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VECTOR Traffic Lab released!
Sep. 9, 2010—The “VECTOR Traffic Lab” has been released…as part of our work with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, we are demonstrating some of our beta products to the public via our website. Please understand that these products are still in development. We would love to receive feedback, email Jimmy Dobbins if you have any suggestions, ideas...
Abkowitz presents research at VU Faculty Assembly
Aug. 26, 2010—Mark Abkowitz presented “Disaster Risk Management: Helping Humpty Dumpty Stay on the Wall” at the fall Faculty Assembly Thursday, August 26th at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. A link to the video of the presentation is available here and shown below. Mark’s presentation takes place at the beginning and lasts approximately 16 minutes. This content...
CIFTS and VECTOR in UTC spotlight
Aug. 11, 2010—Dr. Mal Baird’s recent research project took a detailed look at the phases of emergency management and at the different perspectives of key stakeholder groups. The results of that research reinforced and clarified the need for more effective communication and interaction among the stakeholder groups that share responsibilities for freight transportation safety and security. As...
New research projects
Aug. 5, 2010—Two new research projects have been executed as of July 26 from the University of Memphis Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute (IFTI). The projects are also funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). James Dobbins and Mark Abkowitz will share Principal Investigator duties on “Network Analysis of Freight Diversion and Capacity Issues in Tennessee,” and...
New website released!
Aug. 5, 2010—Welcome to the new and improved VECTOR website! We have streamlined the content of our site and used a new WordPress template made available by Vanderbilt (digitalVU). This website should make it easier to update our information about current research, personnel and events.