Meeting the 21st Century Challenges of System Performance Through Better Operations

The objective of this scanning tour was to investigate the historical and contemporary context for transportation operations in each country visited. Additionally, the team wished to focus on the policies and strategies that are planned for the future to sustain good system performance and operational practices in these countries. The U.S. delegation's goal is that the lessons learned from this scan will help enable United States transportation agencies to evolve from a culture based primarily on construction to one that emphasizes system operations across all modes and balances that with facility expansion.

Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom were identified as countries where systems operations issues would relate to issues in the United States and where solutions to intermodal and capacity challenges could be beneficial when solving similar challenges with our own transportation systems.

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