Freight mobility and intermodal connectivity in China
By: prepared by the International Scanning Study Team: David Cole ... [et al.] for Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Contributors: Cole, David.; American Trade Initiatives, Inc.; FHWA International Technology Scanning Program.; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program.; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Publisher: FHWA/US DOT, Office of International Programs
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Freight and freightage -- China; Transportation and state; Freight traffic; Intermodal transportation
Description: Trade growth between the United States and China has increased U.S. interest in how the Chinese transportation system handles exports. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to identify how China provides intermodal access to its ports and uses investment strategies to foster freight mobility and intermodal connectivity. The scan team learned that China's national, provincial, and metropolitan transportation policy is closely coordinated with the country's economic policy and social harmony goals. The transportation system is expanding rapidly to meet global intermodal freight demands and promote expansion into underdeveloped regions of the country. Team recommendations for U.S. implementation include reviving a national transportation infrastructure focus to maintain U.S. competitiveness in the global market, conducting a study on how China uses performance measures to manage transportation policy, and synthesizing the results of this and earlier scans on intermodal freight and connectivity around the world.
Notes: "May 2008."

"International Technology Scanning Program"--Cover.

"FHWA-PL-08-020"--P. [4] of cover.

"HPIP/5-08(3.5)EW"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online via the FHWA website.

Performed by American Trade Initiatives under contract no. DTFH61-99-C-005