摘要: |
This study offers background information on, definition and system architecture of, and stakeholders and impediments of intermodal freight transportation. The research also provides brief information on the current and future freight movement, domestically and globally, and necessary actions to facilitate this movement. Current and emerging technologies for enabling intermodal freight transportation, potential costs and benefits of ITS/CVO intermodal freight transportation, the government's role in intermodal freight transportation, future research issues and challenges in the intermodal freight transportation, and concluding remarks and recommendations are also presented in this study. |