Day 22: July 2, 2013

I started the morning doing some traffic data analysis for Xiang. The aim of this short analysis was to make sure that the results obtained in the previous study were correct. After that, I kept working on the first module of the educational presentation. I finished the first part of the first powerpoint that gives an introduction to Rail Transportation. I started the second part which describes the basics of the transportation of hazardous material by rail.

Then I attended the RailTEC weekly meeting where Jesus presented an extended and improved version of his presentation on Thursday. After that we had a discussion with Xiang addressing some comments that were brought up on the meeting: We discussed the precision of the risk model that we are using and if with the utilization of the buffer we were miscounting people. 

I worked on GIS for the rest of the day. The ArcMap process is taking me longer because along the way I'm creating a tool that will automate the entire analysis. This tool will be very useful in the future if other risk anayalisis based on population affected were to be undertaken.

Today:

-Work on the "udemy" ppt (module 1 introduction)                                                 (to be finished)

-Work with ArcMap to obtain the population density along the route                         (to be finished

-Literature review on the evaluation and analsyis of crude oil transportation risk        (to be finished)

-Attend the RailTEC weekly meeting (Jesus' Presentation)                                       (done)

Next day:
-Work on the "udemy" ppt (module 1 introduction)

-Work with ArcMap to obtain the population density along the route

-Literature review on the evaluation and analsyis of crude oil transportation risk