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Feasibility of a Next-Generation, Intermodal Rail-Truck Transport System for the Western I-80 Corridor. Engineering, Economic, Environmental, Safety and Security Policy Considerations.
| 题名： | Feasibility of a Next-Generation, Intermodal Rail-Truck Transport System for the Western I-80 Corridor. Engineering, Economic, Environmental, Safety and Security Policy Considerations. |
| 作者： | schneider, g. redd, l. young, r. tomasini, m. |
| 关键词： | engineering, economic analysis, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, safety policies, security policies |
| 摘要： | Interstate 80 is one of the heaviest traveled east-west freight corridors in the nation. Each day approximately 5,000 -7,000 trucks travel 1-80 across Wyoming and Nebraska. Ninety-five percent of these trucks have neither an origin nor a destination in Wyoming. Within 15 years the number of trucks on Interstate 80 is projected to double. Given this level of truck traffic, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will need to significantly increase funding (and perhaps divert funding from other highways) to maintain 1-80 pavement in its current condition. This study evaluated alternatives for managing the projected growth in truck traffic across Wyoming as well as across the western 1-80 corridor A simulation model was developed to analyze the costs and benefits of pavement alternatives such as material changes, additional capacity an strategies to divert trucks from 1-80 to rail. This simulation model utilizes equations based on traffic data, pavement data, cost data, construction inflation and safety data. Funding scenarios and constraints are also included in the simulation model. Preliminary analysis indicates that substantial benefits would result from diverting as little as 20 percent of trucks from 1-80 to rail using an innovative land ferry concept. However, this would require increasing Union Pacific Railroad's rail capacity by approximately 1,400 miles on their central corridor. / NOTE: Final rept. (June 2005-December 2006). / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by Wyoming Dept. of Transportation, Cheyenne. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |
| 总页数： | u0718；220p |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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