NORTH DAKOTA STRATEGIC FREIGHT ANALYSIS. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR - SUMMARY REPORT

This project addresses four transportation issues, which are critical to the future of North Dakota's agricultural sector: 1) the impact of 110-car shuttle trains on the marketing of grains; 2) the impact of heavier cars on light density rail lines; 3) the changing trend in the use of truck/rail container intermodal transportation for marketing North Dakota products; and 4) the role played by logistics factors in determining the optimal location of value added facilities. The report provides a summary of the analysis of each of the four issues.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=383
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64718
• Corporate Authors:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Berwick, M
  • Bitzan, J D
  • Lantz, B
  • Tolliver, D D
  • Vachal, K
• Publication Date: 2001-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural products; Decision making; Freight transportation; Grain terminals; Heavy vehicles; Intermodal transportation; Logistics; Marketing; Policy making
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00822894
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 01-127.5
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 18 2002 12:00AM