Exploring the Opportunities and Barriers to Intermodal Rail Freight
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Record Type: UTC

This study seeks to explore the opportunities and barriers to maximize rail line-haul capabilities and expand the types of equipment utilized in intermodal rail freight operations so that systematic steps can be identified to propose solutions for the rail freight sector to harmonize their capabilities for collaborative intermodal rail-truck transportation. Since such collaboration is typically market-driven, the study will analyze the commodities transported using the trucking sector to identify where win-win propositions exist for the rail and trucking sectors through collaboration. Further, it will examine the roles of government policy and the increasing emphasis on green transportation as potential additional catalysts for such collaboration.
Start date: 2012/9/1
Status: Active
Contract/Grant Number: DTRT12-G-UTC05
Total Dollars: 117414
Source Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette
Notes: Purdue University
Date Added: 07/11/2012
Index Terms: Intermodal transportation, Line haul, Freight transportation, Trucks, Railroads, Cooperation,

Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
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Washington, DC 20590
USA

NEXTRANS
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Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Lafayette, IN 47906
USA
Phone: (765) 496-9729
Fax: (765) 807-3123

Peeta, Srinivas
Phone: (765) 496-9729
Fax: (765) 807-3123
Email: peeta@purdue.edu