National Urban Freight Conference
Agenda Overview
including Presentation Titles and Presenters
(as of 11/28/2007)
Subject to Change
Wednesday, December 5
7:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast and Check In
8:30-10:30 am
Opening Plenary Session
 Welcome: Genevieve Giuliano, Director, METRANS; Bob Foster,
Mayor, City of Long Beach; Randolph Hall, Vice Provost for
Research Advancement, University of Southern California; Will
Kempton, Director, Caltrans
 Speaker: Christine Johnson, Director of Field Services –
West, Federal Highway Administration
 Remarks: F. King Alexander, President, California State
University, Long Beach
10:45--Noon
Concurrent Sessions
Track 8-2 Advanced Technology
PANEL MODERATOR: Lawrence Mallon
 Strategic Mobility 21, A Panel Presentation: Panelists:
John D. Hwang, Shui Lam, Burkhard Englert, California State
University, Long Beach; Michael O’Neil, Boeing Support Systems
Track 5-1 Policy – Impacts
SESSION MODERATOR: Anne Strauss-Wieder
 Evaluating Impacts of Institutions Reforms on Port
Efficiency Changes: Malmquist Productivity Index for
World Container Ports; Sanghun Cheon, UC Berkeley
 Societal Full Marginal Costs of Freight Movement: The
Case of the Port of NY; Joseph Berechman, City University of
New York -- withdrew
 Intermodalism: The Transportation Imperative for the
21st Century: presented by Andrew Goetz, for Patrick Sherry,
University of Denver
 Investigating the Possibility of Using BART for Air
Freight Movement: Xiao-Yun Lu, UC Berkeley, Matthew
Hanson, Caltrans
Track 4-1 Environment—Emission
SESSION MODERATOR: Lisa Schweitzer
 Emissions from an ocean going, crude oil vessel; World
Container Ports: Harshit Agrawal, CE-CERT
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 Comparison of Technological and Operational Strategies
to Reduce Trucking Emissions in Southern California:
Cristiano Facanha, ICF International
Track 1-1 Models and Advanced Technology
SESSION MODERATOR: Seiji Steimetz
 Methods and Experience in Assessing Potential
Technology Solutions in Urban Freight Impact
Assessments: Mark Jensen, SAIC
 3-D Tree-structured Object Tracking: Changsoo Jeong,
University of Southern California
 System Architecture of Maglev Conveyors for Container
Drayage: Kenneth A. James, California State University, Long
Beach
Noon-1:30 pm
Luncheon
Introduction – Jack Knott, Dean, School of Policy, Planning &
Development, University of Southern California
Keynote Speaker: Dan Gardner, President, Trade
Facilitators, Inc.
1:30—3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Track 8-1 Technology Best Practices
SESSION MODERATOR: Kristen Monaco
 Building a Technology Industry Cluster at the San Pedro
Bay Ports: William Lyte, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
 The Empty/Export Container Storage Transfer Center
(ECSTC): Dave Alba, Jack Hogue, SkyStorage Systems, Inc.
Track 3-2 Issues in Trucking
SESSION MODERATOR: Anne Goodchild
 Characteristics of Triple Combination Truck Operations:
Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, National Institute for Advanced
Transportation Technology
 Developing Truck-Oriented Freight Performance
Measures: Edward McCormack, University of Washington
 Analysis of Freight Tours in a Congested Urban Area
Using Disaggregated Data: Miguel Andres Figliozzi, Portland
State University
 Enabling Congestion Avoidance in Stochastic
Transportation Networks under ATIS: Alper Murat, Wayne
State University
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Track 4-2 Environmental Impacts
SESSION MODERATOR: Hamid Rahai
 Hazardous Material Freight in Urban Neighborhoods:
An Examination of Acute Toxic Exposures from Transport
Releases: Lisa Schweitzer, University of Southern California
 Trade-Offs in Trade Corridors: Economic Development,
Social, and Environmental Impacts: Andrew Goetz,
University of Denver
Track 1-2 Models – Air, Rail & Traffic Flows
SESSION MODERATOR:
 A Model for Railway Capacity Management: Pavankumar
Murali, University of Southern California
 Impacts of Left Lane truck Restriction on Urban
Freeways: ChoonHeon Yang, University of California, Irvine
 The Greening of Freight in Europe: Assessing the Market
Potential of New Rail Services and Lower Barriers Using a
Dynamic Intermodal Simulation Assignment
Methodology: Hani Mahmassani, Northwestern University
3:30—5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Track 2-1 Impacts of Supply Chain Policy
SESSION MODERATOR: Genevieve Giuliano
 Estimating the Impact of the Clean Trucks Program on
Terminal Operators: Anne Victoria Goodchild, University of
Washington
 Extended Gate Operations at the Ports of Los Angeles
