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Title:

EUROPEAN UNION PERSPECTIVE

Accession Number:

00723869

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/030906211X

Abstract:

This conference presentation gives the European perspective on intermodal transport, or what Europeans call combined-transport. It is pointed out that, whereas in the United States intermodalism was developed on the basis that it would increase the efficiency of the transport system as a whole, in terms of its rate of return, in the European Union (EU) it was developed to satisfy the demand for transport and to do so in an environmentally friendly way. Another difference is that, unlike in the United States, in the EU most goods move over short distances. Thus the EU needs an intermodal transport system that has the same quality and cost as the road alternative. To provide this, the EU is developing integrated planning, or a trans-European network for combined-transport. The problem in doing this is that the railway systems in the EU are run individually, by each nation, and have never really been interested in the international business. One of the areas that the EU is developing is automated terminals. Another is the technology for transferring pallets very rapidly. The EU has a high-speed rail network for passenger transport well under way, which will free up capacity for freight trains on the conventional system. The EU has 11 designs of road railers up and running, a hub system called Commeter, and a research program ready to start for the development of new technologies, particularly in intermodal. In conclusion, it is stated that both the United States and the EU have ideas and solutions for intermodal transport that need to be shared in order to advance intermodalism as a whole.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

00723863

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

REES, J H

Pagination:

p. 31-36

Publication Date:

1996

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 11
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

National Conference on Intermodalism: Making the Case, Making It Happen

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: 1994-12-7 to 1994-12-9
Sponsors: Federal Aviation Administration; Federal Highway Administration; Federal Railroad Administration; Federal Transit Administration; Maritime Administration; Federal Highway Administration

ISBN:

030906211X

Media Type:

Digital/other

Identifier Terms:

European Commission; European Union

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 25 1996 12:00AM

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