Towards the future: The promise of intermodal and multimodal transportation systems. Research report
Issues relating to intermodal and multimodal transportation systems are introduced and defined. Intermodal and multimodal transportation solutions are assessed within the framework of legislative efforts such as Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Federal involvement in state intermodal transportation systems, and state responses to the growing intermodal and multimodal trends are also reviewed. The roles and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) in the post-ISTEA world is examined and the impacts of legislative mandates considered. As a case study, the workings of the Houston MPO are examined. Private sector intermodal and multimodal involvement is addressed, including issues in management, regulatory, financial, economical, environmental, and even physical constraints. Effects of regulation on private sector intermodalism are discussed, as are case studies in partnering and management.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Transportation, College Station, TX (United States). Southwest Region Univ. Transportation Center
- OSTI ID:
- 91548
- Report Number(s):
- PB-95-240461/XAB; CNN: Grants DTOS88-G-0006, TGEO-0079; TRN: 52262979
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Also pub. as Southwest Region Univ. Transportation Center, College Station, TX. Report no. SWUTC-95-60017-71249-3; PBD: Feb 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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