and Long Beach: A Preliminary Assessment: Thomas
O’Brien, California State University, Long Beach
 Exclusive Truckways: Exploring Potential in Canada’s
Heartland: Matthew Roorda, University of Toronto
 Key Impacts of the Ports Clean Trucks Program: A Short
Summary: Peter Crosby, CGR Management Consultants
Track 3-1 Issues in Trucking Transport and Economics
SESSION MODERATOR: Seiji Steimetz
 Productivity Gains in Rail, Trucking, Container and the
Impact of Supply Chain Urban Area: John Falcetta, UMAAECOM Management Consulting
 Freight Transportation Derivatives Contracts: State of
the Art and Future Developments: Mei-Ting Tsai, University
of California, Irvine
 Truck Congestion Pricing and the San Pedro Bay Ports:
Seiji Steimetz, California State University, Long Beach
Track 1-3 Modeling Freight Flows
SESSION MODERATOR: Anastasios Chassiakos
 The Impact of Supply Chain and Logistics Decisions on
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Transportation Demand and the Location of Economic
Activity: Garland Chow, The University of British Columbia
 A Multi-Level Multi-Mode Freight Movement Model:
Guoqiang Shen, University of Oklahoma
 Inter-county Spillovers and Ports and Roads
Infrastructure Investment: Kristen Monaco, California State
University, Long Beach
 Adding a Freight Network to a National Interstate Input
Output Model: James E. Moore, II, University of Southern
California
5:00-7:00 pm
Reception – Speaker: Hon. Alan Lowenthal, California State
Senate, 27th District
Thursday, December 6
7:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast and Check In
8:30-10:30 am
Plenary Session – Freight Policy Issues and Research
Opportunities
SESSION MODERATOR – Genevieve Giuliano
Freight Policy Issues: Mortimer Downey, CEO, PB Consult
Research Opportunities Panel: NCFRP Update, Ray Derr, Senior
Program Officer, TRB; Freight Conference Research Opportunities,
Thomas O’Brien, Director of Research, CSULB; FHWA Freight
Research Program, Michael Onder, Team Leader, FHWA
10:45--Noon
Concurrent Sessions
Track 4-3 Environment and Energy
SESSION MODERATOR: Mansour Rahimi
 From Waste to Hydrogen: An Optimal Design of Energy
Production and Distribution Network: Nathan Parker,
University of California, Davis
 A Static CGE Model of the Southern California Economy:
The Ports, Transportation and the Environment: Wade
Martin, California State University, Long Beach
 Comparative Evaluation of Infrastructure Strategies to
Reduce Emissions from Intermodal Freight Movement in
Southern California: Jeffrey Ang-Olson, ICF International
 Development of an Exposure Model for Diesel
Locomotive Emissions near the Alameda Corridor: Hamid
Rahai, California State University, Long Beach
Track 1-4 Modeling Port Operations
SESSION MODERATOR: Hossein Jula
 Using Simulation to Evaluate and Improve the
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Operations of a Seaport Container Terminal: Gregory
Harris, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
 An Adaptive Local Search Heuristic for the Discrete
Berth Allocation Problem: Sotirios Theofonis, Rutgers
University
 Berth and Quay Crane Scheduling: A Formulation
Reflecting Start and Finish of Service Deadlines and
Productivity Agreements: Sotirios Theofonis for Maria Boile,
Rutgers University
Track 5-4 Policy—Transport Issues
SESSION MODERATOR: Teresa Adams
 The Railroad Industry and Public Private Partnerships:
Deborah Redman, HDR Engineering
 Characterization of a medium sized city for selecting
urban freight transport solutions: Loic Delaitre,
EIGSI/ENSMO -- did not present
 Necessary Conditions for Off-Hour Deliveries and the
Effectiveness of Urban Freight Road Pricing and
Alternative Financial Policies in Competitive Markets: Jose
Holguin-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Noon-1:30 pm
Buffet Luncheon
1:30—3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Track 7-1 Best Practices—Freight Villages
SESSION MODERATOR: Sotirios Theofanis
 Applicability of the Freight Village Concept to Urban
Areas: Anne Strauss-Wieder, A. Strauss-Wieder, Inc.; Scott
Parker, Jacobs Engineering
 Freight Villages and Other Logistics Centers in Europe:
Experiences, Best Practices and Challenges Ahead: Sotirios
Theofanis, Rutgers University and Howard Mann, New York
Metropolitan Council
 Integrating Inland Ports into the Intermodal Goods
Movement System for Ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach: Mansour Rahimi, Robert Harrison, University of Southern
California
Track 2-2 Port Operations and Productivity
SESSION MODERATOR: Jose Holguin-Veras
 Challenges in Developing Viable Inland Container
Terminals: Philip Davies, Halcrow Consulting, Inc.
