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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Freight transportation"”.
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Modeling the demand for freight transportation.
Thesis. 1976. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
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The value of service in freight transportation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1992.
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Business-to-business marketplaces for freight transportation
… contract negotiations for truckload, airfreight, ocean and intermodal shipments. Most of the initial activity in freight transportation has focused on the highly fragmented truckload sector. Currently, none of these firms process enough shipments to constitute critical mass or a …
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Origin to destination unreliability in rail freight transportation.
Thesis: Civ. E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1972
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Distribution Planning for Rail and Truck Freight Transportation Systems
Rail and truck freight transportation systems provide vital logistics services today. Rail systems are generally used to transport heavy and bulky commodities over long distances, while trucks tend to provide fast and flexible service for small and high-value products. In this dissertation, we …
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Seismic Resilience of Rail-Truck Intermodal Freight Transportation Networks
… networks constitute the backbone of the US freight transportation network, and the rail-truck intermodal combination constitutes a popular emerging mode of freight transport. Although components of the intermodal network, namely railway bridges, highway bridges, roadways, railway tracks and …
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Intelligent Lane Utilisation to Improve Freight Transportation Mobility on Arterials
The increase in commodity flow and just-in-time pickup/delivery activities in urban areas have increased truck traffic on urban roadways, which raises safety and operational concerns. The governing agencies are planning to improve the efficiency by adopting the Intelligent Lane Utilisation (ILU) …
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Urban Freight Transportation: The Interaction of Home Deliveries in Cities
<p>The movement of freight in urban areas is a key factor in the sustainable development of cities. If managed correctly, it can potentiate economic growth and support urban lifestyles. Nevertheless, the movement of goods in cities is usually in conflict with other urban flows and is generally …
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An analysis of robustness and flexibility in freight transportation systems
Freight transportation is a complex large scale system that operates under a highly dynamic and uncertain environment. Due to the scale and complexity of the system, a highly interdependent set of decisions are made across multiple planning levels. The interaction between tactical level decisions …
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The use of performance measures in regional freight transportation planning
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Optimal capital structure of deep sea foreign freight transportation companies
… range for shipping companies (maritime foreign freight transportation companies - SIC 4412), through data analysis. This study confirms that in a traditional industry like shipping, the Market value-leverage curve is very similar to the theoretical curve, as proposed by traditional capital …
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Intermodal freight transportation--an integrated analysis of strategy and operations
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.
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A dynamic input-output model to project U.S. freight transportation demand
Understanding and modeling U.S. freight transportation demand is essential for infrastructure planning, the development of transportation-related regulatory frameworks, and the assessment of environmental implications. However, existing models that forecast U.S. freight transportation demand are …
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A study of competition in freight transportation to and from Boston, Massachusetts
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1931
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Managing freight transportation and air quality in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
In the planning and management of freight transportation systems, there may be difficult challenges to providing efficient movements of goods in a region and achieving environmental objectives. Managing these potential conflicts is important to ensure the economic benefits of an efficient freight …
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Assessment of the Jones Act Waiver Process on Freight Transportation Networks Experiencing Disruption
… critical infrastructure. Traditional views of transportation systems do not adequately address questions of governance and behaviors that contribute to resilience. In contrast, recent development of a System of Systems framework provides a conceptual framework to study the relationship of law …
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Analysis and Improvement of Cross-dock Operations in Less-than-Truckload Freight Transportation Industry
The less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation industry is highly competitive with low profit margins. Carriers in this industry strive to reduce costs and improve customer service to remain profitable. LTL carriers rely on a network of hubs and service centers to transfer freight. A hub is typically …
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