Transportation Research Forum

2007 Annual Forum
Conference Proceedings

The 48th Annual Forum was held Mar. 15-17, 2007 at the George Sherman Union on the Boston University campus in Boston, Massachusetts. View the Foreword from the TRF Program Vice-President (PDF, 8K)

Sponsors

  • CH2M HILL
  • Deloitte Services LP
  • Raritan Central Railroad
  • TRF Washington DC Chapter
  • TRF Chicago Chapter
  • TRF New York Chapter

Papers & Presentations

  • A Model of Corn and Soybean Shipments on the Ohio River
    Michael W. Babcock, Kansas State University
    Stephen Fuller, Texas A&M University
  • A New Hinterland Transport Concept for the Port of Rotterdam: Organisational and/or Technological Challenges?
    Rob Konings, Delft University of Technology
    Ben-Jaap Pielage, Delft University of Technology
    Johan Visser, Delft University of Technology
    Bart Wiegmans, Delft University of Technology
  • Air Traffic Management Reform in the U.S., U.K., and Canada
    Clinton Oster, Jr., Indiana University
    John Strong, College of William & Mary
  • Analyses of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as Transport Arteries
    Luis Fellin, Texas A&M University
    Stephen Fuller, Texas A&M University
    John Kruse, University of Missouri
    Seth Meyer, University of Missouri
    Abner Womack, University of Missouri
  • Assessing the Impact of Modal Diversion on Pavement Maintenance Costs and Asset Management Practices
    Libby Ogard, Prime Focus LLC
    Anthony Pagano, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Aviation Catastrophic Planning and the TSA
    Kathleen Sweet, Purdue University
  • Barge Hub Terminals: A Perspective for More Efficient Hinterland Container Transport for the Port Rotterdam
    Rob Konings, Delft University of Technology
    Ben-Jaap Pielage, Delft University of Technology
    Joan Rijsenbrij, Delft University of Technology
    Maurits van Schuylenburg, Port of Rotterdam
  • Benefits of Security Measures on Transportation
    Allister Hickson, University of Manitoba Transport Institute
    Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba Transport Institute
  • CO2 vs. Salmon: Complementary Policies in Wheat Transportation in the Pacific Northwest?
    Ken Casavant, Washington State University
    Marcia Gossard, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
  • Commercial Aviation Security: Why People are More Dangerous than Bombs
    Timothy M. Ravich, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and University of Miami School of Law
  • Container Terminal Seaside Operations Scheduling: Does Current Research Address the Practical Challenges of Berth Planning? - A Critical Review
    Maria Boile, Rutgers University
    Mihalis Golias, Rutgers University
    Sotirios Theofanis, Rutgers University
  • Cotton Transportation and Logistics: A Dynamic System
    Steven W. Fuller, Texas A&M University
    John L. Park, Texas A&M University
    John R. C. Robinson, Texas A&M University
  • Culture and Aviation
    James Szeredy
  • Enhancing Transit Facility Design
    Raymond Dominguez, STV Inc.
    Patrick J. O'Mara, STV Inc.
    Steven P. Scalici, STV Inc.
  • Evaluating Congestion Pricing Impacts Under Peak Spreading
    Pierre Vilain, The Louis Berger Group
    Carolyn Wolff, The Louis Berger Group
  • Financing Port Dredging Costs: Taxes Versus User Fees
    Wayne K. Talley, Old Dominion University
  • Globalization Implications of Africa's Transportation Infrastructure
    Ambe J. Njoh, University of South Florida
  • Growth in Air Transportation of Sub-Saharan African Nations
    Abdussalam A. Addus, North Carolina A&T State University
    David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Innovation and Sustainability: Assessing the Impact of the Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program
    Scott E. Tarry, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Innovative Financing Strategies for Developing New Train Stations in Rhode Island
    Farhad Atash, University of Rhode Island
    Talia McCray, University of Rhode Island
  • Is a Vehicle-Mile Tax a Viable Alternative to the Fuel Tax?: Socio-Economic and Distributional Impacts
    B. Starr McMullen, Oregon State University
    Lei Zhang, Oregon State University
  • Local Innovative Financing, Transportation Funding and Fiscal Diversification for a Regional Transportation Agency in Boise, Idaho
    Sabrina Bowman, Ada County Highway District, Boise, Idaho
    Don Kostelec, Ada County Highway District, Boise, Idaho
    Katey Levihn, Ada County Highway District, Boise, Idaho
  • Machine Learning in Modeling Expressway Winter Maintenance Performance
    Hai Sun, SUNY-Buffalo
    Jean-Claude Thill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Marginal Costs Estimation in Airports. Multiproductive Cost Functions and Stochastic Frontiers: International Airport Case Study
    Juan Carlos Martín, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
    Augusto Voltes-Dorta, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Measuring the Performance of Transport Logistics Corridors in Developing Countries: The FastPath Approach
    Peter D. Cook, Sophia Yu Consultants
    Paul Kent, Nathan Associates, Inc.
  • Model Analysis and Computer Simulation Study for Feeders of the High-Speed Package Sorter
    M. Tsutsumi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Xiaoguang Zhou, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
