Understanding and managing the movements of hazardous material shipments through Texas population centers /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Texas. Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office, United States. Federal Highway Administration, Texas Transportation Institute
Other Authors:	Warner, Jeffery E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	College Station, Tex. : Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, 2009.
Series:	Research report (Austin, Tex.) ; 0-5929-1.
Subjects:	Hazardous substances. Shipment of goods. Materials handling. Population density. Hazardous materials. Shipments. Handling and storage. Environment. Multimodal transportation.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this online report (Texas Transportation Institute) Connect to the full text of this online report (RITA National Transportation Library)

Description
Abstract:	Every day almost a million shipments of hazardous materials move safely and securely along our nationss transportation system, via any combination of modes. Only a small fraction of total shipments interrupt their planned journey due to an incident that may severely threaten public and environmental safety. However, this threat of very rare but very severe, sometimes even catastrophic, consequences elevates the concern over transportation of hazardous materials through population centers. Furthermore, concern now exists over possible intentional hazmat releases and their use as a means to invoke human, economic, and environmental damage. It is vital for the transportation planning community at all levels to fully understand methods to effectively manage the movement of hazardous materials thereby improving incident prevention and mitigation, increasing public safety, and reducing risk, without undue burden to commerce. This report strives to provide an overview of the movement of hazardous materials by the various freight modes, details some of the data related to the movement of hazardous materials in Texas, and examines the issues and opportunities related to relocating hazardous materials outside urban areas.
Item Description:	Title from PDF title screen (September 21, 2009). "February 2009. Published: August 2009" "Report number FHWA/TX-09/0-5929-1"--Technical report documentation p. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	120 pages : digital, PDF file (1.34 MB) with color illustrations
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, or other PDF reader.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-74).