Incidents that involve transportation have the potential of causing significant damages to the
affected communities due to the release of hazardous substances. Therefore, it is important …

Safety and security are of paramount importance, it is important to optimize and improve the
routes of trucks that carry hazardous materials. In this study, we not only ensure the risk in …

Rail transportation plays a critical role to safely and efficiently transport hazardous materials.
A number of strategies have been implemented or are being developed to reduce the risk of …

Railroad transportation plays a critical role in safely and economically moving hazardous
materials throughout North America. Effective management of the risk of hazardous …

A bi-objective bi-level signal control optimization for hazardous material (hazmat) transport
is considered to assess trade-offs between travel cost and environment impacts such as …

Recent changes in freight train operating practices call for improved understanding of the
effect of hazmat car placement on hazmat release risk. In existing models, placement of …

In 2014, there were around 500,000 carloads of petroleum crude oil on the US railroad
network, an 80-fold increase since 2005. A spate of crude oil release incidents has attracted …

Truck crashes in Wyoming are considered a major issue. Nearly 26% of crashes on rural
interstate roads involve hazardous materials (HAZMAT) trucks. Wyoming has a high rate of …

Upgrading track quality offers potential safety and service quality benefits because it can
reduce both derailment rate and transportation time. However track upgrades are costly and …

Between August 2019 and May 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored
researchers from Rutgers University, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Applied …