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Freight planning for Texas : expanding the dialogue.
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2011-02-01
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Edition:Technical report; Sept. 2009-Aug.2010.
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Abstract:Efficient, reliable, and safe freight transportation is critical to the economic prosperity of any region. An
efficient multimodal and intermodal transportation system reduces transportation and supply chain transaction
costs and increases connectivity, reliability, and accessibility to local and global markets. An efficient freight
transportation system, therefore, supports economic development and the expansion of international trade,
increases national employment and growth in personal income and the Gross Domestic Product of a region, and
improves the quality of life of its citizens. Intermodal and freight concerns have thus received increasing
attention in the wake of globalization, increasing congestion, and changes in the logistics structure of shippers to
facilitate just-in-time production. Both the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991
and the subsequent reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21) have
identified an understanding of the needs of the freight transportation sector as a critical component of
transportation planning.
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