Review and assessment of the New Jersey freight assistance program

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dc.contributor.authorÖzbay, Kaan
dc.contributor.authorBartın, Bekir
dc.contributor.authorAllen, W. Bruce
dc.contributor.authorIyer, Shrisan
dc.contributor.authorRobins, Martin
dc.contributor.authorWeiner, Marc
dc.contributor.authorNassif, Hani
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-15T11:34:14Z
dc.date.available2021-05-15T11:34:14Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentMühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractClass III railroads, also called "short line railroads" are crucial to economic activity and transport of goods. The private and social benefits of maintaining short line railroads is well-established in the literature, yet the cost of doing so is often prohibitive for short line operators. Thus, several assistance programs have been established, most of which are operated by the state departments of transportation. This review of these programs indicated that there is no unique methodology for administering rail freight assistance programs and evaluating applications submitted for funding, and that most of them lack clear administrative details such as published project criteria, ranking procedure and post evaluation requirements. The objectives of this paper are to present a comprehensive review of the New Jersey rail grants program, identify the shortcomings of its evaluation process and provide recommendations for improving the program's project selection criteria and application ranking. It is found that the current scores used in the evaluation process cannot always clearly differentiate between applications for funding. To that end, using the results of a targeted survey of experts, an adjustment to the current review criteria and the corresponding scores is suggested for implementation.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNJDOT; Rutgers University [FHWA-NJ-2015-002]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work presented in this paper was supported by NJDOT and the grant was administered by Rutgers University (FHWA-NJ-2015-002). The authors thank the NJDOT for providing guidance and suggestions at various stages of this study. The opinions and conclusions presented in this paper are the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the views of sponsors and other participating agencies.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.retrec.2019.100742
dc.identifier.issn0739-8859
dc.identifier.issn1875-7979
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85071607945
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2019.100742
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/298
dc.identifier.volume77en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000504513400004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorBartın, Bekir
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofResearch in Transportation Economics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryDiğeren_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectShort Line Railroadsen_US
dc.subjectRail Freight Assistanceen_US
dc.subjectApplication Scoringen_US
dc.subjectIMPLANen_US
dc.titleReview and assessment of the New Jersey freight assistance program
dc.typeReview Article

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