploaded as yet)
Presenting Author: Mark Miller, University of California, Berkeley

Evaluating and Improving the Security of RFID tags in eSeals at the L.A. and L.B. Ports
Presenting Author: Burkhard Englert, California State University, Long Beach
Co-authors: Dolgorsuren Byambaja, Aniketh Parmar

Track 7 Best Practices/Lessons Learned – Freight Villages:
Applicability of the Freight Village Concept to Urban Areas
Presenting Authors: Anne Strauss-Wieder, A. Strauss-Wieder, Inc., Scott Parker, Jacobs Engineering

Integrating Inland Ports into the Intermodal Goods Movement System for Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Presenting Authors: Robert Harrison, The University of Texas at Austin and Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California

Track 7 Best Practices/Lessons Learned in Alleviating Freight Congestion:
Electronic Freight Management (EFM)
Freight Operations and Technology
Michael Onder, USDOT-FHWA

Utilizing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in Connecting Multi-Enterprise Freight Operations
Presenting Author: Robby Moss, Booz Allen Hamilton

Track 8 Strategic Mobility 21: A Panel Presentation
Moderator: Lawrence Mallon, California State University, Long Beach
Southern California Agile Supply Network: Shui Lam and Burkhard Englert, California State University, Long Beach

Strategic Mobility 21 Program: A Transformational Service Oriented Approach to Global Goods Movement: John Hwang, California State University, Long Beach

California Goods Movement Auction Plan Green Freight Corridor Network Program: Michael O'Neil, Boeing

Track 8 Technology
Building a Technology Industry at the San Pedro Bay Ports
Presenting Author: William Lyte, Kennedy/Jenks