THE INTERMODAL COACH: CREATING A PASSENGER INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Global Logistics and intermodalism are buzzwords describing the new millennium's emerging transportation paradigm. Global logistics simply acknowledges that, as the global marketplace expands and strengthens, many future transportation schedulers will be concerned with scheduling and routing the movement of goods and materials throughout the world in regular course of business. Intermodalism describes an approach to planning, building, and operating the transportation system that emphasizes optimal utilization of transportation resources and connections between modes. Intermodalism is the cornerstone of the National Transportation System concept advocated for the United States in the early 1990s by then Secretary of Transportation Frederico Pena. Transportation policy in the United States has traditionally focused on single elements: automobiles, buses, trains, trucks, ships, and airplanes. In an intermodal transportation system, these elements are connected in a seamless system that is efficient, safe, flexible, environmentally sound, and meets the needs of travelers and shippers. This paper presents an outline of the future passenger intermodal transportation model and reviews the vision of US transportation policy as stated in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA).

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  Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Gaspard, James G
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Location: Annapolis, Maryland
  • Date: 2000-11-29 to 2000-12-1
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 797-807

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Freight handling; Gross national product; Intermodal transportation; Logistics; Passenger transportation; Shipping; Transportation planning; Travelers
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00804807
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 2001 12:00AM