The potential for improving rail international intermodal services in Texas and the southwest region of the United States.

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• Creators:
  Harrison, Robert ; Blaze, James
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intermodal services
  • Containerization
  • Freight service
  • Railroads
  • Containerization--Texas
  • Containerization--Southwestern States
  • Railroads--Freight--Texas
  • Railroads--Freight--Southwestern States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/11/473700-00076-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The report covers a period of great significance for railroading in the U.S as it contains a number of milestones now ; shaping the future performance of the industry. The specific subject is improving intermodal service so that it can ; support state and regional highway planning, now facing severe financial cut-backs as revenue sources become fully ; committed to bond servicing, user taxes, loose purchasing power and fuel consumption begins to fall. Intermodal ; traffic grew strongly in the period 1995 – 2007 and UP and BNSF trans-continental routes were improved largely on ; the back of intermodal demand. Alliances with larger trucking companies strengthened and transportation officials ; began to ask whether rail could take some of the predicted freight off key highway corridors. This report addresses ; elements of this question, more especially as it relates to intermodal traffic in Texas and the Southwest. The report ; comprises the following sections. Chapter 2 considers the changes in rail freight since the Staggers Act, Chapter 3 ; evaluates Class 1 intermodal service, and Chapter 4 identifies the major trade corridors serving Texas and the ; Southern region of the U.S. Chapter 5 describes rail bottlenecks on the state rail system that might impact future ; intermodal growth, and Chapter 6 concludes by examining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to rail ; intermodal service in Texas and the Southern region over the next decade.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS99-G-0006
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23108/dot_23108_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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