INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY AND CONNECTIVITY: FEDERAL PERSPECTIVES

This conference panel session focuses on infrastructure capacity and connectivity from the federal perspective. B. Green provides an overview. B. Holliday discusses the current status of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) navigation program; how the USACE links with the Marine Transportation System (MTS); and future challenges. J. High discusses the MTS, focusing on capacity, information technology, financing, and infrastructure. C. White, Jr., focuses on rail capacity and infrastructure, with comments on the significance of the recent merger of Canadian National and Burlington Northern railroads. C. Johnson focuses on intermodal connectors and border infrastructure.

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• Authors:
  • Green, B
  • Holliday, B
  • High, J
  • White Jr, C
  • Johnson, C
• Conference:
  • Global Intermodal Freight: State of Readiness for the 21st Century
  • Location: Long Beach, California
  • Date: 2000-2-23 to 2000-2-26
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 94-104
• Monograph Title: GLOBAL INTERMODAL FREIGHT: STATE OF READINESS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. REPORT OF A CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 23-26, 2000, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 25
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Connectivity; Financing; Freight transportation; Future; Information technology; Infrastructure; Intermodal transportation; International borders; Mergers; Navigation; Railroads; Shipping
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00818766
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309072085
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 2001 12:00AM