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  • "Freight System Resiliency"
    Freight system resiliency is the ability of the freight system to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies. A resilient freight transportation system is responsive and able to provide reliable services when it encounters small disruptions and return to service quickly after large disruptions.
Paper
Published: 2009
Authors: Dr. Anne Goodchild, Chilan Ta, Kelly Pitera
Journal/Book: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Summary:
This paper summarizes a broad literature review on system resilience. After these interpretations of resilience are considered, a definition of resilience in the context of freight transportation systems is provided.
Technical Report
Published: 2006
Authors: Dr. Ed McCormack, Mark Hallenbeck, Duane Wright, Jennifer Nee
Journal/Book: Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC)
Summary:
As congestion increases, transportation agencies are seeking regional travel time data to determine exactly when, how, and where congestion affects freight mobility. Concurrently, a number of regional intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are incorporating various technologies to improve transportation system efficiency. This research explored the ability of these ITS devices to be used as tools for developing useful historical, and perhaps real-time, traffic flow information.