Title: Assessing intermodal transportation planning at state departments of transportation

Authors: Andrew R. Goetz, Joseph S. Szyliowicz, Timothy M. Vowles, G. Stephen Taylor

Addresses: Department of Geography and Intermodal Transportation Institute, University of Denver, 2050 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, CO 80208, USA. ' Graduate School of International Studies, Intermodal Transportation Institute, University of Denver, 2201 S. Gaylord St., Denver, CO 80208, USA. ' Department of History, B357 Clark Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1776, USA. ' Management and Information Systems, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9581, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA

Abstract: We assessed the practice of freight and passenger intermodal planning at seven state departments of transportation – Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas – through analyses of previous studies, long- and short-range plans, organisational structures, surveys, and interviews. Results indicate that these states have altered their organisational structures and have produced plans that increasingly reflect an intermodal orientation, but that Florida and Louisiana were rated somewhat higher. Specific intermodal projects, public participation, and coordination among agencies tended to be rated more highly, while funding for and state DOT attitudes toward transit, bicycle/pedestrian, and intermodal connectors were rated much lower.

Keywords: intermodal transportation; transportation planning; USA; United States; state departments of transportation; agency coordination; transportation funding; freight intermodal projects; passenger intermodal projects; organisational structure.

DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2007.013947

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, 2007 Vol.1 No.2, pp.119 - 145

Published online: 04 Jun 2007 *

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