The Freight Technology Story - Cover/Table of Contents

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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management and Operations
Room 3401
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590

Phone: 202-366-9210
Fax: 202-366-3301
Web site: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/
Toll-free help-line: 866-367-7487

June 2005

FHWA-HOP-05-030
EDL 14118

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Table of Contents

• Report Documentation Page
• Quality Assurance Statement
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• I. The Innovation and Implementation Process
  • Triggers for Implementation
  • Barriers to Implementation
• II. The Reach of Intelligent Freight Technologies
  • Asset Tracking
  • On-Board Status Monitoring
  • Gateway Facilitation
  • Freight Status Information
  • Network Status Information
• III. Intelligent Freight Technology Benefits
  • Private Sector Benefits
    • Increased Efficiency and Productivity
    • Improved Reliability and Service
    • Enhanced Shipment and Service Integrity
  • Public Sector Benefits
  • Freight Network Benefits
• IV. Results and Conclusions
  • Perspectives on the Business Case
  • Summary of Benefit Estimates
  • Lessons Learned from the Field Operational Test Program
  • Putting the Results in the Larger Context
• Appendix A. References and Points of Contact
• Appendix B. Acronyms

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