Rail To Truck Modal Shift

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Freight and freightage
ISBN : NWU:35556030749063

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Rail to Truck Modal Shift by Anonim Pdf

The continued loss of rail network infrastructure and rail service throughout the US has most instances resulted in the modal shift of rail freight back to truck. Rail freight converted to truck may have significant impact on pavement maintenance costs and activities due to the increased highway traffic volumes. This study will investigate three short-line rail routes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and will determine the potential impacts of diverting rail freight flows to truck. A logistics flow routing will be created illustrating the new truck flows by highway classification and usage. The targeted highways current conditions and asset management techniques will be documented. A pavement maintenance model will be used to determine the incremental pavement maintenance cost per ton-mile if additional freight moved over various classes of highway and their impact on highway funding.

Author : Jean-Paul Rodrigue,Claude Comtois,Brian Slack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136777325

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The Geography of Transport Systems by Jean-Paul Rodrigue,Claude Comtois,Brian Slack Pdf

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.

Author : Bernard Aritua
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464813818

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The Rail Freight Challenge for Emerging Economies by Bernard Aritua Pdf

This report captures ways in which policy makers and senior officials in railway organizations from emerging economies can accelerate modal shift to rail. Such officials, as well as the general public, aspire for more freight to be moved by rail. The environmental and societal benefits of such a shift are compelling. And yet investment in railways is often not followed by a corresponding increase in freight moved by rail. This report highlights the fact that, in a world of changing global supply chains and logistics, the approach to regaining modal share needs to be different. The expectation that lower cost and efficient rail service will automatically lead to modal shift from road to rail has not been a reality in most emerging economies. Modern railways focus on understanding the logistics of targeted freight and positioning rail transport services as part of an overall logistics system aimed at meeting the needs of customers.

Author : Tracey Holloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Freight and freightage
ISBN : WISC:89118774710

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Sustainable Freight Infrastructure to Meet Climate and Air Quality Goals by Tracey Holloway Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Transportation Research Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309496353

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Reducing Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Transportation Research Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on Assessment of Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two Pdf

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, "medium- and heavy-duty vehicles", or MHDVs - are used in every sector of the economy. The fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of MHDVs have become a focus of legislative and regulatory action in the past few years. This study is a follow-on to the National Research Council's 2010 report, Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. That report provided a series of findings and recommendations on the development of regulations for reducing fuel consumption of MHDVs. On September 15, 2011, NHTSA and EPA finalized joint Phase I rules to establish a comprehensive Heavy-Duty National Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption for on-road medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. As NHTSA and EPA began working on a second round of standards, the National Academies issued another report, Reducing the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Phase Two: First Report, providing recommendations for the Phase II standards. This third and final report focuses on a possible third phase of regulations to be promulgated by these agencies in the next decade.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030826325

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Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, Electrification, New Haven to Boston [CT,MA] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030222475

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Banff Highway Project, Environmental Assessment (EA)st Gate to Km 13 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan Fleming
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781437983692

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Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail by Susan Fleming Pdf

Concerns about the weak economy, congestion in the transport. system, and the potentially harmful effects of air emissions generated by the transport. sector have raised awareness of the potential benefits and costs of intercity passenger and freight rail relative to other transport. modes such as highways. This report reviewed: (1) the extent to which transport. policy tools that provide incentives to shift passenger and freight traffic to rail may generate emissions, congestion, and economic development benefits; and (2) how project benefits and costs are assessed for investment in intercity passenger and freight rail and how the strengths and limitations of these assessments impact federal decision making. Charts and tables. A print on demand report.

Author : Martin S. Schilling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Containerization
ISBN : WISC:89104968375

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Containerization Policy by Martin S. Schilling Pdf

Author : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210575188

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Transport for Sustainable Development by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Pdf

This study examines issues, progress and challenges in global efforts to achieve sustainable mobility of freight and people using inland modes of transport. While transport is a precondition for social and economic interactions, it has negative impacts (crashes, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions). The study identifies main challenges and opportunities to accelerate transition to sustainability. It promotes an understanding of the five defining dimensions of sustainable transport - accessibility, affordability, safety, security and environmental performance. It brings theoretical insights and best practices from around the world and maps similarities and differences among countries in their efforts towards sustainability.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : LOC:0001142594A

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Dredging and Its Impact by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine Pdf

Author : Alan McKinnon,Michael Browne,Anthony Whiteing,Maja Piecyk
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749471866

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Green Logistics by Alan McKinnon,Michael Browne,Anthony Whiteing,Maja Piecyk Pdf

Leading the way in current thinking on environmental logistics, Green Logistics provides a unique insight on the environmental impacts of logistics and the actions that companies and governments can take to deal with them. It is written by leading researchers in the field and provides a comprehensive view of the subject for students, managers and policy-makers. Fully updated, the 3rd edition of Green Logistics has a more global perspective than previous editions. It introduces new contributors and international case studies that illustrate the impact of green logistics in practice. There is a new chapter on the links between green logistics and corporate social responsibility and a series of postscripts examining the effects of new developments, such as 3D printing, distribution by drone, the physical internet and the concept of peak freight. Other key topics examined include: carbon auditing of supply chains; transferring freight to greener transport modes; reducing the environmental impact of warehousing; improving the energy efficiency of freight transport; making city logistics more environmentally sustainable; reverse logistics for the management of waste; role of government in promoting sustainable logistics. The 3rd edition of Green Logistics includes indispensable online supporting materials, including graphics, tables, chapter summaries, and guidelines for lecturers.

Author : T. Adachi,K. Tateyama,M. Kimura
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351430432

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Modern Tunneling Science And Technology by T. Adachi,K. Tateyama,M. Kimura Pdf

This book discusses the science and technology of tunneling for the 21st Century. It includes topics related to planning, geological and environmental investigations, as well as the maintenance and the longevity of tunnels.

Author : Richard D. Stewart (Mariner)
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309258302

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Multimodal Freight Transportation Within the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Basin by Richard D. Stewart (Mariner) Pdf

"TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 17: Multimodal Freight Transportation Within the Great Lakes--Saint Lawrence Basin describes the current multimodal freight transportation system within this bi-national region--Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, and Quebec--and its importance to regional, United States, and Canadian economies. The report also analyzes the system's overall performance and related opportunities and constraints to improving performance and to meet projected freight flows. The report includes an analysis of each mode's capacity and the major commodities each of them moves; the barriers and constraints that impact each mode's ability to move cargo; the performance implications in terms of major commodity supply chains (coal, automotive parts and machinery, containerized consumer goods, grains, and iron ore); and a strategic freight planning process for multimodal transport chain performance going forward."--Publisher's description.

Author : Ercan Tukenmez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Coal
ISBN : UCR:31210024772996

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Railroad Deregulation by Ercan Tukenmez Pdf