2018 - 97th Annual Meeting

Developing an Empirical Pipeline and Rail Crude Oil Freight Demand Model

a. Adam Morrison, University of Waterloo

b. Chris Bachmann, University of Waterloo

c. Frank Saccomanno, University of Waterloo

Investigation of U.S. Rail-Based Crude Oil Incidents: Types and Consequences of Crude Oil Release

a. Amirfarrokh Iranitalab, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

b. Aemal Khattak, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

c. Eric Thompson

Comparative Risks of Transporting Hazardous Materials by Unit Train and Manifest Train

a. Weixi Li, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

b. Christopher Barkan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Risk Management and Hazardous Materials Transportation

Lectern Session 437

This session explores best practices for applying safety risk management (SRM) within the hazardous materials transportation industry. The SRM process includes hazard identification, system analysis, risk analysis and assessment, and risk mitigations and controls. One of the major challenges in effectively applying SRM is risk perception and its impact on risk assessments. Risk assessments are often constrained by the public’s perception of the risk regardless of the true quantitative risk. The session will include presentations on hazard identification, risk assessments, risk perception, and risk communication with a view toward advancing best practices within industry.

Risk Perception and Communication

Mark Abkowitz, Vanderbilt University

P18-20171

Improving Highway Safety Through the Identification of Illicit Transportation of Hazmat and Other Contraband

Silvana Croope, University of Alabama

P18-20173

Safety and Risk Management: Beyond Regulatory Compliance

George Borlase, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

P18-20174

Safety Risk Management Best Practices

Harold Neil, Delaware River Port Authority

P18-20175