TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A bi-objective model for planning and managing rail-truck intermodal transportation of hazardous materials
JO  - Transportation research part E: logistics and transportation review
A1  - Verma, Manish
A1  - Verter, Vedat
A1  - Zufferey, Nicolas
SP  - 132
EP  - 149
VL  - 48
IS  - 1
N2  - We propose a bi-objective optimization framework for routing rail-truck intermodal shipments with hazardous materials, when shippers and receivers have access to alternate intermodal terminals. A tabu-search based solution methodology is developed, which together with the optimization framework is applied to realistic size problem instances to gain managerial insights. Our analysis indicates that drayage accounts for a significant portion of transport risk and that it can be reduced by scheduling direct and faster trains; and, that the mix of intermodal trains depends on the interest of the decision-makers, where the resulting traffic can facilitate planning emergency response systems.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1366-5545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2011.06.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -