TERMINAL FACILITIES INVENTORY

THIS STUDY PRESENTS RESULTS OF ONE PHASE OF THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOODS MOVEMENT TERMINALS AND THE NEEDS FOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. A THREE STEP PROCEDURE WAS USED: (1) THE ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL TRACK STRIPS AND LAND USE IDENTIFIED MAJOR TERMINAL AREAS, (2) QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED TO DETERMINE INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF TERMINAL OPERATORS, AND (3) PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOODS TERMINAL INDUSTRY. CHARACTERISTICS OF MODAL TERMINALS AND FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE PRESENTED AND APPENDICES WITH INTERVIEWING, QUESTIONNAIRE, AND DATA CODING FORMATS ARE CONTAINED.

• Corporate Authors:

  East-West Gateway Coordinating Council

  112 North 4th Street, Suite 1200
  St Louis, MO  United States  63102
• Publication Date: 1969-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 97 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Interviewing; Land use; Questionnaires; Truck terminals
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00202111
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1972 12:00AM