Defense Transportation

The Center for Transportation Analysis provides analytical, planning, and operational support to defense transportation related projects. This includes the development of tools, prototypes, and techniques for analysis, decision support systems, and systems to plan and manage operational military transportation and distribution systems.

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Recent Work:

  • Development of investment analysis tools for the Army Corps of Engineers
  • Economic analyses of potential waterway improvement on the Upper Mississippi River system
  • Development of air mobility scheduling system for the US Air Force
  • Transportation analyses for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
  • Development of mobilization routing system for National Guard Bureau

Selected Presentations

Highlights

New version of Freight Analysis Framework released
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released its new version of the Freight Analysis Framework, the most comprehensive publicly available data set of freight movement. This tool is developed for FHWA by CTA.

Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week
The Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week provides statistical information on vehicle sales, fuel economy and transportation trends.

2011 Annual Fuel Economy Guide is released
DOE and EPA released the 2011 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with information about estimated mileage and fuel costs for model year 2011 vehicles.

Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 30 . . .
One of ORNL's most requested documents, this data book details transportation-related energy use in the U.S.

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