Freight Shuttle System: Cross-Border Movement of Goods. Feasibility Assessment

The Freight Shuttle System (FSS) is designed to provide freight transportation services between those short and intermediate distance locations (within 600 miles) that are currently handling large volumes of freight traffic. Much like trucks, the FSS's transporters are autonomous: each transporter has its own propulsion and travels independently of other transporters. Inspired by railroads, each FSS transporter has steel wheels operating on a steel running surface and can carry either a standard-size freight container or an over-the-road truck trailer. However, unlike either rail or trucks, the FSS runs on an elevated, dedicated guideway to avoid the interference of other transportation systems. The objective of this report is to examine the potential viability for an alternative transportation system for trailers and containers in a multi-national, cross-border setting. The El Paso-Ciudad Juarez region serves as the environment of this analysis.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.2172/1048877
• Record URL:
  • http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/1048877/1048877.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research
  4050 Rio Bravo Drive
  El Paso, TX  United States  79902

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Publication Date: 2011-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 144p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containers; Feasibility analysis; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; International borders; Trailers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Freight shuttle system
• Geographic Terms: El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border crossing
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493318
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 477770-00001
• Contract Numbers: DE-EE0001090
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2013 9:04AM