Session 628
Hazmat and Non-Hazmat Rail and Truck Risk Reduction
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Shoreham
Cheryl Burke, Dow Chemical Company, presiding
Relationship Between Train Length and Accident Causes and Rates
Darwin Henry Schafer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Christopher P. L. Barkan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Reducing Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials by Route Rationalization
Athaphon Kawprasert, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Christopher P. L. Barkan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Benefits and Costs of Four Approaches to Improving the Rollover Stability of Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles
Douglas B. Pape, Battelle Memorial Institute
Nancy McMillan, Battelle Memorial Institute
Arthur Greenberg, Battelle Memorial Institute
Heather Mayfield, Battelle Memorial Institute
J. Caleb Chitwood, Battelle Memorial Institute
Christopher Winkler, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Daniel Blower, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Timothy J. Gordon, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Michelle Barnes, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
John Frank Brock, Windwalker Corporation
Kate Harback, MITRE Corporation
Vehicle Immobilization Technologies: Identification of Best Practices
Oscar Franzese, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joseph DeLorenzo, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Helmut E. Knee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tom Urbanik, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Session 666
Rail Hazmat Safety and Security: Research, Modeling, and Testing
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM, Shoreham
Philip Daum, Engineering Systems, Inc., presiding
Robert E. Fronczak, Association of American Railroads, presiding
Transportation Security Administration Initiatives and Rulemakings
Scott C Gorton, Transportation Security Administration
Federal Railroad Administration Hazmat Rulemakings
William Stanley Schoonover, Federal Railroad Administration
Improved Tank Car Safety Research
David Y Jeong, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
David Tyrell, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Next-Generation Rail Car Project
Henry C. Ward, The Dow Chemical Company
Patrick J. Student, Union Pacific Railroad Company
Frank D. Lester, Union Tank Car Company
Rail Car Modeling
Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
AT040 Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 16, 2007, 2:30 – 6:00 pm, Shoreham
Mark Lepofsky, Battelle, presiding
Benchmarking in Transportation Risk Management
Fred Clark, XL Insurance
Practical Issues for Monitoring Hazmat Shipments
Henry Ward, The Dow Chemical Company
Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Fusion Center
Tom Wells, International Association of Fire Chiefs
EFM & E-Shipping Papers
Ryan F Paquet, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Session 567
Critical Issues Facing Freight, Part 4: Effects of Land Use Practices on Freight Performance (Part 1, Session 423; Part 2, Session 472; Part 3, Session 502)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM, Shoreham
Jeannie G. Beckett, Port of Tacoma, presiding
Sponsored by:
Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025)
Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics Committee (AT015)
Ports and Channels Committee (AW010)
Marine Environmental Committee (AW030)
Transportation of Hazardous Materials Committee (AT040)
Land Use and Freight Planning: State of the Practice in the United States and Abroad
Peter E. Plumeau, Resource Systems Group, Inc.
Land Use Constraints: Effects and Responses in Freight Operations and Investment
William Schafer, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Location Decisions: What's Considered, What Isn't, and the Consequences for Freight Operations
Tim Nolan, AMB Property Corporation Logistics in Georgia: Facing the Challenge of the 3 V's - Volume, Velocity, Visibility
Page Siplon, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah