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Browsing by Subject "Intermodal transportation"

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    An Analysis of Intermodal Railroad-truck Freight Transportation Facilities and Services in Minnesota
    (1991-12) Harper, Donald V.; Evers, Philip T.
    The general objectives of the study reported on here were to identify the Intermodal railroad-truck (IRT) facilities and services available to manufacturers in Minnesota, the extent of use of IRT service by those manufacturers, the characteristics of the users, and the perceptions of users and nonusers about the service and its cost. The study concluded that IRT facilities and services are sufficiently available to Minnesota manufacturers and other shippers and receivers in the state, within the limits of IRT service regarding the location of origin and destination points and shipment size. Minnesota is probably served as well as any state is currently being served by IRT.
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    Rural and Small Urban Multimodal Alternatives for Minnesota
    (Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2014-11) Becker, Carol
    This paper looks at alternatives for promoting and strengthening multimodal transportation in rural and small urban areas. It outlines 65 different innovative activities around the United States that have been undertaken to promote multimodalism in rural areas and smaller towns. These activities are grouped into six categories: improving transit options; accommodating alternative vehicles; supporting pedestrian and bicycle travel; multimodal land use planning; the use of financial incentives to promote multimodal land use development; and other alternatives that do not fit in these five categories. From this, six case studies have been developed. These case studies include retrofitting sidewalks in Olympia Washington: the network of interurban transit options in North Dakota; providing mileage reimbursement for seniors arranging their own rides in Mesa Arizona; the State of Oregon’s “Main Street as a Highway” guidance for integrating highways into the fabric of smaller towns; the use to transportation impact fees to fund transportation infrastructure, including concurrency fees, development fees and special district fees; and a “Complete Streets” project in Clinton, Iowa.