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P R E F A C E This document, produced in fulfillment of NCHRP Project 8-42: Assessing Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion, consists of ⢠A final report, which presents information collected and analyzed as part of the study process, including a literature review, analysis of case studies, analysis of issues in freight shipping and mode choices, analysis of trends affecting freight shipping patterns, and evaluation of data sources. ⢠A Guidebook, which presents tools and methods that transportation planners can use to examine the potential for rail freight as a way to help control the growth of roadway traffic congestion. The last chapter of this final report describes the structure used in the Guidebook. It serves as a bridge to the Guidebook, an introduction to its content, and an overview of the analyt- ical method that planners can use to apply rail freight solutions to roadway congestion. Note: URLs were current at the time of report submission. 1
