Effects of route rationalization on hazardous materials transportation risk

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2043, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Kawprasert, Athaphon ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION; HAZARDS MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICAN; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; RAILROAD NETWORKS; RATIONALISATION; ROUTE SPECIFICS; ROUTE STRUCTURES; SIMPLE++; TRANSPORTATION RISKS;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 50849103944     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2043-08     Document Type: Article

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