How do i reduce the effort in the freight transport work to be done to get problems solved. The coverage embraces all conventional modes of transport but also includes contributions from important related fields such as urban and regional planning and telecommunications where they interface with transport. But solid research on the conditions and implications for freight transport is badly missing. The contributors to this study examine the current state of global freight transport, with an emphasis on europe and north america and their extraregional linkages. In this context, many government officials view intermodal freight transport railtruck, railbarge, and truckbarge as an important means for achieving modal shifts.
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