The Theodore Roosevelt Expressway and the Central North American Trade Corridor

Corridor analysis has been completed for many different designations since the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991. These studies have been conducted without a clear understanding or blueprint of what should be analyzed. Differences exist in corridor analysis between rural and urban, passengers and freight, the reasons for the corridor analysis, and whether the corridor is recognized by all states, provinces, and countries it passes through. The steps necessary to establish a freight corridor are ambiguous therefore, a document that describes the analysis/study process would be beneficial. This paper provides some demographic and geographic information, but does not address highway capacity needs, right of way needs, restricted speed policy, processes for determining future access, evaluation of current access right of way needs for future frontage roads, and bypass opportunities in and around communities.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=659
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Turuhairwe, Esther
  • Berwick, Mark
• Publication Date: 2008-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 104p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Freight transportation; Intermodal transportation; Trade; Trade routes; Transportation corridors
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115784
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC 08-201
• Files: UTC, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 2008 8:07AM