Identifying and Using Low-Cost and Quickly Implementable Ways to Address Freight-System Mobility Constraints (2010) / Chapter Skim
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These factors have significantly increased interest in addressing freight mobility constraints through implementation of innovative operational strategies, performanceimproving regulatory and policy changes, and low-cost capital improvements. Recent studies and statistics document the inadequate capacity and increasingly costly congestion -- not only on the nation's highways but also in metropolitan areas, at water ports, railroads, airports, and intermodal facilities.
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criteria for low-cost improvements directed at addressing freight mobility constraints, and (iii) sources of information on implemented projects.
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Interim report #1 Database structure, format, analytical framework Sources of literature List of interviewees Interim report #2 Database of case studies of strategies Dimensions of freight system Survey plan Develop a more standardized description of the dimensions of the freight system Analyze explicitly the business practices and institutional factors that influence freightsystem decision makers and stakeholders Phase I: Tasks 1-5 Conduct survey of public and private sector stakeholders Analyze survey results Methodology concept Develop methodology Develop methodology implementation plan Develop methodology user guide Interim report #3 Survey results and analysis Methodology conceptual framework Interim report #4 Methodology implementation plan Methodology user guide Results of beta test Develop a methodology to identify, categorize, and evaluate quickly implementable, low-cost capital, operational, and public policy actions that can enhance freight mobility by addressing system constraints. Apply methodology to estimate national level actions Develop catalog of actions to address constraints Document findings Catalog of national level actions Final report Dimensions of freight system Methodology Implementation plan Methodology user guide Apply that methodology in a generic way to create a catalog of actions that may be most useful in addressing the nation's freight-system mobility constraints.
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For example, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) invited motor carrier representatives through its website; the link was also sent to project advisers at Kansas City Smart Port to invite its members to take the survey.
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