National Waterways Foundation




	Research
	"Cost of Project Delays: An Estimate of Foregone Benefits and Other Costs Related to Schedule Delays of Inland Waterways Projects” by HDR Decision Economics, June 2012.
	A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public
	Updated in February 2012, the study was conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, Center for Ports and Waterways and Compares selected societal, environmental, and safety impacts of utilizing inland river barge transportation to highway and rail transportation. Waterways transportation keeps our nation's commerce on the move in the safest, most fuel-efficient, environmentally sound way. A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public: 2001-2009 "Toward a Full Accounting of the Beneficiaries of Navigable Waterways," by the University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research, January 2011 Brochures "Waterways: Working for America" Brochure, based on "Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public: 2001-2009" (Feb. 2012) Waterways: Vital to the Nation Presentations Powerpoint presentation to accompany “Waterways: Working for America” Script to accompany powerpoint presentation This powerpoint presentation captures the key elements of the February 2012 study, “A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on the General Public: 2001-2009” conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, Center for Ports and Waterways. The accompanying presenter script provides a slide-by-slide narrative about the findings of the study, which compares societal impacts of barge, rail and truck transportation modes. Feel free to download this presentation for your use, contact Waterways Council, Inc. (703/373-2261), or the National Waterways Foundation (703/807-0100) to request a speaker, or incorporate this information into your own presentation. Archive