Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment (2013) / Chapter Skim
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1 The future rarely moves in predictable, incremental ways. Often seemingly small changes in technology, demographics, regulations, economics, or a myriad of other factors have dramatic and unintended impacts on how any organization (public or private)
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2 Scenario Planning for Freight transportation infrastructure investment potentially hazardous or recyclable materials with the retailer being responsible for safe disposal. What new challenges and market opportunities would this create?
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introduction and Background 3 of pipeline. The system, as a whole, moves more than 50 million tons of freight valued at over 45 billion dollars each day.
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4 Scenario Planning for Freight transportation infrastructure investment process involving as many stakeholders as possible -- not a one-time event. Therefore, the project will not simply provide a static list of actions that a DOT might undertake to prepare for the future.
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introduction and Background 5 Wack made the realization that to make management truly understand and prepare for potential unforeseen effects was to get it emotionally engaged -- not just by presenting financial projections. He fleshed out his scenarios, especially the second more controversial one, with detailed descriptions of the ramifications and the aftermath of what a strong OPEC would look like.
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