Rail-Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion

The objective of this project is to develop a Guidebook for assessing the merits of public investment in rail-freight solutions to relieve roadway congestion and for applying tools that demonstrate how best to incorporate rail-freight into urban and intercity transportation decision-making.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=917

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $449900.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 8-42

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Hedges, Christopher

• Performing Organizations:

  Reebie Associates

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• Principal Investigators:

  Bryan, Joseph

• Start Date: 20020711
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070301
• Source Data: RiP Project 6511

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Freight and passenger traffic; Freight traffic; Investments; Pollution control; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Truck traffic; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460990
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 8-42
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:36PM