Legal Issues Associated with Intermodalism

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest 5: Legal Issues Associated with Intermodalism Transit examines transportation planning and legal issues from the prospective of those responsible for implementing intermodal projects.

The report is organized as follows:
(A) Background and Purpose of the Study;
(B) How the Study Was Conducted;
(C) Survey Results (1-Survey Respondents' Definition of Intermodalism, 2-Survey Respondents' Ratings of Some Problems Associated with Intermodalism, and 3-Conclusions Based on Survey Responses);
(D) Legal Issues Associated with Intermodalism (1-Funding Issues, 2-Regulations Regarding Freight Carriers, 3-Environmental Restrictions, 4-Zoning, Land Use, and Noise Restrictions, and 5-Labor Laws and Standards);
(E) Conclusion;
Appendix A--Bibliography;
Appendix B--Intermodalism Survey Form; and
Appendix C--Selected Survey Respondents' Definitions of Intermodalism.