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原文传递 Background, Criteria, and Usage of the Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database. Technical rept. series.

题名：	Background, Criteria, and Usage of the Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database. Technical rept. series.
作者：	Goldberg-B.
关键词：	Passenger-transportation-system; Intermodal-connectivity; *Intermodal-Passenger-Connectivity-Database.;Background-; Criteria-; Usage-.
摘要：	Intermodal connections, the links that allow passengers to switch from one mode to another to complete a trip, have been an important element of federal transportation policy since passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). Since then, the U.S. Department of Transportation has encouraged the development of intermodal connectivity. There is a general consensus that the U.S. passenger transportation system has become more intermodally linked since the passage of ISTEA, but the degree of that connectivity has never been measured. To provide a baseline connectivity measurement against which to measure future progress, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a component of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), is developing the Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (IPCD). This report describes in detail the background for the project, the considerations that were taken into account in the development of the project, the criteria used to determine where connectivity exists, and information to help users of the IPCD understand its contents. In 1991, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) marked a major change in federal transportation policy. Instead of considering the needs of each mode individually, ISTEA sought to encourage the development of intermodal connections, stating that The National Intermodal Transportation System shall consist of all forms of transportation in a unified, interconnected manner. Interconnecting the modes would give both shippers and travelers transportation alternatives that unconnected, parallel systems do not offer. Also, with interconnectivity, the system would function more efficiently because each mode would be relied on for the transportation that it could most effectively provide.
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