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Title: Transportation Energy Futures: Freight Transportation Modal Shares: Scenarios for a Low-Carbon Future

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1338446· OSTI ID:1338446

Freight transportation modes—truck, rail, water, air, and pipeline—each serve a distinct share of the freight transportation market. A variety of factors influence the modes chosen by shippers, carriers, and others involved in freight supply chains. Analytical methods can be used to project future modal shares, and federal policy actions could influence future freight mode choices. This report considers how these topics have been addressed in existing literature and offers insights on federal policy decisions with the potential to prompt mode choices that reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Research Organization:
Cambridge Systematics Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30) (Energy Analysis Corporate)
OSTI ID:
1338446
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102013-3705; 7582
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English