SC&IS Faculty Contribute To Regional Rail Study
SC&IS Faculty Contribute To Regional Rail Study
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (July 11, 2005)—Evelyn Thomchick, John Spychalski and Gary Gittings of the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State's Smeal College of Business recently collaborated with other researchers from the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute on an independent analysis of a proposed regional rail system in South Central Pennsylvania known as CORRIDORone.
Their study, "A Review and Critique of the CORRIDORoneRegional Rail Transit Project for South Central Pennsylvania" finds, among other conclusions, that the system has the potential for improving the quality of the environment and economic development in the region.
The authors write: "A project such as the CORRIDORoneregional rail project has the potential for improving the quality of life of the South Central Pennsylvania region by improving the overall mobility of the region, promoting transit-oriented development, and thus making the South Central Pennsylvania region an attractive place for both businesses and residents."
The viability of regional rail transit in the Harrisburg area relative to alternate types of transportation has been a subject of debate. To address these issues and validate the CORRIDORone planning process, the Modern Transit Partnership requested that the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute at Penn State conduct a neutral third-party analysis of the project.
Thomchick, an associate professor of supply chain management at Smeal, served as leader of the project. Spychalski is professor of supply chain management and Gittings is instructor of supply chain and information systems.
For more about the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, www.pti.psu.edu.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
