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03461aam a2200385 a 4500 001 A91C483EEB9D11E7A465B32097128E48 003 SILO 005 20171228010216 008 070227s2007 cau b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0833041258 020 $a 9780833041258 035 $a (OCoLC)85389525 040 $a RSM $c RSM $d BAKER $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-cn $a n-cn--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-cn 050 4 $a HE199.U5 $b I53 2007 245 00 $a Increasing the capacity of freight transportation : $b U.S. and Canadian perspectives / $c David S. Ortiz [and others]. 264 1 $a Santa Monica, CA : $b RAND, $c 2007. 300 $a xv, 38 pages ; $c 28 cm. 490 1 $a Conference proceedings / RAND ; $v 228 530 $a Also available online. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-38). 520 $a Disruptions are increasing in North American supply chains. North American freight transport capacity is threatening economic competitiveness. Rising shipping costs, increasingly lengthy shipping times, increasingly variable transit times, and increasingly large inventories are all evidence of constraints in the freight transport system. As North American manufacturing and retail's reliance on imports has increased, highway and rail infrastructure has been neither maintained nor expanded in critical places. Other factors, such as increased fuel prices, security requirements, border delays, and a shortage of truck drivers are eroding the freight transport system's performance. Consequently, shippers are stocking more parts and supplies, resorting to expensive backup transportation, and revisiting facility location decisions to cope with disruptions. In February 2006, more than 30 U.S. and Canadian private- and public-sector stakeholders met to discuss the declining performance of the North American freight transport system and to determine strategies for increasing freight transportation capacity. Participants identified examples of current and expected economic effects of capacity constraints on the freight transport system. They also highlighted specific physical, contractual, and regulatory constraints to the free movement of freight and charted a path toward addressing the most pressing issues through public-sector, private-sector, and joint action. This document summarizes the workshop discussions and the participants' consensus. 650 0 $a Freight and freightage $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103638 650 0 $a Freight and freightage $z Canada. 650 0 $a Shipment of goods $z United States. 650 0 $a Shipment of goods $z Canada. 650 0 $a Transportation $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116213 650 0 $a Transportation $z Canada. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116926 700 1 $a Ortiz, David $q (David Santana) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002153719 710 2 $a Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005010320 710 2 $a Rand Corporation. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78083407 830 0 $a Conference proceedings (Rand Corporation) ; $v CF-228-ISE. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94061767 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228033228.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A91C483EEB9D11E7A465B32097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search