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Research Reports
View AllThis report is for Transportation Institute personnel who write, type, mail, or are otherwise involved in publishing reports. Its purpose is three-fold: 1) to develop a continuity in style for reports produced by this office; 2) to give guidelines to new or experienced personnel; and 3) to enhance the... This paper analyzes the potential merger of the Portland Elevator and the Portland Junction Elevator. The specific objectives of the report are to: 1) define and compare industry characteristics of North Dakota grain truckers with previous research; 2) estimate and evaluate the operating costs for motor carrier firms hauling grain in North Dakota; and 3) evaluate changes in grain trucking costs over... The objective of this study is to evaluate the desirability of creating a single state agency in North Dakota that would be responsible for the management of transportation functions currently performed by a variety of state agencies. If a need for consolidation of transportation functions in North Dakota... This report summarizes information detailed in UGPTI Report No. 65, an extensive five chapter document. The objective of the study was to evaluate the desirability of creating a single state agency in North Dakota that would be responsible for the management of transportation functions currently performed... This directory was published with two goals in mind. First, it serves as a list to shippers in identifying inter- and intrastate grain haulers. Second, it publicizes firms that operate in the grain trucking industry. This report represents a continuation of analysis concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grains and oilseed from North Dakota. The general objective of this study is to provide a descriptive analysis of the subterminal/satellite form of organization and an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of reorganizing local country elevators into this type of system. During the late 1970's and early 1980's a variety of legislation was passed that affected the transportation industries. Legislated changes, coupled with rising costs and a depressed economy, represented a wide variety of new circumstances facing the grain distribution system, particularly the grain... Three sets of light-density lines in North Dakota were analyzed with respect to the potential economies to be gained from short line operation. The three networks consisted of: 1) a single, 81-mile branch line with a density of nine cars per mile; 2) a 667-mile regional network with 20 cars per mile... |
