Research Reports |
Title: | Methods for Analyzing Motor Carrier and Railroad Costs |
Authors: | Denver Tolliver and John Bitzan |
Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
Report #: | SP-135 |
TRID #: | 01848412 |
Keywords: | alternatives analysis, costs, data analysis, economic efficiency, freight transportation, motor carriers, railroads |
Type: | Research Report – Staff Papers |
This paper estimates railroad and truck shipment costs for several major commodities and illustrates how public data and analytic tools can be used to analyze multimodal trade-offs and efficiencies.