Transportation Logistics and Economics of the Processed Meat and Related Industries in Southwest Kansas

The objective of this project is to compare two transportation alternatives, tractor-trailer vs. Rail-truck intermodal, for the processed meat and related industries in southwest Kansas.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ksdot.org/burmatrres/kdotlib2.asp
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Formal report not published.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $50000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  RE-0412-01

  K-TRAN: KU-06-3 NP

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754
• Project Managers:

  Maddox, John

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Kansas, Lawrence

  Department of Civil Engineering, 2006 Learned Hall
  Lawrence, KS  United States  66045-2225
• Principal Investigators:

  Oslund, Patricia

  Bai, Yong

  Mulinazzi, Thomas

• Start Date: 20050701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070802
• Source Data: RiP Project 11032

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Logistics; Meat; Processed foods; Rail (Railroads); Research projects; Tractor trailer combinations; Transportation; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01536036
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Kansas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: RE-0412-01, K-TRAN: KU-06-3 NP
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2014 1:01AM