Front Office & Analysis Support

Quick turn-around analysis; deck preparation; testimony fact checking.

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Previous and Ongoing Analyses :

Quick-Turnaround Studies

  • Various passenger and freight traffic studies conducted in responses to requests from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Shih-Miao Chin and Ho-Ling Hwang)
  • Quick-turn around reviews of external draft reports evaluating benefits of EERE R&D programs (Russell Lee)
  • Supported this activity for ITP for many years (Michaela Martin and M. Schweitzer, S.U. Nimbalkar, B. Tonn, M. Lapsa, A. Wolfe, L. Truett, R. Schmoyer, R. Goeltz)
  • Lee, R. et al., "Project Costs and Benefits," section 6 in Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Smart Grid Investment Grant Program, Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0000058, CFDA Number: 81.122, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, June 25, 2009
  • Lee, R. et al., "DOE Estimation of Project Costs and Benefits," Appendix A in Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Recovery Act - Smart Grid Demonstrations, Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0000036, CFDA Number: 81.122, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, June 27, 2009

Examples of Models to Support Quick-Turnaround Analysis

  • Dumas, A., D.L. Greene and A. Bourbeau. (2007). "North American Feebate Analysis Model," in Driving Climate Change, D. Sperling and J.S. Cannon, eds., Academic Press, San Francisco, CA. (David Greene)
  • Intermodal bottleneck evaluation tool (Shih-Miao Chin and Ho-Ling Hwang)
  • GeoFrieght system (Shih-Miao Chin and Ho-Ling Hwang)

Relevant Areas of Expertise and Capabilities:

Refer to Previous Sections for Relevant Areas of Expertise and Capabilities. For example:

  • Light-duty fleet modeling (David Greene, Zhenhong Lin)
  • Oil dependence cost estimation (David Greene, Zhenhong Lin)
  • Consumer choice modeling (David Greene, Zhenhong Lin)
  • Well-versed in design and use of ITP industrial databases, EIA-MECS, industrial customers; familiar with other EIA datasets (for fact-checking); considerable experience with industrial program activities in China and India. (Michaela Martin and M. Schweitzer, S.U. Nimbalkar, B. Tonn, M. Lapsa, A. Wolfe, L. Truett, R. Schmoyer, R. Goeltz)

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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