This analysis of railroads and truck terminals depicts the present (1966) and future patterns of operation for those two activities in the Indianapolis study area. While nineteenth century patterns of railroad land use have persisted until recent times, mergers and technological advancements in railroading will cause freight yards, freight handling facilities and transfer points to develop outside the congested areas of the city’s center. Other land uses – apartments, industrial and commercial—will be developed on land no longer required for rail operations. Such changes would appear to be mutually advantageous both to the railroads and the community-at-large. Truck terminals will also be developed in outlying areas. In weighing the relative importance of site selection factors, truck terminal managers gave highest ratings to nearness to other terminals, proximity to industry and access to an Interstate Highway.
Between August 2019 and May 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored researchers from Rutgers University, the University of Illinois at Urb...
This working note describes the three proposed alternative trim-end designs of Elkhart yard, which will be examined using the newly developed computer...
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