The Role of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Intermodal Air Cargo Operations

This research has four main purposes: 1. Investigate and suggest how the public sector in the state of California (including the state, cities, counties, airports, etc.) can assist the air cargo industry in providing more efficient services to businesses and the general public of California. 2. Learn from the air cargo industry's efficient intermodal operations about intermodal freight and passenger transportation in general. 3. Learn from the industry's technology deployment efforts for the purpose of developing strategies for deploying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies in the general freight industry and in the overall transportation industry. 4. Suggest ITS deployment strategies for other segments of the freight industry.