| Title: | Marine vessels as substitutes for heavy-duty trucks in Great Lakes freight transportation |
| Author(s): | Comer B; Corbett JJ; Hawker JS; Korfmacher K; Lee EE; Prokop C; Winebrake JJ; |
| Address: | "Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.3155/1047-3289.60.7.884 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This paper applies a geospatial network optimization model to explore environmental, economic, and time-of-delivery tradeoffs associated with the application of marine vessels as substitutes for heavy-duty trucks operating in the Great Lakes region. The geospatial model integrates U.S. and Canadian highway, rail, and waterway networks to create an intermodal network and characterizes this network using temporal, economic, and environmental attributes (including emissions of carbon dioxide, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides). A case study evaluates tradeoffs associated with containerized traffic flow in the Great Lakes region, demonstrating how choice of freight mode affects the environmental performance of movement of goods. These results suggest opportunities to improve the environmental performance of freight transport through infrastructure development, technology implementation, and economic incentives" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/analysis Carbon Dioxide/chemistry *Commerce/economics Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution/*prevention & control Great Lakes Region *Motor Vehicles *Ships Time Factors Vehicle Emissions/analysis; |
| Notes: | "MedlineComer, Bryan Corbett, James J Hawker, J Scott Korfmacher, Karl Lee, Earl E Prokop, Chris Winebrake, James J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2010/08/05 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2010 Jul; 60(7):884-90. doi: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.7.884" |
