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Category : Containerization
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Report on Intermodal Activities in the Department of Transportation
Author: Report on Intermodal Activities in the Department of Transportation
Author: Toward a National Intermodal Transportation System
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Category : Freight and freightage
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Intermodal Technical Assistance Activities for Transportation Planners
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Category : Economic development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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This document identifies intermodal technical assistance activities originating within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) which should be of use to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and State and local planners in fulfilling their responsibilities under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). The areas of intermodal technical assistance activity are: air quality analysis; citizen/industry participation; congestion management; economic analysis; environmental and social impact analysis; geographic information systems; intermodal facilities planning; intermodal freight transportation; intermodal systems -- planning and management; metropolitan and statewide planning activities; resource centers; transportation statistics; travel demand forecasting; and travel demand management.
Intermodal Transportation
Author: United States. Government Accountability OfficePublisher:
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Category : Transportation and state
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Intermodal Freight Transportation: Overview of impediments, data sources for intermodal transportation planning, and annotated bibliography
Author: Policy Options for Intermodal Freight Transportation
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research BoardPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309064514
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Recognizes the importance of freight transportation to the US and that intermodal freight transportation is a major technological and organizational trend affecting the sector's performance. Examining policy options, this report views that public investment in freight facilities is complex and they have been usually financed by the private sector.
Intermodal Freight Transportation
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Containerization
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the status and potential benefits of intermodal rail transportation, in which loaded containers or trailers are transferred intact from truck to rail and back to truck. Specifically, GAO (1) examined recent trends in intermodal rail transportation, (2) assessed the prospects for more intermodal cooperation between the rail and trucking industries, (3) identified problems that limit the effectiveness and benefits of intermodal transportation, and (4) considered whether any federal initiatives might be helpful in encouraging intermodal cooperation.
Multimodal/intermodal Transportation in the United States, Western Europe and Latin America
Author: Leigh B. BoskePublisher: Lyndon B. Johnson, School of Public Affairs
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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This policy research project was funded by and conducted for the Texas Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. The research was performed during the 1997-98 academic year by 18 graduate students and a faculty project director at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. Its purpose was to examine "best practices" in governmental multimodal/intermodal transport policies, plans, and programs. This task was accomplished by investigating supranational, national, state, and local government multimodal/intermodal activities in North America, Western Europe, and Latin America.
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