FHWA International Technology Scanning Program Study tour summary report on European intermodal programs: planning, policy and technology

00669002325983261994PDFTech ReportFHWA-PL-94-038Intermodal transportationFreight handlingRegional transportationRegional developmentInternational compactsIntermodal freight systemsTrans-European networksBelgium;Germany;NetherlandsUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationMuller, GerhardtRoberts, RichardSchoener, GeorgeSonefeld, OttoPort Authority of New York and New JerseyLoyola College in Maryland. Transportation Technology Evaluation Center, International Technology Research InstituteUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and FinanceNTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and PolicyNTL-FREIGHT-IntermodalismFederal Highway AdministrationThe transportation policies being pursued by the European Community are very similar to those articulated in the United States' Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. In September 1993, a team of four government and state transportation association representatives made a two-week scanning trip to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to discuss and report on European experiences with intermodal freight transportation policies and systems. The objective was to observe and document information on European Community (EC) - sometimes referred to as European Union (EU) - methods and experiences in the planning and administration, system development, environmental compliance, financing, marketing, and operation of increasingly complex and capital-intensive intermodal freight systems and facilities