The state of U.S. railroads :: a review of capacity and performance data /
The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the supply chain to accommodate these increased volumes while minimizing highway congestion and improving energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Sh...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the supply chain to accommodate these increased volumes while minimizing highway congestion and improving energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Shippers and policymakers are concerned that the existing infrastructure--much diminished after decades of track abandonment--lacks sufficient capacity to accommodate the increased demand for rail freight. This report draws from publicly available data on the U.S. railroad industry to provide observations about rail infrastructure capacity and performance in freight transportation. Railroads have improved their productivity in the past three decades, mitigating immediate concerns about capacity, but concerns about future capacity constraints appear to be justified. Insufficient data exist to determine whether rail performance is now stable, significantly declining, or improving. The railroad system is privately owned and operated, but there is a public role for easing rail capacity constraints because private decisions about transportation investment and freight shipping have public consequences for safety and the environment. A better understanding of the public and private cost trade-offs between shipping freight by truck and by rail is needed. Improvements to data quality and freight-modeling tools will improve the ability for policymakers to better target public investment in the rail freight transportation system. |
| Beschreibung: | Text document in PDF format. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xv, 48 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48). |
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| contents | Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Introduction; Freight Transportation: An Engine for Economic Growth; The Pressures of Increased Demand for Transportation; Concerns About Rail Infrastructure; The Public Costs of Private Logistics Decisions; Content of This Report; Chapter Two- Capacity; Capacity: Industry Structure; Capacity: Infrastructure; Capacity: Motive Power; Capacity: Operating Strategies; Capacity: Crews; Capacity Summary; Chapter Three- Performance; Average Speed; Reliability; Prices; Productivity; Resilience. Chapter Four- Observations and RecommendationsReferences. |
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| spelling | Weatherford, Brian A. The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / Brian A. Weatherford, Henry H. Willis, David S. Ortiz. State of United States railroads Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2008. 1 online resource (xv, 48 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file Text document in PDF format. Technical report. Performed by RAND Supply Chain Policy Center of the RAND Transportation, Space, and Technology Program for UPS Foundation. Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48). Print version record. The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the supply chain to accommodate these increased volumes while minimizing highway congestion and improving energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Shippers and policymakers are concerned that the existing infrastructure--much diminished after decades of track abandonment--lacks sufficient capacity to accommodate the increased demand for rail freight. This report draws from publicly available data on the U.S. railroad industry to provide observations about rail infrastructure capacity and performance in freight transportation. Railroads have improved their productivity in the past three decades, mitigating immediate concerns about capacity, but concerns about future capacity constraints appear to be justified. Insufficient data exist to determine whether rail performance is now stable, significantly declining, or improving. The railroad system is privately owned and operated, but there is a public role for easing rail capacity constraints because private decisions about transportation investment and freight shipping have public consequences for safety and the environment. A better understanding of the public and private cost trade-offs between shipping freight by truck and by rail is needed. Improvements to data quality and freight-modeling tools will improve the ability for policymakers to better target public investment in the rail freight transportation system. Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Introduction; Freight Transportation: An Engine for Economic Growth; The Pressures of Increased Demand for Transportation; Concerns About Rail Infrastructure; The Public Costs of Private Logistics Decisions; Content of This Report; Chapter Two- Capacity; Capacity: Industry Structure; Capacity: Infrastructure; Capacity: Motive Power; Capacity: Operating Strategies; Capacity: Crews; Capacity Summary; Chapter Three- Performance; Average Speed; Reliability; Prices; Productivity; Resilience. Chapter Four- Observations and RecommendationsReferences. Railroads Freight United States Evaluation. Infrastructure (Economics) United States Evaluation. Transports ferroviaires Marchandises États-Unis Évaluation. TRANSPORTATION Railroads Pictorial. bisacsh TRANSPORTATION General. bisacsh Infrastructure (Economics) Evaluation fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Willis, Henry H. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004141304 Ortiz, David S. Rand Corporation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78083407 Rand Supply Chain Policy Center. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008140230 UPS Foundation. has work: The state of U.S. railroads (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFRCDFCJV8f37B6mRCqpmq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Weatherford, Brian. State of U.S. railroads. 9780833045058 (DLC) 2008027303 (OCoLC)232656461 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=268364 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Weatherford, Brian A. The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Introduction; Freight Transportation: An Engine for Economic Growth; The Pressures of Increased Demand for Transportation; Concerns About Rail Infrastructure; The Public Costs of Private Logistics Decisions; Content of This Report; Chapter Two- Capacity; Capacity: Industry Structure; Capacity: Infrastructure; Capacity: Motive Power; Capacity: Operating Strategies; Capacity: Crews; Capacity Summary; Chapter Three- Performance; Average Speed; Reliability; Prices; Productivity; Resilience. Chapter Four- Observations and RecommendationsReferences. Railroads Freight United States Evaluation. Infrastructure (Economics) United States Evaluation. Transports ferroviaires Marchandises États-Unis Évaluation. TRANSPORTATION Railroads Pictorial. bisacsh TRANSPORTATION General. bisacsh Infrastructure (Economics) Evaluation fast |
| title | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / |
| title_alt | State of United States railroads |
| title_auth | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / |
| title_exact_search | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / |
| title_full | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / Brian A. Weatherford, Henry H. Willis, David S. Ortiz. |
| title_fullStr | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / Brian A. Weatherford, Henry H. Willis, David S. Ortiz. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The state of U.S. railroads : a review of capacity and performance data / Brian A. Weatherford, Henry H. Willis, David S. Ortiz. |
| title_short | The state of U.S. railroads : |
| title_sort | state of u s railroads a review of capacity and performance data |
| title_sub | a review of capacity and performance data / |
| topic | Railroads Freight United States Evaluation. Infrastructure (Economics) United States Evaluation. Transports ferroviaires Marchandises États-Unis Évaluation. TRANSPORTATION Railroads Pictorial. bisacsh TRANSPORTATION General. bisacsh Infrastructure (Economics) Evaluation fast |
| topic_facet | Railroads Freight United States Evaluation. Infrastructure (Economics) United States Evaluation. Transports ferroviaires Marchandises États-Unis Évaluation. TRANSPORTATION Railroads Pictorial. TRANSPORTATION General. Infrastructure (Economics) Evaluation United States |
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