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Title:

INTERMODAL REALITIES

Accession Number:

00184692

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309026857

Abstract:

The current decline in market share of U.S. railways for merchandise traffic has led the Federal Railroad Administration to initiate a major study of the shortcomings and potential of rail piggyback and intermodal operations. The study examines merchandise movements, transport services' modal and economic capabilities, and shipper needs and practices. A model of rail intermodal services over a hypothetical 52,000 km (32,500-mile) route structure serving 120 cities was developed. Results indicate that the current piggyback market share of total containerizable freight in the U.S. is about 4 percent and that the principal impediments to the shipper of rail intermodal services were costs and service. The study recommends cost reductions in rail operations and service improvements. The rail network modeled could handle three times the current trailer-on-flatcar volume by 1980, and transport cost might be reduced by an estimated $200 million a year. The Federal Railroad Administration and cooperating railroads have begun a series of demonstrations to test the practicability of the study results and rail intermodalism. /Author/

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Intermodal Freight Transport. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Rail planning

Monograph Accession #:

01411498

Authors:

DEBOER, DAVID J

Pagination:

pp 67-68

Publication Date:

1977

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 656
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

56th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1977-1-24 to 1977-1-28

ISBN:

0309026857

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References (2)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Research programs; Shippers

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General)

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 29 1978 12:00AM

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