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    • Assessment of biodiesel scenarios for Midwest freight transport emission reduction 

      Meier, Paul; Holloway, Tracey A.; Sauthoff, Anjali P. (National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, 2010-04)
      There are trade-offs when attempting to reduce both greenhouse gas and criteria air pollutants for freight transport, as the control strategies are not necessarily complimentary. While emission controls can remove ozone ...
    • Business and site specific trip generation methodology for truck trips 

      Kawamura, Kazuya; Shin, Hyeon-Shic; McNeil, Sue; Ogard, Libby (Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2005-09)
      The motivation for this research comes from the recognition that recent developments in supply chain management (SCM) have altered the mechanism of truck trip generation at the individual facility level. This research ...
    • Containerization policy: considering increased load weight for certain circumstances of freight in Wisconsin 

      Bittner, Jason; Schilling, Martin; Adams, Teresa M. (National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, 2009-06)
      Many businesses in Wisconsin export their goods throughout the world. An efficient way of doing business internationally is through containerized shipments. This research discovered that Wisconsin?s weight laws for ...
    • Operational resiliency of Beloit-Hudson interstate highway corridor 

      Adams, Teresa M.; Bier, Vicki; Bekkem, Kaushik (National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, 2010-05)
      This research identified the top 10 high-risk (low operational resilience) segments along the I-90/94 Interstate Highway Corridor from Hudson to Beloit, Wisconsin. Resiliency in this project is a function of the vulnerability, ...
    • Understanding freight-built environment interrelationships 

      Miodonski, Dan; Sherburn, Sarah; Rashidi, Laya; Dirks, Lise; Sriraj, P.S.; Thakuriah, Piyushimita (Vonu); Kawamura, Kazuya (National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, 2011-08)
      This research will carry out the in-depth examination of, using both quantative and qualative techniques, the effects of land use on freight transportation and vice-versa to: expand the understainding of the full impacts ...
    • Upper Midwest freight corridor study 

      Gupta, Jiwan; Kawamura, Kazuya; Wittwer, Ernie F.; McNeil, Sue; Vonderembse, Mark; Lindquist, Peter; Bittner, Jason; Adams, Teresa M.; Gordon, Travis J. (Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2005-03-31)
      This study was undertaken in order to establish a regional approach to improving freight transportation through the Upper Midwest corridor. Improving freight flows through the region can improve reliability and enhance ...
    • Upper Midwest freight corridor study phase II 

      Ebeling, Mary R.; Adams, Teresa M.; Van Hecke, Sam; Szymkowski, Todd; Stewart, Richard; Lindquist, Peter; Gardner, Raine; Wittwer, Ernie F.; Vonderembse, Mark (Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2007-03)
      Growing travel, freight movements, congestion, and international competition threaten the economic well being of the Upper Midwest States. More congestion, slower freight movement, fragmentation, and economic slow down are ...