 An Accurate Monitoring of Truck Waiting and Flow
Times at a Terminal in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports:
Shui Lam, California State University, Long Beach
 Growing through Productivity: Constraints and
opportunities for the ports of Los Angeles and Long
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Beach: Hanh Le-Griffin, University of Southern California
 Examining the Efficiency of Container Movements: HenGeul (Henry) Yeh, California State University, Long Beach
Track 1-5 Modeling Truck and Container Movement
SESSION MODERATOR: Amelia Regan
 Evaluation of Truck Movement Concepts on Terminal
Efficiency and Traffic Flow: A Simulation Approach:
Anastasios Chassiakos, California State University, Long Beach
 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Inland Depot for Empty
Containers (IDEC) Concept in Empty Container
Management: Sotirios Thoefanis for Maria Boile, Rutgers
University
 Minimizing Departure Time for Outgoing Trucks in a
Crossdock: Jiana-Fu Wang, University of California, Irvine
3:30—5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Track 7-2 Best Practices—Lessons Learned in Alleviating Freight
Congestion
SESSION MODERATOR: Thomas O’Brien
 ReTRAC: Elimination of 10 at-grade crossings while
maintaining freight service in Reno, Nevada: Mark A.
Demuth, CDM, Inc.
 Lessons Learned from Kansas City: Michael Onder, FHWA
 Utilizing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in
Connecting Multi-enterprise Freight Operations: Robby
Moss, Booz Allen Hamilton
Track 5-3 Policy – Institutional Issues
SESSION MODERATOR: Lisa Schweitzer
 Developing a Logistics Short Course for Public Sector
Freight Planners: Xiubin (Bruce) Wang, University of Wisconsin
 Market Power, Port Activity, and Environmental Health:
Sheikh Shahnawaz, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Track 1-6 Modeling for Trucking
SESSION MODERATOR: Wade Martin
 Optimizing truck appointment systems: an integrated lot
sizing and queuing model: Xuesong Zhou, University of Utah
 An Investigation into the Attitudinal Factors
Determining Participation in Cooperative Multi-Carrier
Delivery Initiatives: Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensselear
Polytechnic Institute
 The impacts of congestion on commercial vehicle tours:
Miguel Andres Figliozzi, Portland State University
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Friday, December 7
7:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:30 am
Concurrent Sessions
Track 6-1 Supply Chain Security and Vulnerability
SESSION MODERATOR: Shui Lam
 Survey of Port Communications Equipment for Safety,
Security and Interoperability: Hen-Geul (Henry) Yeh,
California State University, Long Beach
 Supply Chain Process Management Collaborative
Applications: Ramesh Manghimalani, GML Limited – did not
present
 Evaluating and improving the security of RFID tags in
eSeals at the LA and LB Port: Burkhard Englert, California
State University, Long Beach
 Security and Vulnerability of Commercial Vehicle
Operations in a Post 9/11 World: Mark Miller, University of
California, Berkeley
Track 5-2 Policy – Planning & Regulatory Issues
SESSION MODERATOR: Jason Bittner
 Freight Strategic Planning: What Our Customers Want:
Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin
 Freight Activities and Planning Efforts Within Small
Metropolitan Areas in the United States: Teresa Adams,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Track 1-7 Network Modeling and Routing
SESSION MODERATOR: Maged Dessouky
 On the Formulation and Solution of an Emergency
Routing Problem: Juan Casse, Hsiu Lin, California State
University, Long Beach
 A Solution Algorithm for Long Haul Freight Network
Design Using Shipper-Carrier Freight Flow Prediction
with Explicit Capacity: Pruttipong “Palm” Apivatanagul,
University of California, Irvine
 Modeling the Logistics of FedEx International Express:
Megan Smirti, UC Berkeley
10:45--Noon
Closing Plenary Panel
Conference Summary and Future Research: 3
Perspectives SESSION MODERATOR: Genevieve Giuliano
Panel including Larry Orcutt, Caltrans; Patty Senecal, Transport
Express and ILWA; James E. Moore II, University of Southern
California
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1:00—5:00 pm
Optional “Mobile Session” – Bus trip to warehouse at
Target Logistics and a Customs Examination Station at
Price Transfer –
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