48th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15-17, 2007

How should port dredging be financed, by a tax or user fee? The U.S. tax and proposed Clinton Administration national user fee programs for financing port dredging costs [...]

For container ports and their terminals to remain competitive and to handle the anticipated growth there are huge challenges to increase their productivity, to reduce the [...]

A recent issue impacting freight shipments in Washington State involves the reduction of container services at the Port of Portland, Oregon. Prior to this change, export [...]

Continuing adaptation to the changing transportation needs of the U.S. and Canada is critical in maintaining efficiency and reducing costs of raw and manufactured goods. [...]

The paper involves an econometric analysis of congestion pricing at the bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). Using a fi [...]

Regarding some regulation fields, such as optimal investments and pricing policies, marginal cost estimations for infrastructure intensive transport services is always a [...]

The success and value of transportation, whether rail, air, highway, maritime or any other mode, is ultimately dependent on people. However, there are a number of factors [...]

Highway construction and maintenance relies heavily upon mined aggregates as a core ingredient. The proximity of aggregate mine sites to highway or other construction loc [...]