Georgia has benefited from a comprehensive multimodal transportation network. The availability of road, air, rail and port transportation facilities has been a magnet for business development and economic activity. The ability to connect goods to markets and people to destinations is a key factor determining the quality of life and creating new opportunities for our State. But the completion of the Interstate System and the rapid development of a global marketplace have placed new demands on the intermodal network. In response to an era of rapid change and challenge, the Department invited the Transportation 2000 Commission, a group of public and private citizens, to create a new Vision of transportation for Georgia's future. Vision 2000 emphasizes adequate multimodal transportation capacity and safety. The Board of Transportation adopted the Transportation 2000 Vision. This powerful vision recognizes the strategic importance of transportation to Georgia's future. Findings and recommendations of the Statewide Transportation Plan incorporate the results of planning studies, research and analysis. Guided by Vision 2000, the Plan addresses the transportation network as an integrated multimodal system and identifies a need for modal improvements and new initiatives. The future transportation program, outlined in the Statewide Transportation Plan, promotes modal efficiency, encourages seamless intermodal connectivity and effective use of existing resources maximizing the benefits accruing from the public's investment. Intermodalism is the interaction of modal operations resulting in more efficient and effective mobility of people and goods. Each transportation mode contributes uniquely to total mobility. Through the interaction of modes working in unison, a higher level of mobility is achieved, superior to what any one mode could offer alone. At the heart of the intermodal transportation system are highways, the backbone for intermodal connections. Through the connectivity provided by roads and bridges, the intermodal network serves a spectrum of travel purposes facilitating public travel, cargo shipments, military preparedness and safety.
Statewide Transportation Plan. Intermodalism: Bringing Transportation Together
1995
190 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Intermodal transportation , Transportation planning , Trends , Policy profiles , Modal profiles , Urban profiles , Highways , Bridges , Railroads , Aviation , Ports , Bicycles , Resources , Recommendations , Statewide transportation plans
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