  • Modeling Containerized Hay Shipments in the Pacific Northwest: Investigating Cost and Volume Impacts as Port of Portland Container Services is Reduced
    Ken Casavant, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Stephanie Meenach, Washington Apple Commission
  • Modeling Empty Container Matching Opportunities through a Virtual Container Yard
    Maria Boile, Rutgers University
    Srihari Janakiraman, Rutgers University
    Aristotelis Naniopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Sotirios Theofanis, Rutgers University
  • Multi-Commodity Network Flow Based Approaches for the Railroad Crew Scheduling Problem
    Bala Vaidyanathan, Univesrity of Florida
  • Operating, Financial and Total Leverage Present to the U.S. National Air Carriers Since 1990
    Brian Adams, University of Portland
    Bahram Adrangi, University of Portland
    Richard D. Gritta, University of Portland
  • Optimal Winter Speed Limit
    Toru Hagiwara, Hokkaido University
    Seiichi Kagaya, Hokkaido University
    Suthipun Thanesuen, Hokkaido University
    Ken-etsu Uchida, Hokkaido University
  • Overriding Trends in Cross-Border Regulations and Programs Impacting the Security, Safety and Efficiency of Freight Movements
    Garland Chow, Bureau of ITS and Freight Security
    Dave Frank, Bureau of ITS and Freight Security
    Alicja Gados, Bureau of ITS and Freight Security
  • Preparing Tomorrow's Transportation Workforce Professional
    Christine L. Toole, Virginia Tech
    Joseph S. Toole, Federal Highway Administration
  • Private Sector Benefits of Adopting FAST: The Canada - U.S. Transport Market
    Garland Chow, University of British Columbia
  • Projections of Washington-British Columbia Trade and Traffic, by Commodity, Route and Border Crossing
    Ken Casavant, Washington State University
    Hamilton Galloway, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
  • Recruitment, Training, Retention and Rewarding Paratransit Managers
    Karen Wolf-Branigin, Easter Seals Project ACTION
  • Residential and Travel Choices of Elderly Residents of Northern California
    Xinyu Cao, North Dakota State University
    Susan Handy, University of California, Davis
    Patricia Mokhtarian, University of California, Davis
  • Risk Sharing in Public-Private Partnership Financing - An Evaluation of the U.S. Experience and Potential in Road Transportation
    Cristina Checherita, George Mason University
    Jonathan Gifford, George Mason University
  • Rural Transit Demand Estimation: An Alternative Approach in the State of Washington
    Ken Casavant, Washington State University
    Marcia Gossard, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Kathleen Painter, Washington State University
  • SAFETEA-LU Earmarks in Minnesota: Urban-to-Rural Arbitrage?
    Michael Smart, University of California - Los Angeles
  • Spatial Investigation of Mineral Transportation Characteristics in the State of Washington
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Hayk Khachatryan, Washington State University
  • Stochastic Benefit Framework: A Framework and an Application in Air Transportation
    Dipasis Bhadra, MITRE/CAASD
    Dave Knorr, ATO-P/FAA
  • Strategic Management as a Key to Educating the New Aviation Professional
    Isabelle Dostaler, Concordia University
    Triant Flouris, San Jose State University
  • Supply Chain Analysis: Port Security Measures and Catastrophic Events
    Ken Casavant, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Grant Monson, Washington State University
  • The Berth Allocation Problem: A Formulation Reflecting Time Window Service Deadlines
    Maria Boile, Rutgers University
    Mike Golias, Rutgers University
    Sotirios Theofanis, Rutgers University
  • The Fallacy of Passenger Fare Savings as a Result of Airline Deregulation
    David Richards, retired CAB/DOT/FAA
  • The Impact of Cross-Cultural Factors on Corporate Governance Transparency: The Implication for Strategic Alliances in the Airline Industry
    Catherine Giapponi, Fairfield University
    Carl Scheraga, Fairfield University
  • The Impact of Domestic Codesharing: A Case Study of the Southwest and ATA Alliance
    Yan Du, Oregon State University
    B. Starr McMullen, Oregon State University
  • The Temporal-Fares-Offered Curves in Air Transportation
    Kenneth Button, George Mason University
    Henry Vega, George Mason University
  • Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Activity: Evidence Using Vector Autoregession, Error Correction and Directed Acyclic Graphs
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Steven Peterson, Washington State University
  • Transportation Technology Transfer Training and Education Needs
    Ossama Abd Elrahman, New York Dept. of Transportation
    Richard Horn, University of Rhode Island
    Yuko J. Nakanishi, Nakanishi Research and Consulting LLC
  • Using Simulation Modeling to Quantify the Benefits of Replacing Traditional Truck Weigh Stations with Weigh-In-Motion
    David Frank, BITSAFS, Sauder School of Business, UBC
    Teresa Jiang, BITSAFS, Sauder School of Business, UBC
  • Washington State All-Weather Road GIS Mapping: Improving Statewide Freight Flows and Connectivity
    Kelley Cullen, Washington State University
    Eric Jessup, Washington State University
    Jerry Lenzi, Washington State Department of Transportation
  • What Has Happened to Airline Operating Expenses since Deregulation?
    William A. Jordan, York University, Toronto
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