National Freight Transportation
Author: United States. Department of Transportation
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13:
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A Concept for a National Freight Data Program
Author: National Research Council (U.S). Committee on Freight Transportation Data: a Framework for Development
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0309085705
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Calls upon the Department of Transportation and its Bureau of Transportation Statistics to take the lead in coordinating freight data collection in the US. This work focuses on increasing the linkages between sources of data and filling data gaps to develop a source of timely and reliable data on freight flows. A national framework is needed.
The Freight Story
Author: Harry Caldwell
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although efforts to improve freight transportation efficiency and reliability have been successful, the U.S. transportation system is now facing challenges that, unless addressed, may jeopardize its reliability. Allowing transportation system reliability to erode would add additional pressure to U.S. companies operating in an increasingly competitive international market and place more burdens on communities seeking to sustain their economic base and quality of life. Improved logistics has thus far been able to address the corrosive effects of the loss of system reliability. Unfortunately, the ability of logistics to provide additional offsetting savings appears to be nearing its limit, as are the savings attributable to deregulation. Unless these challenges are addressed, more discretionary income will be devoted to moving materials and products, businesses will be constrained in their adoption of innovative strategies to maintain global competitiveness, quality of life-as measured by congestion-will suffer, and safety and security could be jeopardized.
A Review of the U.S. Freight System
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Transportation
Publisher: National Academies
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13:
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How Freight Transportation Challenges in Urban Areas Impact the Nation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Panel on 21st-Century Freight Transportation
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 74
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Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Freight Transportation Planning Practices in the Public Sector
Author: Matthew A. Coogan
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780309060004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This synthesis describes the process by which state departments of transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) integrate freight planning into the surface transportation planning process. It will be of interest to state and MPO planners, port planners; traffic engineers; and to the trucking, rail, and shipping interests in both the public and private sectors. This report of the Transportation Research Board discusses the requirements for freight planning resulting from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) with particular emphasis on the development of an intermodal management system (IMS). In addition, that act narrowed the application of the congestion management system (CMS), which is also discussed in the synthesis. Since enactment of that legislation, another act, the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 was passed and makes the IMS optional rather than mandatory. This has not changed the philosophy or the intent of these planning applications, but it has changed the implementation aspects. Many agencies, however, are continuing with the IMS and CMS planning process. This report describes the methods used by selected agencies for forecasting freight flows, data collection practices, and the techniques for integrating freight planning into the established surface transportation planning processes at the state and regional levels.
Freight Transportation in America
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13:
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