2008 - 87th Annual Meeting

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