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Date Session Speaker Presentation Title Organization

2/1/2006

Opening Plenary Session George Schoener A Draft Framework for National Freight Policy (1.03MB) US Department of Transportation
    Paul Bingham Future Freight Transportation Demand (1.018 KB)

1018 1Global Insight

2/1/2006 Luncheon Keynote Speaker Lillian Borrone Wanted: Dangerously Good Solutions for Freight Transportation 247 KB) Eno Transportation Foundation
2/2/2006 Plenary Session -- Best Practices John Horsley The Role of State DOTs in Managing Urban Goods Movement (357 KB) AASHTO
    Harold Linnenkohl Managing Urban Goods Movement: Growing the Georgia Economy (425 KB) Georgia Department of Transportation
    Ron McCready National Cooperative Freight Research Program (36 KB) Transportation Research Board

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PORT ECONOMICS: RAIL SOLUTIONS:
TECHNOLOGY FOR PORT OPERATIONS I & II: TRUCK SOLUTIONS:
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT & SPILLOVERS: URBAN FREIGHT & TRIP DEMAND:
INTERMODAL FEDERAL & STATE PLANNING: ALGORITHMS FOR PORT OPERATIONS:
URBAN LOGISTICS: INSTITUTIONS & POLICY ISSUES:
PORT PRODUCTIVITY I & II PORTS & NETWORK LOS:
LABOR ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION:  MANAGING IMPACTS OF URBAN FREIGHT:
REGIONAL FREIGHT FLOWS: REDUCING EMISSIONS:
CALIFORNIA PORTS, PLANS & POLICY: PORT SECURITY & TERRORIST EVENTS:
EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT I & II: PRICING & PRODUCTIVITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC IMPACTS: DISASTER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT:


 

PORT ECONOMICS:

Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Port Infrastructure Investment Analysis through Integration of Economic Transportation Models(20 KB) Maria Boile, Rutgers  Sotirios Theofanis, Rutgers; Lazar Spasovic, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Liner Shipping and the Port Community -- Modeling the Players' Relationship (20 KB) Sotirios Theofanis, Rutgers Maria Boile, Rutgers
Port and Modal Elasticity Study (255KB)
Robert Leachman, Leachman & Associates
 
TECHNOLOGY FOR PORT OPERATIONS I & II: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Intelligent Transportation System for Container Movement between Inland Port and Terminals (429 KB) Jianlong Zhang,
University of Southern California
Petros Ioannou, University of Southern California; Anastasios Chassiakos, California State University, Long Beach
Urban Maglev Freight Container Movement at the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach (1,553 KB) Kenneth James, California State University, Long Beach Hasam Gurol, General Atomics
The Freight Shuttle: An Approach to Enhance the Transport and Inspection of Intermodal Containers (250 KB) Stephen Roop, Texas A&M
Potentials for Automated and Retrieval Systems and Automated Guided Vehicle Systems in Waterborne Container Terminals (116 KB) Ardavan Asef-Vaziri, California State University, Northridge Berok Khoshnevis, University of Southern California
 Innovative Transportation Technologies-an Alternative for Providing Linkages Between Port Terminals and Inland Freight Distribution Facilities (395 KB) Branislav Dimitrijevic, New Jersey Institute of Technology Lazar N. Spasovic, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Automated Shipping Container Transportation System Design For Chicago (1,558 KB)  Bruce Dahnke, Skytech Transportation Laurence Rohter, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ariel Iris, Chicago Area Transportation Study; F. Gerald Rawling, Chicago Area Transportation Study
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT & SPILLOVERS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Ports and Highways Infrastructure Investment & Spillovers(371 KB) Kristen Monaco, California State University, Long Beach Jeffrey Cohen, University of Hartford
Air Cargo: Engine for Economic Growth and Development -- A Case Study of Asian Region (328 KB) P.S. Senguttuvan, Airports Authority of India
INTERMODAL FEDERAL & STATE PLANNING: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Financing Intermodal Transportation (Presentation Only) (734 KB)  William D. Ankner, Missouri Transportation Institute
Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again: Creating an "Intermode" Framework for Seamless Transportation Policy Development (121 KB) Robert L. James, PANYNJ Paul Bea, Consultant
Assessing Intermodal Transportation Planning at State Departments of Transportation (201 KB) Andrew Goetz, Intermodal Transportation Institute Joseph Szyliowicz, National Center for Intermodal Transportation; Timothy Vowles, National Center for Intermodal Transportation; G. Stephen Taylor, National Center for Intermodal Transportation
URBAN LOGISTICS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Modeling the Evolution of the Goods Movement Supply Chain and Associated Impacts on Metropolitan Areas: From Microfoundations to System Effects (140 KB) Kieran P. Donaghy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Exploratory Research on the Performance of empty Trip Models with Probabilities that Depend on Trip Characteristics (161 KB) José Holguín-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ellen Thorson, UTRC: Juan Zorrilla, Cambridge Systematics
Logistics Land Use and the City:  A Spatial-Temporal Modeling Approach (487 KB) Clarence Woudsma, University of Waterloo Pavlos Kanaroglou, McMaster University; Hanna Maoh, McMaster University; John F. Jensen, University of Calgary
PORT PRODUCTIVITY I & II Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Off-Dock Storage of Empty Containers in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia: Industry Impacts and Institutional Issues (1,253 KB) Phillip Davies, Transport Canada
Empty Container Reuse in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Area (303 KB) Hossein Jula, Penn State University, Harrisburg Anastasios Chassiakos, California State University, Long Beach; Petros Ioannou, University of Southern California; Hwan Chang, University of Southern California
Assessing Container Terminal Productivity: Experiences at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (130 KB) Le Dam Hanh, University of Southern California; Melissa Murphy, University of Southern California
Efficiency Measurement of US Ports Using Data Envelopment Analysis (222 KB) Evangelos Kaisar, University of Maryland Ali Haghani, Univeristy of Maryland; Somchai Pathomsiri, University of Maryland
Potential Impacts of Short Sea Shipping in the Southern California Region (1,150 KB) Le Dam Hanh, University of Southern California James Moore II, University of Southern California
The challenge of last mile container handling in international port cities (111 KB) Raymond Cheung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
LABOR ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION: 
Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
The Impact of Tenure, Experience, and Type of Work on Driver Turnover at a Large truckload Motor Carrier (120 KB)
Stephen Burks, University of Minnesota, Morris  
Cost Benefit Analysis of Driver Hours of Service Regulations for Long Haul LTL Carriers (212 KB) Aviroop Mukherjee, University of Southern California
Randolph Hall, University of Southern California
The Marginal External Costs of Rush-Hour Headaches and Travel Delays (299 KB)
Seiji S.C. Steimetz, California State University, Long Beach
 
REGIONAL FREIGHT FLOWS:
Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Port/Rail Interface- In an Urban Setting (635 KB)
William Burgel, HDR, Inc.
 
Freight Movements in the Upper Midwest Corridor (300 KB) 
Kazuya Kawamura. University of Illinois, Chicago
Sue McNeil, University of Delaware
Why a Regional Freight Study?:  The Case of the Upper Midwest (272 KB)  Sue McNeil, University of Delaware
Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Travis Gordon, DHL; Peter Lindquist, University of Toledo; Kazuya Kawamura, University of Illinois, Chicago; Theresa M. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mark Vonderembse, University of Toledo; Ernie Wittwer, Consultant
CALIFORNIA PORTS, PLANS & POLICY: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Performance Measure Evaluation of Port Truck Trip Reduction Strategies (369 KB)
Michael Fischer, Cambridge Systematics Gill Hicks, Gill V. Hicks Associates; Michael Leue, Parsons; Kerry Cartwright, Port of Long Beach
Port of Los Angeles Transportation Master Plan (775 KB)
Sue Lai and Dina Aryan-Zahlan, Port of Los Angeles Michael Leue, Parsons; Gary Hamrick, Meyer Mohaddes Associates
Expansion of Urban Goods Movement at the Port of Oakland (25 KB)
Michael Leue, Parsons Imee Osantowski, Port of Oakland; Michael Beritzhoff, Port of Oakland
EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT I & II: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Goods Movement and the Measured Real-Time Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks (13 KB) Abhilash Nigam, Univeristy of California, Riverside David R. Cocker III, Aniket A. Sawant, J. Wayne Miller, Matthew Barth, University of California, Riverside
Seasonal and Spatial Trends in Particle Number Concentrations and Size Distributions at the Children’s Health Study Sites in Southern California (396 KB) Constantinos Sioutas, University of Southern California Manisha Sing, University of Southern California; Harish Phuleria, University of Southern California; Kenneth Bowers, California Air Resources Board
Estimating Truck Emissions at the El Paso - Ciudad Juarez Border (375 KB) Joe Zietsman Juan Carlos Villa, Texas A&M; Timothy Forest, TTI; John Storey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Using an Integrated Urban Model to Estimate the Contribution of Commercial Vehicle Movement to Mobile Emissions in Urban Areas (728 KB) Ron N. Buliung, University of Toronto Pavlos S. Kanaroglou, McMaster University
Reducing Emissions from Port Operations and Distribution Centers by Using Advanced Propulsion Systems and New Fuels (372 KB) Bill Van Amburg, CALSTART  
ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC IMPACTS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Seaport Activity and Local Establishment Dynamics (595 KB) Jon D. Haveman, Public Policy Institute of California Brandon Wall, PPIC
Environmental Justice and Hazmat Freight: A Spatial Analysis in Southern California (755 KB) Lisa Schweitzer, Virginia Tech  
Chaos in urban freight policies? A comparison between Dutch cities (146 KB) J.H.R. van Duin, Delft University  
RAIL SOLUTIONS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Redeveloping Aged Urban Rail Freight Infrastructure: The Challenge to Make It Perform Better Given Four Decades of Industry Suburbanization (332 KB) James R. Blaze, ZETA-TECH Associates  
The Cross Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel - A Critical Transportation Project for the New York Region's Future (1,382 KB) Marnie McGregor, Move NY&NJ  
TRUCK SOLUTIONS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Improving Truck Movement in Urban Industrial Districts: Application of GIS, Accident and Field Data (17 KB) Susan L. Bok, Los Angeles Department of Transportation  
Hybrid Propulsion Systems for Port Drayage (549 KB) Daniel Smith, The Tioga Group  
URBAN FREIGHT & TRIP DEMAND: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Estimating Freight Flows for Metropolitan Area Highway Networks Using Secondary Data Sources (414 KB) Genevieve Giuliano, University of Southern Californ  
Forecasting Truck VMT Growth at the County and Statewide Levels (486 KB) Feng Liu, Michael Baker Jr. Inc.  
