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Private Sector Responses to Freight Transportation Capacity Constraints

项目名称：	Private Sector Responses to Freight Transportation Capacity Constraints
摘要：	The nation's freight infrastructure is mature, and the capacity constraints in the system are well known by logistics providers and freight carriers. It is clear that capacity is expanding too slowly to keep up with demand. The congestion and inefficiencies resulting from this gap hurt the nation's economy and its competitive status in the global marketplace. Although private-sector firms often cannot improve the bottlenecks, they are innovative in adapting their operations to move freight through congested areas. The users of the infrastructure, operating in a free market, compete to squeeze maximum benefit from the transportation system and may behave in ways that will affect the need for certain public sector investments. It is also the case that public sector agencies make decisions about expanding infrastructure or changing operations without necessarily having a solid understanding of how the private sector will respond. The objective of this project is to catalogue ways in which those responsible for moving freight respond to constraints on freight system capacity. This will be useful in assessing the impacts of projects designed to remedy system constraints. It should also include case analyses of private sector responses to public sector decisions that illustrate both intended and unintended outcomes and the underlying causes. This study will focus on congested segments and chokepoints in the freight transportation system that cause significant drags on its efficiency and costs to the economy. Responses to be considered should include consolidation of origins and destinations for freight movements, as well as various strategies used in transportation management optimization software applications.
状态：	Proposed
资金：	300000.00
资助组织：	Research and Innovative Technology Administration<==>National Cooperative Freight Research Program
项目负责人：	Lemer, Andrew C
开始时间：	20070703
主题领域：	Freight Transportation；Highways；Operations and Traffic Management