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Board’s inland‑intermodal study advances; members stress railroad feasibility, pricing and protection of urban industrial land

FMCIB (referred to in the transcript) · January 23, 2026
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The inland intermodal ad hoc committee reported progress defining inland‑port typologies and preparing stakeholder interviews; board members urged a thorough analysis of rail economics, handling/touch costs, and risks to urban industrial land to ensure proposed inland intermodal sites would be operationally and economically viable.

Staff updated the board on the inland intermodal study and the committee’s effort to adopt a unified definition and typology for inland ports, intermodal facilities and logistics clusters. The study team proposed categories including satellite marine terminals, rail intermodal logistics parks, short‑haul intermodal services and truck transload facilities and planned a case‑study and stakeholder interview…

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