Research Reports
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Title:
Methods for Analyzing Motor Carrier and Railroad Costs
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Publication Date:
Jun 1997
Report #:
SP-135
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Keywords:
alternatives analysis, costs, data analysis, economic efficiency, freight transportation, motor carriers, railroads
Type:
Research Report – Staff Papers
Final Report Abstract
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.