摘要: |
This research report on developing and maintaining multimodal transportation partnerships documents the research and analysis procedures used in carrying out this research. The research report highlights and summarizes the background on the research, illustrates a nationwide multimodal partnership database, and sets out certain definitions and caveats that were important in documenting the process used throughout. In addition, it summarizes the interim reports that were submitted during the course of the study. The topics included in the analysis phase include a summary of the case study process; an identification of partnership issues and barriers to establishing effective partnerships; and an identification of the steps to forming and maintaining successful partnerships. The primary output of the research report, however, are the final two chapters addressing implementation of the results of the study, a design of evaluation mechanisms, future research needs, and study conclusions. One of the key findings and conclusions of the research was that the partnering process, if applied correctly as a project management tool, has a very high likelihood of increasing the success of partnerships in complex multimodal transportation projects. |