Transportation Security

Center for Transportation Analysis activities on transportation security focus on the research, development, and deployment of integrated system-wide security solutions to ensure the free movement of people and goods throughout the U.S. These solutions range from development of the critical information infrastructure to deployment of sensor nets to successfully protect the surface transportation systems in an integrated and accessible cyber-secured environment.

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Focus Areas:

  • integrated system-wide security solutions
  • development of information infrastructures
  • sensor net protection deployments
  • surface transportation systems protection

Recent Work:

  • Remote Sensing and Emergency Evacuations
  • Hazardous Materials Transportation
  • Developing Requirements for an Aviation Safety Lessons Learned and Corrective Action Sharing System
  • Advanced HAZMAT Rapid Identification, Sorting, and Tracking (AHRIST)

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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