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Hazardous Materials Data: A Federal Perspective
This paper discusses the evolution and current status of the Hazardous Materials Incident Report System (HMIRS) maintained by the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) of...

Flows of Hazardous Materials Through States by Rail
This paper presents information on the tonnages of hazardous materials passing through each of the contiguous 48 states (and the District of Columbia) by rail. The quantities are estimated...

Issues in Developing Arizona's Hazmat Incident Reporting Program
The Arizona Division of Emergency Services (ADES), in cooperation with Arizona State University (ASU) - Center for Advanced Research in Transportation, and the Arizona Department of Transportation...

Developing a HazMat Incident Evaluation Program
This paper describes the Illinois Hazardous Materials Incident Evaluation Program. The history, development strategies, implementation, forms for reporting, screening and data input, and...

Canadian Database Development as a Support Tool to Transport Risk Assessment
The Risk Management Branch of the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate supports a multi-modal safety program for dangerous goods transportation through the measurement, assessment and...

Managing Risks of Hazardous Materials Transportation in Santa Barbara County
This paper presents some potential building blocks which local jurisdictions can pursue to manage the risks associated with hazardous materials transportation (HMT). The recent experience...

Assessing Community Safety for Hazardous Materials Transport
This paper describes a computer model developed to assess the safety of a community through which hazardous materials will be transported. The model is predictive and can be used even...

Highway Robbery: The Social Costs of Hazardous Materials Incidents on the Capital Beltway
In the summer of 1988, three major truck incidents involving hazardous materials occurred on the Capital Beltway in Washington, D.C. This paper estimates the delays that were incurred...

A Community-Focused Routing and Siting Model for Hazardous Materials and Wastes
A model is presented that shippers, carriers and policy-makers can use to analyze routing problems for hazardous materials or routing-and-siting problems for wastes. Unlike many other...

Truck Accident and Release Rates for Hazmat Routing
Estimates of accident and release rates are essential in the conduct of risk assessments in routing studies for highway transportation of hazardous materials. Recent published literature...

A Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Approach for Selecting Routes: Case Study of Hazardous Waste Transportation in Arizona
The study objective was to provide an approach to selecting routes to a proposed hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, based on a risk and vulnerability assessment. Probability...

Societal-Individual Risks for Hazmat Transport
Risks associated with the transport of hazardous materials by truck and rail are viewed from two perspectives: society in general and the individual residing adjacent to the route. A range...

GIS Risk Analysis of Hazardous Materials Transport
The Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to assess the risks and vulnerability of transporting hazardous materials and wastes on the Arizona highway system. This paper discusses...

Use of Advanced Technologies for Improving Hazmat Transportation Safety
This paper describes how advanced technologies can help improve the safety of over the road hazardous material transportation. The technologies discussed include driver information systems,...

Computer-Assisted Risk Assessment of Dangerous Goods Transportation for Haute-Normandie
To assess the 'best' routes for the transport of dangerous goods in an area of 600 km2 in France, software based on a geographical information system to manage,...

Are We Ready to Face the Geotechnical Challenges of the 21st Century?
The geotechnical engineering profession faces a bright future as many of the issues of interest to society today relate in some form to knowledge of earth sciences. Hazardous waste, environmental...

Hypermedia and its Application to Geotechnical Databases
The concept of hypermedia has the potential for greatly enhancing existing database management software. In the present paper the concept of hypermedia is briefly described, the nature...

Geotechnical Database Management Systems for Boston's Central Artery/Harbor Tunnel Project
This paper presents a geotechnical computer application currently in use on Boston's Central Artery/Harbor Tunnel (CA/T) Project. The application is designed to manage subsurface...

Relational Database Design and Technology
Logical and physical design of a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is presented with a simple geotechnical database example. Fundamental relational database design principles...

Public Involvement in the Safety Monitoring of Dams, Embankments and Slopes
New methods of safety monitoring of dams, embankments and slopes require automated data acquisition, data transmission and computer based data evaluation to provide immediate safety information...

 

 

 

 

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