The Panama Canal will complete an expansion project in 2014, allowing larger ships to pass through the canal. This has the potential to bring more freight from Asia to the
The NADO Research Foundation released the report Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development (PDF) in 2011, highlighting examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement
The 2008 report Short Line Railroads: Saving an Endangered Species of Freight Transport(PDF) highlights the action of the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board and the SEDA-Council of
The 2007 report Southeast Tennessee Transportation: Positioning the Chattanooga Region in the Global Economy(PDF) explores the Chattanooga region’s multi-modal transportation system and its role in retaining the region’s economic competitiveness
The NADO Research Foundation published the 2007 issue brief Ethanol Production Impacts Transportation System(PDF), which examines the regional and local transportation impacts of the ethanol fuels industry. This report was
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