Maria Hart developed these StoryMaps in ERSI Story Map Journal, an earlier version of the ArcGIS StoryMaps. 

These map were developed with funding by the National Center for Freight, Infrastructure, Research & Education thus the branding as A CFIRE Freight Story.

A CFIRE Freight Story. 

The Living with Freight Project: Memphis

This StoryMap focuses on the Lamar Freight Corridor in Memphis, Tennessee, and bordering neighborhoods. The StoryMap introduces the environmental impacts of transportation, mainly PM 2.5 and noise. In our attempt to define “livability” in this research, we wanted to know what residents valued. Residents were not interested in middle-class values of bike paths; the streets were ridden with potholes. They needed to feel safe and wanted predatory businesses out of their neighborhood. In these neighborhoods, students walk to school alongside 18-wheelers. Voices from the community come from survey results, and lastly, a student’s final project, an open-source interactive map, allows users to explore other data deeply. As a result of this research, US DOT changed its livability framework to be more inclusive of all types of communities.

https://uw-mad.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=090c0247e1384fcf8092e664670cb0f5

A PDF version shows the interactive maps that are no longer functional.

A CFIRE Freight Story.

Intermodal Terminals in the Midwest

This StoryMap provides an overview of the intermodal terminal and its purpose in the freight system. It also introduces the 51 Intermodal Profiles developed as part of the Mid-America Regional Freight Plan. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=08a0a5fb67534bd2bd82db99b44e72fb

A CFIRE Freight Story.

Freight Exploration

This educational Freight 101 StoryMap, was designed for high school students attending the University of Memphis’ Transportation Academy. The purpose was to have students learn more about Memphis’s role in the US Freight Industry and cover competencies freight professionals must know. The StoryMap explores all the freight modes and allows students to interact with maps. The StoryMap ends with a joyful video that celebrates civil engineers and the types of infrastructure they design. Freight Exploration was a deliverable of CFIRE’s Addressing MAP-21 Freight Objectives using GPS Data research project.

https://uw-mad.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=510af627bbb448aa9aec9978e28ca2f3