Using a Federal Database and Local Industry Sector Knowledge to Develop Future Freight Forecasts

In smaller urban areas, freight transportation is often not explicitly modeled, but is included implicitly as a percentage of non-home-based trips, which has nothing to do with the actual behavior of freight. This incorporation has the potential to develop future...

Transportation Infrastructure in Alabama: Finding and Filling the Holes

This research built upon previous work on the development of tools to bridge the gaps in the analysis and understanding of the relationships between economic growth and transportation infrastructure in Alabama. The tasks performed under this contract included:...

Issues and Approaches to the Utilization of Highly Aggregated Databases in Freight Planning and Modeling

As one of the four original pilot studies into disaggregation of the Freight Analysis Framework Version 2 program funded by the Federal Highway Administration, the research team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) has experienced many of the...

Establishing Performance Measures for Alabama’s Transportation System

The purpose the project Establishing Performance Measures For Alabama’s Transportation System was to research current transportation system metrics and develop a set a performance measures appropriate for establishing the level of performance for Alabama’s multimodal...
The Application of Lean Enterprise to Improve Seaport Operations

The Application of Lean Enterprise to Improve Seaport Operations

This paper discusses the implementation of Lean Enterprise management, principles, and tools in seaport operations. The paper begins by providing an overview of the necessary management training, strategy, and structure necessary for a successful lean implementation....

Transportation Infrastructure in Alabama: Bridging the Data and Information Gap

The 2008 research into Transportation Infrastructure in Alabama had two main focal points; the creation of the Freight Planning Framework, with particular emphasis on the disaggregation and use of national level freight data at the state and local level, and the...