Enhancing Intermodal Service Through Public-Private Partnerships in Texas

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• Creators:
  Roop, Stephen S. ; Warner. Jeffery E. ; Roco, Craig E. ; Morgan, Curtis A. ; Bierling, David H. ; Villa, Juan Carlos ; Dhuru, Sarod P ; Zorn, Chad J
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M University. Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Financing
  • Freight transportation
  • Intermodal services
  • Market share
  • Public private partnerships
  • Railroads
  • Short haul
  • Transportation planning
  • Trucking
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-04/0-4565-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  September 2002 – August 2003
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The increasing levels of truck traffic on the State’s highway system are creating an array of issues for the Texas Department of Transportation ranging from highway safety, congestion, and air quality, to the need for accelerated maintenance and capacity expansion. With trade in Texas projected to continue to increase, the pressure to explore alternatives to highway-borne freight is building. At the same time, railroads are facing challenges of their own. As a capital- and labor-intensive industry, railroads are struggling to earn the cost of capital to maintain and operate their extensive networks. As a mode that excels at long-haul intercity freight, but loses to trucking in shorter-haul movements, railroads are in need of services and capital to help gain back lost market share and compete in short-haul markets.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-4565
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88084/dot_88084_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.45 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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