Implications of Breaching Lower Columbia-Snake River Dams on Modal Competition and Grain Flows
This analysis is largely based on received theory of firm behavior. How will an individual transportation firm react to changes in the logistical system if the four dams are breached? The collective action of like firms will result in changes in the industry, which will reveal much about the potential impacts. However, the analysis is complicated by the fact that the barge industry consists of one dominant firm and the Class I railroad industry consists of two firms in the study area. The overall goals of this analysis were to: (1) Estimate the short- and long-term impacts that eliminating barge transportation from Pasco to Lewiston will have on rail, truck, and barge rate structures in the selected origin territory; (2) Identify the potential for modal shifts; and (3) Discuss possible origin-destination shifts as a result of any changes in the rate structures of the three modes.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
1320 Albrecht Boulevard
Fargo, ND United States 581052Washington State University, Pullman
Department of Agricultural Economics
Pullman, WA United States 99164-6210 -
Authors:
- Vachal, Kimberly
- Griffin, Gene
- Casavant, Ken
- Publication Date: 2000-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 49p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Barges; Competition; Dams; Freight traffic; Grain; Impacts; Logistics; Modal shift; Origin and destination; Pricing; Railroad transportation; Rates; Truck traffic
- Geographic Terms: Columbia-Snake River Waterway
- Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01699639
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: SP-145
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 25 2019 9:54AM