Chair -- David Cole, Maine
Vice Chair -- Vacant
Secretary -- Leo Penne, AASHTO
WELCOME to
The Special Committee on Intermodal Transportation and Economic Expansion
The Committee shall study and develop recommendations on intermodal transportation issues and on the relationship between freight transportation and the economy. Of special concern will be the interconnectivity of transportation modes and systems, and interface requirements between airports, highways, ports, railroads, transit systems and waterways important for freight movement and economic expansion. It shall formulate and carry out a strategy to develop and support the case for the economic value of transportation. It shall arrange dialogues with the business community, foster an information exchange of transportation-economic information among the Member Departments, stimulate further research, review and advise on the economic impact of transportation policies and regulations, assist Member Departments in their analysis of the economic benefits and consequences of transportation programs and approaches to maximize the economic value of transportation, coordinate with other public and private associations with similar interests.
AASHTO Journal
Freight
Allen Biehler, AASHTO president and Pennsylvania transportation secretary, joined a panel of freight industry stakeholders assembled at a National Press Club briefing Monday morning to discuss the necessity of the federal government identifying and strategically funding a multimodal and interconnected National Freight Transportation Network. View the full story in the September 18 AASHTO Journal.
State Initiatives
Heartland Intermodal Partnership (HIP)
The Heartland Intermodal Partnership In June 2003, MARAD led the formation of the Heartland Intermodal Partnership (HIP), a coalition of senior public and private sector professionals from across the 24-states of the nation’s heartland. Its mission is to support economic competitiveness of the region’s business, industry and labor by improving intermodal transportation.To read more about visit:HIP Offical Web Page
HIP PowerPoint Presentation | More State Initiatives »
Reports and Studies
Electronic Intermodal Supply Chain Manifest
This report presents the results of a 2.5 year freight ITS evaluation of an air cargo security and logistics system which was deployed at O’Hare and JFK international airports. In September 1999, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) jointly funded a field operational test to develop an electronic supply chain manifest system for air cargo. The primary objectives of this test were to increase the security of air cargo operations, while providing shippers and carriers with improved efficiencies in their operations.
Hearing on National Freight Transportation Agenda | More Reports »
News
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
AASHTO Recommendations: Team 5. Multimodal Freight Systems
Tom Norton, chairman of the Special Committee on Intermodal Transportation and Economic Expansion, headed a policy team that gave recommendations regarding freight policies and programs, including highways and trucking, intermodal connectors, freight rail, and ports.
AASHTO 2006 Policy Process | AASHTO Team 5 Freight Recommendations | Team 5 CHARGE
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