Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice

Download or read book Hazardous Materials Transportation Risk Assessment: State of the Practice written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final report presents the process and findings of a project documenting the current state-of-the-practice for hazardous materials transportation risk assessment. The first phase of the project captured the status of the current practice of hazardous materials transportation risk assessment, including current uses, existing models, and available data sources. The second phase of the project focused on synthesizing the research compiled in Phase I and determining where gaps exist in available tools, techniques, and data. Phase II also included presenting a path forward for addressing these gaps and supporting better risk assessments in the future.