Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion
Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion

Author: Joseph Bryan

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0309098939

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NCHRP Report 586 explores guidance on evaluating the potential feasibility, cost, and benefits of investing in rail freight solutions to alleviate highway congestion from heavy truck traffic.

E-Logistics
E-Logistics

Author: Yingli Wang

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 0749472677

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E-logistics serves as the nerve system for the whole supply chain and enables smooth information flow within and between organizations. This contributed book focuses on the strategic role of e-logistics in today's dynamic global environment. In E-Logistics international experts from both academia and industry examine how competitiveness and productivity in transport, logistics and supply chain management can be improved using e-logistics systems and technologies. A variety of successful e-logistics business approaches are discussed covering a range of commercial sectors and transport modes. Separate chapters consider e-logistics developments for air freight; rail freight; road freight; sea transport and port systems. Subsequent chapters address in depth support systems for B2C and B2B e-commerce and e-fulfilment, warehouse management, RFID, electronic marketplaces, global supply network visibility, and service chain automation. Industry case studies are used to support the discussion. The book also investigates emerging technologies in e-logistics and considers what the future might hold in this rapidly changing and developing field.

Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008
Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008

Author: Dr Russell Haywood

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-11-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 140948825X

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This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century when the railway was in public ownership: 1948–94. It assesses the strength of the relationships when working in collaboration with the private sector. The book then focuses on the interplay between planning and railway since privatization in 1994 and points to best practice for the future in institutional structures and policy development to secure improved outcomes.

Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation
Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation

Author: David Ewing

Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1560511850

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This report addresses the public benefits and investment needs of intercity passenger rail transportation. AASHTO has published an investment needs report for highways and transit, and intends to publish a report on freight rail investment needs. Cost estimates for intercity passenger rail investment presented in this report were developed independently from those contained in the freight rail report. In combination, these reports provide a complete picture of the benefits of the various surface transportation modes to the U.S. and the value to be realized by both the traveling public and shippers through strategic investments.