Fast-forward : key issues in modernizing the U.S. freight transportation system for future economic growth /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hillestad, R. J. (Richard John), 1942-
Other Authors: Van Roo, Ben D., Yoho, Keenan D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica : RAND Corp., 2009.
Subjects:
Freight and freightage > United States.
Freight and freightage > United States > Forecasting.
Transport de marchandises > États-Unis.
Transport de marchandises > États-Unis > Prévision.
TRANSPORTATION > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
Freight and freightage.
Freight and freightage > Forecasting.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.

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