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Title:

ASSESSMENT OF EMISSIONS AND FUEL-USE CHANGES RESULTING FROM MODAL SHIFTS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN

Accession Number:

00794734

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts are conducting a comprehensive investigation of the feasibility of navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River and the Illinois Waterway for the planning period 2000 to 2050. This six-year study, the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) Navigation Study, involves personnel from three Army Corps of Engineers divisions and two Corps research laboratories (Construction Engineering, CERL, and Waterways Experiment Station, WES), as well as other federal agencies and five states. This study includes several major components, including commodity movement forecasts to the year 2050, cost analyses, environmental analyses, and evaluations of both large and small measures to enhance navigation. Decisions made regarding navigation improvements or changes in operating policies on the waterways system affect the distribution of commodity flows among the competing modes - water, rail, and truck. Therefore, evaluations of navigation projects must include assessments of the impacts of modal shifts. The objectives of this study are to determine (1) fuel consumption, (2) emissions and (3) other environmental impacts such as road damage, maintenance and tire usage of commodity movements, primarily by waterway and by optional routings, when commodities shipments are diverted to alternative destinations or other modes.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

00794729

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Lipinski, Martin E
Clarke, D B
Burton, M

Pagination:

p. 43-59

Publication Date:

1999-12

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 491
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (12) ; Tables (7)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Energy; Environment; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Railroads

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 20 2000 12:00AM

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