Abstract
This paper describes a process for creating an intermodal freight transportation network within ArcGIS. In this process, ArcGIS Network Analyst is used to create an intermodal network and conduct optimal route analysis for various network attributes. In particular, the paper demonstrates how users can integrate highway, rail, waterway, and transit facility data from sources such as the National Transportation Atlas Database, as well as discusses existing database limitations to network analyses. We illustrate this network development using a case study that analyzes freight traffic along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
Publication Date
2007
Document Type
Article
Department, Program, or Center
Software Engineering (GCCIS)
Recommended Citation
Falzarano, Aaron; Ketha, Sai; and Hawker, J. Scott, "Development of an intermodal network for freight transportation analysis" (2007). Rochester Institute of Technology,Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/article/1206
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
RIT department of software engineering report.Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.