01551138

Component

This research employs the bi-level programming approach to assist the government in regulating the usage of intermodal terminals for hazardous material transportation. Particularly a bi-level bi-objective toll-setting policy model is proposed to mitigate the transportation risk. Applying toll setting policy, the government deters the carrier from using certain terminals by imposing tolls. The routing of shipments, and hence the transportation risk, is determined by the carrier. The authors develop a multi-objective particle swarm optimizations which integrate CPLEX optimization to solve the model. The application of the model is illustrated by a real problem instance based on the intermodal service chain of Norfolk Southern in US. Computational experiments provide detailed managerial insights for different shareholders.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT040 Transportation of Hazardous Materials.

01550057

15-0814

English

10p

2015

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Container traffic; Freight security; Hazard mitigation; Hazardous materials; Intermodal terminals; Policy; Risk management; Routing; Tolls

Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Policy; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-0814

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 12:22PM