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Acting through the Maritime Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation sought advice from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council on the nature of port access problems and appropriate strategies for responding to them. To conduct such a study, TRB convened a committee of 19 members with expertise in land transportation modes, shipping, ocean carriage, barge transportation, environmental regulation, economics, port administration, terminal design, urban planning, and state government. This Special Report of the study committee covers four broad subject areas that influence landside transportation access to ports: physical impediments, land use policies, regulatory constraints, and institutional issues. Chapter 1 provides an introduction. Chapter 2 provides background on the importance of ports to the U.S. economy and discussion on trade and transportation trends that affect the demands placed on U.S. ports. Physical impediments are discussed in Chapter 3, and some possible solutions are offered. Land use issues are reviewed in Chapter 4, and suggestions are made to port officials on how to influence the local zoning and land use decisions that affect landside access to their ports. Chapter 5 contains a review of major existing and pending regulations affecting landside access; it offers some suggestions for facilitating transportation improvements within the guidelines of environmental protection; it also proposes some modifications to streamline the regulatory process. In Chapter 6 access issues that concern national defense and security are described. The institutional issues that arise when port officials attempt to address landside bottlenecks--by improving highway or railroad access--are reviewed in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 is an overview of the relationship of ports with the private users of their terminals and their labor unions in which suggestions are offered for improving internal operations in ways that might reduce the peak demands of port terminals on surface transportation systems. The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) survey questionnaire is provided in Appendix A, the description of selected results from the survey of inland river terminals is provided in Appendix B, and a glossary is provided in Appendix C.

English

208 p.

1993

Transportation Research Board Special Report

0309054079

Appendices (3) ; Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Institutional issues; Intermodal terminals; Land use; Ports; Regulatory constraints; Socioeconomic development

Landside access

Administration and Management; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 3 1993 12:00AM