Business and Site Specific Trip Generation Model for Truck Trips (282 KB) Hyeon-Shic Shin, University of Connecticut Kazuya Kawamura, University of Illinois at Chicago
ALGORITHMS FOR PORT OPERATIONS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Crane Double Cycling in Container Ports: Planning Methods and Evaluation (417 KB) Anne Goodchild, University of Washington  
A column generation heuristic for local drayage routing given port access appointment system (151 KB) Alan Erera, Georgia Institute of Technology Rajeev Namboothiri, Georgia Institute of Technology
INSTITUTIONS & POLICY ISSUES: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
What We Know (And When We Knew It); What We Think It Means; What We Think It Portends [the trick of seeing ‘round corners]; Applying The Knowledge To An Appropriate Action Agenda (69 KB) F. Gerald Rawling, Chicago Area Transportation Study  
Urban Freight Transport Policies and Planning in Europe: An Overview and Classification of Policy Measures (183 KB) Johan Visser, Delft University of Technology  
PORTS & NETWORK LOS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Developing a Conceptual Framework for the Integration of Urban Freight Models with Regional and International Freight Transportation Models (87 KB) Zachary Patterson, McGill University Murtaza Haider, McGill University; Gordon Ewing, McGill
MANAGING IMPACTS OF URBAN FREIGHT: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
The Terminal Gate Appointment System At The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach: An Assessment (82 KB) Thomas O’Brien, California State University, Long Beach Genevieve Giuliano, Paul Dell'aquila, Sara Hayden. University of Southern California
Freight Bottlenecks on Highways: Implications for Urban and National Freight Transportation Policy (152 KB) Lance Grenzeback, Cambridge Systematics  
Feasibility of a Metropolitan Truck-only Toll Lane Network: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia (500 KB) Michael D. Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology  
REDUCING EMISSIONS:
Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Opportunities for New Fuels and Advanced Truck Technologies to Support the Goods Movement by Improving Air Quality and Supporting Regional Economic Development (11 KB) John Boesel, West- Start-CALSTART  
A review of green logistics schemes used in cities around the world (101 KB) Nikolas Geroliminis Carlos F. Daganzo, University of California, Berkeley
Impacts of Freight Transportation on Regional Emissions (88 KB) Jeffrey Ang-Olson, ICF Consulting  
PORT SECURITY & TERRORIST EVENTS: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Simulating the State-by-State Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Three Major U.S. Ports: Applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model)(427 KB) James Moore II, University of Southern California Jiyoung Park, University of Southern California
The Security Incident Cycle of Ports (96 KB) Wayne Talley, Old Dominion University  
PRICING & PRODUCTIVITY: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Role of Freight Transportation Services and Reduction of Delayed Flights on Productivity of US Airports (97 KB) Somchai Pathomsiri, University of Maryland Ali Haghani, Robert J. Windle, Martin Dresner, University of Maryland
Myths and Truths About the Effectiveness of Road Pricing to Manage Truck Traffic (197 KB) José Holguín-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  
Labor at the Ports: A Comparison of the ILA and ILWU (170 KB) Lindy Olsson, University of Washington Kristen Monaco, California State University, Long Beach
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT: Presenting Author: Contributing Author:
Rapid Damage Assessment (RDA) of New Orleans Port And Intermodal Infrastructure Using Digital Globe Satellite Imagery, GIS And Feature Analyst Software (4,864 KB) William Lyte, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants; Tyler Otto, Digital Globe Corporation Christopher Lee, California State University, Long Beach
A Concept for Measuring the Effects of Severe Weather Trends on Freight Movement In and Between Major Urban Areas (753 KB) Jeffrey Short, American Transportation Research Inst.