Strategic and tactical issues in the transportation of freight, hazardous materials and relief-items

货物、危险材料和救援物品运输中的战略和战术问题

• 批准号: RGPIN-2021-03361
• 负责人: Verma, Manish
• 金额: $ 3.13万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=742514
• 关键词: Strategic; tactical; issues; transportation; freight

Freight transportation is crucial to modern society because it connects producers to geographically separated consumers thereby ensuring the movement and availability of goods. North America possesses an extensive multimodal transportation infrastructure that are used to move (regular) freight, hazardous materials (hazmat), and relief-item supplies. However, investments in the transportation infrastructure have not kept pace with the increased volume thereby resulting in at or near capacity utilization of the assets, which is further exacerbated by the unavailability of the assets following a random or intentional disruption, and hazmat accident. This research program will propose strategies, design frameworks and develop methodologies to ensure optimal utilization of transportation assets and efficient movement of goods. To this end, three parallel themes would be pursued. Theme 1 of this research program will investigate the strategic and tactical issues that determine the resilience of a rail-truck intermodal transportation system to both random and intentional disruptions, and then propose analytical frameworks and mitigation/recovery strategies to cope with such disruptions. Theme 2 will focus on rail hazmat shipments and will develop novel frameworks and methodologies to mitigate hazmat risk by: employing big data analytics techniques; incentivizing using longer routes; investing in new infrastructure; and, designing more efficient response network. Theme 3 will focus on the transportation of relief-item freight, i.e., humanitarian logistics, and will make use of data analytics to propose the optimal design of the transportation network to facilitate equitable distribution of supplies and efficient evacuation of the impacted population following a disaster event. The proposed research program and the anticipated outcomes is significant for the operations research/transportation domain in three ways: first, develop analytical approaches (i.e., mathematical program and solution methods) and mitigation strategies to cope with random and intentional disruption, and ensure efficient and resilient rail-truck intermodal transportation; second, advance data-driven frameworks and innovative techniques to mitigate risk from rail hazmat shipments; and third, propose methodologies to improve the design and operation of relief-item transportation network. In addition, the insights gained from applying the developments to the Canadian transportation infrastructure will be beneficial to the different stakeholders. For instance, rail intermodal segment will have superior understanding about the optimal location and level of protective resource deployment to minimize the impact of disruption, Transport Canada would have more precise information about hazmat risk across the rail network and the innovative tools to reduce risk, and humanitarian organizations can use the findings to make their network more responsive, efficient and equitable.

货运运输对现代社会至关重要，因为它将生产商与地理分离的消费者联系起来，从而确保商品的流动和可用性。北美拥有广泛的多模式运输基础设施，用于移动（常规）货物，危险材料（Hazmat）和救济项目。但是，对运输基础设施的投资并没有跟上增加数量的速度，从而导致资产使用或接近能力的利用，这进一步加剧了这些资产在随机或故意中断以及Hazmat事故后的资产无法获得的。该研究计划将提出策略，设计框架并开发方法，以确保运输资产的最佳利用和货物的有效运输。为此，将追求三个平行主题。该研究计划的主题1将研究战略和战术问题，这些问题决定了铁路拖车的弹性对随机和故意破坏的弹性，然后提出分析框架以及缓解/恢复策略，以应对这种干扰。主题2将重点关注铁路危险品运输，并将开发新颖的框架和方法来减轻Hazmat风险：采用大数据分析技术；使用更长的路线激励；投资新的基础设施；并且，设计更有效的响应网络。主题3将集中于救济项目货运的运输，即人道主义物流，并将利用数据分析来提出运输网络的最佳设计，以促进供应供应的公平分配和灾难事件后受影响人群的有效撤离。 拟议的研究计划和预期的结果对于以三种方式进行操作研究/运输领域至关重要：首先，开发分析方法（即数学计划和解决方案方法）和缓解策略，以应对随机和故意的破坏，并确保有效且有效且有效且弹性的轨道轨道交通型；其次，提前数据驱动的框架和创新技术可减轻铁路危险品货物的风险；第三，提出了改善浮雕运输网络设计和运行的方法。此外，将开发项目应用于加拿大运输基础设施而获得的见解将对不同的利益相关者有益。例如，铁路联运部门将对保护性资源部署的最佳位置和水平有更高的了解，以最大程度地降低破坏的影响，加拿大运输运输公司将对整个铁路网络和降低风险的创新工具具有更精确的信息，而人道主义组织可以利用该发现来使他们的网络更加响应，有效，有效，有效。