The goal of this research was to evaluate the potential and limitations of freight pipeline as a viable mode of cargo transport over long distances. The purpose of this second year effort was to apply the methodology of analysis developed in the first year of study to a specific transport corridor (Philadelphia-Chicago).
Transport of Solid Commodities via Freight Pipeline: Volume I. Cost Comparison Among Various Modes of Freight Transport
1978
98 pages
Report
No indication
English
Pipeline Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Cargo transportation , Pipeline transportation , Cost comparison , Hydraulic conveyors , Pneumatic conveyors , Highway transportation , Rail transportation , Demand(Economics) , Technology assessment , Pennsylvania , Illinois , Freight pipelines , Intercity transportation , Impact assessment , Demand analysis , Philadelphia(Pennsylvania) , Chicago(Illinois)