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2055 Freight Transportation System and the Impact of Near Term Rail Movements on TxDOT Planning

Project Summary

Efficient, reliable, and safe freight transportation is critical to the economic prosperity of any region. An efficient multimodal and intermodal transportation system reduces transportation and supply chain transaction costs and increases connectivity, mobility, reliability, and accessibility to local and global markets. An efficient freight transportation system, therefore, supports economic development, expansion of international trade, increased employment, growth in personal income, and growth of the gross domestic product of a region-ultimately improving the quality of life of its citizens. This research project develops parameters for a successful Texas Freight Transportation System four decades into the future and emphasizes the role of TxDOT in identifying and planning for changes in Texas’ rail imports and exports and traffic volumes over the short term.

At the conclusion of this project, the research team will produce a framework for Texas’s freight transportation system in 2055 and a set of recommended planning steps that will be beneficial to TxDOT's International Relations Office, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, Rail Division, and border and coastal districts in addressing the growing impacts of imports and exports by rail in the state.

Project Number

0-6809

Status

Completed

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Project Details

Start Date

7/1/2014

End Date

8/31/2015

Performing Institution(s)

Texas A & M Transportation Institute (TTI); Center for Transportation Research (CTR)

Research Team

RS: Jolanda Prozzi

Sponsor

Project Manager

Kevin Pete

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Functional Area

Planning and Environmental

Index Terms

Demographics
Economic growth
Environmental impacts
Freight transportation
Industries
International trade
Location
Technological innovations
Transportation planning
Trend (Statistics)

Lead University

TTI

Researcher

Prozzi, Jolanda

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kevyn

This project was included in the "2016 Research Impacts: Better--Faster--Cheaper" publication by AASHTO RAC (Research Advisory Council) http://research.transportation.org/Documents/RAC%20Docs/HVR_2016.pdf

8/3/2016 at 3:44 PM

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3/12/2015

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