Progress Report

Progress Report
Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002
Genre: Highway engineering
ISBN:

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Freight Data Cost Elements

Freight Data Cost Elements
Author: José Holguín-Veras
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 0309258995

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"TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 22: Freight Data Cost Elements identifies the specific types of direct freight transportation cost data elements required for public investment, policy, and regulatory decisionmaking. The report also describes and assesses different strategies for identifying and obtaining the needed cost data elements"--Publisher's description.

Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals

Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals
Author: Anne Strauss-Wieder
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2003
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 030906967X

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Report 320: Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals identifies practices that have been or are being used by private-sector freight companies and public transportation agencies in citing their facilities, modifying their operations, and managing their community relations. "Good neighbor initiatives" and balancing practices employed by metropolitan planning and economic development organizations, local governments, and others are also recognized. The report covers water, truck, rail, and air freight facilities and operations. Although the report does not include pipelines, several of the issues and practices discussed are relevant to pipeline facilities and operations.

America's Container Ports

America's Container Ports
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2011
Genre: Container terminals
ISBN:

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The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released an overview of the movement of maritime freight handled by the nation's container ports in 2009 through mid-2010. The report summarizes trends in maritime freight movement since 1995, especially during the last five years. It also covers the impact of the recent U.S. and global economic downturn on container traffic; regional shifts in cargo handled, vessel calls, and port capacity; the rankings of U.S. ports among the world's top ports; and the number of maritime container entries into the United States compared to --truck and rail containers. The report also includes summaries of landside access to container ports and maritime security initiatives.

Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects

Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Study of Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects of National Significance
Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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TRB's Special Report 297: Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects explores ways to pay for projects that expand freight capacity or reduce the costs of freight transportation. The committee that produced the report found that present finance arrangements are inadequate for maintaining and improving freight transportation system performance. The report calls for finance reforms that promote productivity gains by targeting investment to projects with the greatest economic benefit and by encouraging efficient use of facilities.