Making Rail-Truck Intermodal Competitive
This research project will develop, explore, and analyze various strategies for increasing the market share of truck-rail intermodal, especially in: 1) shipment distance below 600 miles, and/or 2) selected markets defined by commodity groups and O-D pairs. Identifying the markets in which rail-truck intermodal is successfully competing may illustrate characteristics that can be exploited in order to shift more freight shipments from the highway network onto rail thereby reducing congestion and environmental impacts. This project strives to identify trends and market niches for truck-rail intermodal by examining the relationship between the characteristics of commodities and market segments that include: origin-destination, shipping distance, and value.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $98188.00
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Contract Numbers:
CFIRE 02-28
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1415 Engineering Drive, 2205 Engineering Hall
Madison, WI United States 53706 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Illinois, Chicago
Urban Transportation Center
412 Peoria Street, Suite 340
Chicago, IL United States 60607-7036 -
Principal Investigators:
Kawamura, Kazuya
- Start Date: 20071001
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20090930
- Source Data: RiP Project 23606
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Freight transportation; Intermodal terminals; Intermodal transportation; Origin and destination; Railroad transportation; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Truck traffic
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01468309
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
- Contract Numbers: CFIRE 02-28
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:48PM