Short-haul rail intermodal: Can it compete with trucks?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1873, 2004, Pages 45-52

  Resor, Randolph R ^a   Blaze, James R ^a   Morlok, Edward K ^a,b  

^a ZETA TECH Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; TAR;

INTERBOX CONNECTORS (IBC); INTERMODAL TRAFFIC; RAIL TRAFFIC; RAILROAD INDUSTRY;

RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 11244279662     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1873-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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