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Title: MINNESOTA INTERMODAL REGIONAL TERMINAL PROJECT
Accession Number: 00723843
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: A growing portion of the commodities produced and consumed in the Twin Cities region is transported via containers that are interchanged directly among railways, trucks, and steamship lines. This is known as intermodal freight transportation. Efficient freight transportation is a key element enabling businesses to maintain their competitiveness in a global economy. Growth in the use of truck-rail intermodal freight services in the Twin Cities region is being threatened by capacity limits and locations of current facilities. The growing scale of intermodal freight handling requires a higher level of cooperation between the public and private sectors as these services work to combine both the efficiencies of public highways and private railway networks. A public-private partnership was formed to ensure that decisions for future investments in intermodal facilities and services are timely and focused on serving the entire Twin Cities region. This partnership consists of the region's planning and transportation agencies, the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, as well as railroad intermodal freight service providers to the region, Burlington Northern and the CP Rail System. The partnership may expand as the process to identify regional intermodal terminal needs moves forward. In 1994 the partnership studied future terminal capacity needs and identified the principal terminal alternatives to serve the intermodal industry. The results of this study will form the basis for further action to address identified terminal capacity needs.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00723836
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Selness, C LBarton, J EPagination: pp 66-73
Publication Date: 1996-6
Serial: Conference:
National Conference on the Intermodal Freight Terminal of the Future
Location:
New Orleans, Louisiana Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 23 1996 12:00AM
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