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Intermodal freight terminals are land intensive, in that each requires a substantial dedicated land area, and they are usually sited within urban areas. Some are locationally constrained due to mode dominance (e.g., a container port must be located at waterside). For these reasons, developers and users of new intermodal freight terminals may find themselves limited in their choice of locations. Existing facilities may also have limited opportunities for redevelopment or expansion or both. In addition to natural locational constraints on intermodal freight terminal site selection, there can also be a number of social or environmental constraints. Noise and around-the-clock operation are but two examples. Existing intermodal terminal facilities are often only tolerated in urban areas, and the land may be rezoned to a higher use by those who advocate urban redevelopment. Thus, due to possible zoning restrictions based on environmental or other similar constraints, developers and users of intermodal freight terminals may find their locational and operational options severely limited, or exercisable only at drastically reduced levels of efficiency. Special land use zoning or urban land development under the joint-use concept is recommended in order to assure user viability of new or expanded intermodal freight facitlites to serve all forms of goods transport. Community education and involvement may also be required to prevent unwarranted restraints.

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Communities; Constraints; Freight terminals; Intermodal transfer; Joint use; Land use; Location; Public relations; Urban areas; Zoning

Building sites; Community support; Selecting

Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Oct 30 1983 12:00AM

• ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF RAIL AND ROAD INTERMODAL FREIGHT TERMINALS THAT EMPLOY DIFFERENT HANDLING TECHNIQUES
• APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER MODEL TECHNIQUES FOR RAILROAD INTERMODAL TERMINAL CONFIGURATION, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING
• GATE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMODAL FACILITIES
• HANDLING AND STORAGE OF EMPTY CHASSIS
• INCORPORATION OF OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING IN INTERMODAL TERMINAL SIMULATION MODELS
• INTERMODAL FREIGHT TERMINAL--AN OPEN SYSTEM: THE INFRASTRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE
• LARGE OR SMALL TERMINALS IN INTERMODAL TRANSPORT: WHAT IS THE OPTIMUM SIZE?
• PRODUCTIVITY AT MARINE-LAND CONTAINER TERMINALS
• RAIL AND WATER TERMINAL INTERFACE
• SIMULATION OF RAILWAY PIGGYBACK TERMINALS
• TANDEM: MARINE AND RAIL CONTAINER TERMINAL SIMULATION MODEL
• TOFC TERMINAL SIMULATION MODEL