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Multi-State Freight Transportation Organizations 4-1 4.0 Developing a Successful Multi-State Freight Organization 4.1 CONCLUSIONS Each of the three models has significant strengths and weaknesses; however, the research findings suggest that creating multi-state freight organizations through a federally chartered organization might be the most practical approach to achieving organizations that can develop and implement long-term freight transportation investment plans. This approach would require the following: • Multi-state freight policy guidance.
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Multi-State Freight Transportation Organizations 4-2 planning, capital investment, operations, research, and education across jurisdictional lines. To allow for the evolution of the organizations as freight needs change over time, the roles and responsibilities of the national corporation might be drawn somewhat broadly, but the permitted roles and responsibilities of the regional corporations, where most of the functional work would take place, could be attuned to local and regional needs and practices.
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Multi-State Freight Transportation Organizations 4-3 organization would require a broad base of funding since it would be providing services primarily to states, metropolitan areas, and the U.S.
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