Multimodal/Intermodal Transportation in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin American: Government Plans, Policies, and Programs (Policy Research Project Reports)

The purpose of this book is to examine global "best practices" in governmental multimodal / intermodal transport policies, plans, and programs. This task was accomplished by investigating supranational, national, state, and local government activities in North America, Western Europe, and Latin America. Discussion focuses on: 1) global trade liberalization, formation of regional trade blocs, governmental deregulation and privatization of transport enterprises, integrated logistics services, and the evolution of intermodal transportation; 2) U.S. public-sector involvement in; 3) state- and local-government involvement in seven U.S. states: 4) transport policies in the European Union, MERCOSUR-the Southern Common Market-and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The final chapters are case studies of federal-, state-, and local-government involvement in six foreign countries: France, Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Governmental efforts to promote and implement multimodal / intermodal transport projects are emphasized.