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Logistics Solutions in the Supply Chain: Economic Benefits of Safety and Environmental Impacts

项目名称：	Logistics Solutions in the Supply Chain: Economic Benefits of Safety and Environmental Impacts
摘要：	The proposed study will investigate the contribution of logistics facilities (e.g. transload, intermodal, or freight consolidation facilities) to safety and health benefits in the transportation of hazardous materials and other freight. Logistics models have been developed, such as the Nebraska Supply Chain Optimization Model (NESCOM), that estimate changes in costs to manufacturing, wholesale and other firms which use logistics facilities to substitute rail trips for long-haul truck trips. From the perspective of benefit and cost analysis, these changes in costs primarily reflect internalized worker travel time and vehicle operating costs associated with travel. These models, however, do not measure and include external safety (e.g. accidents avoided) and health (e.g. pollution avoided) benefits of investments in logistics facilities. The proposed study would evaluate such safety and health benefits, creating a model which can be used to supplement existing models such as NESCOM. A team of civil engineers and economists will examine the broad literature on truck and rail safety and health costs, and how those vary based on local traffic and socio-economic conditions, utilizing widely available socio-economic and traffic data maintained by state Departments of Transportation. The research team also will apply the model to a specific logistics facility example within the state of Nebraska.
状态：	Active
资金：	233795
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
项目负责人：	Stearns, Amy
执行机构：	University of Nebraska, Lincoln
开始时间：	20210401
预计完成日期：	20220630
主题领域：	Freight Transportation；Highways；Operations and Traffic Management；Railroads；Safety and Human Factors