MULTIMODAL/INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, WESTERN EUROPE, AND LATIN AMERICA - GOVERNMENT PLANS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS

This policy research project was funded by and conducted for the Texas Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. The research was performed during the 1997-98 academic year by 18 graduate students and a faculty project director at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. Its purpose was to examine "best practices" in governmental multimodal/intermodal transport policies, plans, and programs. This task was accomplished by investigating supranational, national, state, and local government multimodal/intermodal activities in North America, Western Europe, and Latin America. The resulting research built upon and benefitted from other policy research projects conducted at the LBJ School in recent years that addressed state multimodal/intermodal transport policies and programs that promote economic growth; port-related state programs and federal legislative issues; state rail policies, plans, and programs; and U.S.-Mexico trade and transportation. Information on laws, public expenditures, policies, plans and programs was obtained by reviewing published material already available or sent by mail, conducting long-distance telephone interviews, making field trips throughout the United States and to foreign countries for on-site interviews, or surfing the Internet.

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  University of Texas, Austin

  LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2315 Red River Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78712-1536
• Authors:
  • Boske, L B
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 584 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic growth; Governments; Intermodal transportation; Multimodal transportation; Planning methods; Policy, legislation and regulation; Ports; Railroad rails; Trade
• Geographic Terms: Latin America; Mexico; United States; Western Europe
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Economics; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766054
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0899407439
• Report/Paper Numbers: 130
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 14 1999 12:00AM