Fast-forward key issues in modernizing the U.S. freight transportation system for future economic growth
Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors provide an overview of the freight-transportation system and the problems it faces, concluding with a discussion of key system-modernization issues, includi...
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica
RAND Corp.
2009, 2009
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-124)
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE
- Introduction; Freight-Transportation Issues; The Questions We Addressed; CHAPTER TWO
- Approach and Interview Summary; Literature Review; Stakeholder Interviews; Meta-Analysis of Existing Studies; CHAPTER THREE
- Evolution and State of the U.S. Freight-Transportation System; Most Freight Movement Is Domestic; Most Freight Is Moved by Truck; Freight Ton-Miles Are Distributed Nearly Equally on Railways and Highways
- Introduction
- Approach and interview summary
- Evolution and state of the U.S. freight-transportation system
- Determinants of highway, rail, and port capacity
- Overarching issues for improving freight transportation and implications for policy