The location and development of an intermodal terminal is an important decision for a railroad; however, such decisions are increasingly interrelated to private and/or public initiatives. Not only are these projects significant for the railroad, but they are increasingly viewed as drivers of regional supply chain efficiency, quality of life and infrastructure utilization to other stakeholders. While public sector policy makers recognize that the private sector has a different decision making process, this is often viewed through a policy lens, rather than recognizing the railroads’ technical business requirements. This white paper synthesizes railroad perspectives on intermodal terminal development. A more intensive analysis, complete with qualitative and illustrative case studies that classify the considerations and interests of various stakeholders is available online.
In this project, we consider the planning of terminal locations for intermodal transportation systems. For a given number of potential terminals and c...
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