This book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. In view of the current dominant role of road transport and the increasing difficulties in coping with a growing number of vehicles in an efficient and sustainable way, intermodal freight transport...

This paper analyzes the patterns of public sector construction expenditure in the United States for the 1957-85 period. Expenditure trends of six categories of public works are analyzed at three regional scales. Demand and supply factors influencing capital expenditures are briefly interpreted.