Fast-forward: key issues in modernizing the U.S. freight transportation system for future economic growth
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1. Verfasser: Hillestad, R. J., (Richard John) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA RAND Corp. 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-124)
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
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, including increasing capacity, making the system less vulnerable to disruption, addressing environmental concerns, and building support for funding
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 124 pages)
ISBN:9780833048998
0833048996
0833047485
9780833047489

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