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Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Mobility--that is, the movement of passengers and goods through the transportation system--is critical to the nation's economic vitality and the quality of life of its citizens. However, increasing passenger travel and freight movement has led to growing congestion in the nation's transportation system, and projections suggest that this trend is likely to continue. Increased congestion can have a number of negative economic and social effects, including wasting travelers' time and money, impeding efficient movement of freight, and degrading air quality. U.S. transportation policy has generally addressed these negative economic and social effects from the standpoint of individual transportation modes and local government involvement. However, there has been an increased focus on the development of intermodal transportation. Intermodal transportation refers to a system that connects the separate transportation modes--such as mass transit systems, roads, aviation, maritime, and railroads--and allows a passenger to complete a journey using more than one mode. This testimony is based on GAO's prior work on intermodal transportation, especially intermodal ground connections to airports, and addresses (1) the challenges associated with developing and using intermodal capabilities and (2) potential strategies that could help public decision makers improve intermodal capabilities."

A logistics‐based project is described which addresses the need for better intermodal transport, whilst balancing economic and environmental gains through the use of Internet technologies. Pipeline intermodal system to support control, expedition and scheduling (PISCES) provides an integrating platform for using these technologies in processing and sharing commercially sensitive data within transport chains (i.e. road, rail and barge). The paper demonstrates how information from an Internet‐based system can be used to drive a scheduling tool to provide appropriate routes for the transport of goods, using a multimodal transport model.

Directory of officials concerned with transportation planning at federal, state and local levels of government. ; Directory of officials concerned with transportation planning at federal, state and local levels of government. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Directory of officials concerned with transportation planning at federal, state and local levels of government. ; Directory of officials concerned with transportation planning at federal, state and local levels of government. ; Mode of access: Internet.

El Eje Cafetero, gracias a su ubicación en el centro-occidente de Colombia presenta una posición estratégica para implementar el sistema intermodal de carga que requiere la Región Andina, para la competitividad del país: la clave de este sistema, estaría en articular el sistema ferroviario y la hidrovía del Magdalena mediante el Ferrocarril Cafetero entre La Dorada y el Km 41, y en extender el Corredor férreo el Cauca, hasta el Altiplano, y desde Buenaventura hasta Urabá, apalancando el desarrollo ferroviario en la locomotora del carbón andino

Efficient and secure global supply chains contribute to the Improvement of the competitiveness of the products traded on international markets by reducing their costs and delivery time while increasing the reliability and security. Global supply chains are unthinkable without transport integration, which is usually accomplished through the form of intermodal transport systems. Intermodal transport systems are much more complex than the unimodal ones due to the number of stakeholders, included transportation resources, infrastructure and processes, which in case of poor coordination in the planning, organization and implementation of transport chain logistic activities can lead to increased supply chain vulnerability. Therefore, the main challenge in the functioning of intermodal transport operations in supply chains is to increase their efficiency taking into account the problems of associated risks. The current initiatives on the topic of identification and management of risks in the intermodal supply chains do not provide a complete and clear picture of the potential problems which the intermodal supply chains are exposed to. Hence, the purpose of this paper, which is based on the literature review of the model of the intermodal transport system structure and models of risk management in supply chains in general, is to provide a framework for a holistic Consideration of risks in intermodal supply chains, which can lead to the improvement of their efficiency and competitiveness.

We describe the problem of intermodal international freight transport that is faced by some logistic service providers and the solution that ORTEC's logistic suite offers to these customers. This solution is based on a state of the art k‐shortest path algorithm for directed networks. Our focus is on the modeling aspects of the problem. In particular, we propose an approach in two phases and methods to reduce the size of the network, so as to obtain a solution within an acceptable calculation time.

Discusses freight intermodalism and planning and policy issues, including railroad, motor, and air transport; US, chiefly; 6 articles. Contents: Railroad policy and intermodalism: policy choices after deregulation, by Jeremy F. Plant; Highway intermodal freight transporttation: a policy and administration challenge for the new millennium, by Mary Field; Intermodalism: a solution for highway congestion at the millennium? by Arthur L. Handman; Transportation at the millennium: in search of a megaproject lens, by Wendy Haynes; Systemwide challenges to intelligent transportation systems development: an analysis of the central Florida experience, by Wendall C. Lawther, Harold E. Worrall, and Jorge Figueredo; Air transportation policy and administration at the millennium, by Van R. Johnston.