IF WE BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME?

The paper examines a proposed truck-exclusive facility with an intelligent transportation system (ITS) component designed to provide for intermodal truck chaining in the metropolitan Chicago area. This concept is part of a national cooperative vehicle-highway automation system (CVHAS) initiative that is seeking to identify a viable rest location. Before deciding on Chicago for the test site, following questions need to be answered: if freight business continues to grow at the anticipated rate, where will it all be put?, is freight transportation a business the state, regional and local political bodies want to see prosper and grow?, and if so, what needs to be done to make it happen? The proposed choice of Chicago as the site was partially based on a 1981 study that determined there was a favorable condition for a compact system of truckways to connect several intermodal ramps. Additionally, the motivation for the choice of Chicago was because the planners think it is the logical place.

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  Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy

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• Authors:
  • Rawling, F G
  • Iris, A
• Publication Date: 2004-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 188-196
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
  • ISSN: 1078-5906
  • Serial URL: http://www.atlp.org/journal.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight terminals; Intelligent transportation systems; Intermodal terminals; Truck facilities
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00972881
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 2004 12:00AM