The cost and risk impacts of rerouting railroad shipments of hazardous materials

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dc.citation.epage1025en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber5en_US
dc.citation.spage1015en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber39en_US
dc.contributor.authorGlickman, T. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorErkut, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZschocke, M. S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T11:58:17Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T11:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Managementen_US
dc.description.abstractRail shipments of hazardous materials expose the population near the routes to the possibility of an accident resulting in a spill. Rail routes are determined by economic concerns such as route length and the revenue generated for the originating carrier. In this paper we consider an alternate routing strategy that takes accident risks into account. We employ a model to quantify rail transport risk and then use a weighted combination of cost and risk and generate alternate routes. In some cases the alternate routes achieve significantly lower risk values than the practical routes at a small incremental cost. While there are generally fewer rerouting alternatives for rail than for road transport, considering the possible consequences of a train derailment we argue that risk should be taken into account when selecting rail routes and that the cost–risk tradeoffs should be evaluated.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.aap.2007.01.006en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1879-2057
dc.identifier.issn0001-4575
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/11662
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2007.01.006en_US
dc.source.titleAccident Analysis and Preventionen_US
dc.subjectHazardous materialsen_US
dc.subjectRailroaden_US
dc.subjectTransportationen_US
dc.subjectRoutingen_US
dc.titleThe cost and risk impacts of rerouting railroad shipments of hazardous materialsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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