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ISBN:
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Highway Benefits of Washington Grain Train Program
Author: An Economic Evaluation of the Performance of the Washington State Department of Transportation Grain Train Project
Author: Kenneth Lucian CasavantPublisher:
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Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The overall goals of the grain train project are to preserve rail service in a multimodal system, provide additional rail cars to alleviate existing shortages, and to redistribute energy rebate funds in accordance with acknowledged constraints. The general purpose is to analyze and evaluate the operation of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)-purchased covered hopper rail cars for service to shippers in eastern Washington during calendar year 1995. Specific objectives are to evaluate: the average loads of grain transported per car; where the program assists in fulfilling WSDOT's mission as a provider of multimodal freight transportation options; car income and expenses; grain car inventory control; capital and operating costs of the grain car program; cost savings from road impacts; and the impact of the project on preserving rail service and consequent benefits to shippers and taxpayers. A final specific objective is to determine the amount of energy saved through the use of the cars. This report details the project and its results.
Grain Train at Work for Washington State
Author: Impact on Washington Highways of Grain Transportation Changes
Author: Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service
Author: David P. SimpsonPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309097932
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Multimodal Investment Choice Analysis
Author: Rhonda YoungPublisher:
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Category : Choice of transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
State Rail Policies, Plans, and Programs
Author: Leigh B. BoskePublisher: LBJ School
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes
Author: Daniel BrodPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309283485
Category : Highway-railroad grade crossings
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 755: Comprehensive Costs of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Crashes describes a process for estimating the costs of highway-rail grade crossing crashes. A spreadsheet-based tool to facilitate use of the cost estimation process is available online." --Publisher description.
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