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Hazardous materials routing and siting decisions are based on multiple objectives, which often conflict. These objectives usually express risk, cost, and equity criteria. Multicriteria decision-making models for hazardous materials routing and siting are available. A common characteristic of these models is the generation of noninferior solutions. A solution is noninferior if no other solution can improve one of the objectives without degrading at least one other objective. Given the fact that only one of the noninferior solutions can be selected, it is necessary at a certain point of the decision-making process to consider the preferences of the decision makers. The preferences of decision makers are affected by their expertise and other nontechnical factors. A telephone interview survey of fire department chiefs in 95 Connecticut cities and towns concerned tradeoffs between cost and safety of hazardous materials transportation and their preferences for hazardous materials storage facilities in rural areas. The survey identified factors affecting these preferences and indicated that community self-interest is one determinant of fire chiefs' preferences.

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Alternatives analysis; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Costs; Decision making; Fire departments; Handling and storage; Hazardous materials; Location; Mathematical models; Routing; Safety; Storage facilities

Models

Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Nov 30 1990 12:00AM

• DEVELOPING AN IMPACT ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORT OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE
• EVALUATING ROUTING ALTERNATIVES FOR TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS USING SIMPLIFIED RISK INDICATORS AND COMPLETE PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSES
• FATALITY RISK CURVES FOR TRANSPORTING CHLORINE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BY TRUCK AND RAIL (WITH DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE)
• IMPROVED DELIVERY OF AIRPORT EMERGENCY SERVICES
• PROJECTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTES IN TRANSPORTATION: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FACTORS AND APPLICATION
• RESTRICTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTES ON THE NATION'S RAILROADS: SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR REGULATORY ANALYSIS
• TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
• TRUCK ACCIDENT RATE MODEL FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING