Car scheduling : what's the point? / A. Scheffer Lang, Paul O. Roberts, Jr., and John P. Sammon -- Estimating maintenance-of-way costs for U.S. railroads after deregulation / C. Gregory Bereskin -- Hazardous materials transportation on U.S. railroads : application of risk analysis methods to decision making in development of regulations / Phani K. Raj and Edward W. Pritchard -- Reducing hazardous materials release from railroad tank car safety vents / Christopher P.L. Barkan, Todd T. Treichel, and Gary W. Widell -- Trip length distributions in commodity-based and trip-based freight demand modeling : investigation of relationships / José Holgúin-Veras and Ellen Thorson -- Development of a statewide truck trip forecasting model based on commodity flows and input-output coefficients / Jose A. Sorratini and Robert L. Smith, Jr. -- Relationship of freight facilities in central business district office buildings to truck traffic / Anne G. Morris and Alain L. Kornhauser -- Value pricing and freight traffic : issues and industry constraints in shifting from peak to off-peak movements / Pierre Vilain and Paul Wolfrom -- External urban truck trips based on commodity flows : a model / Michael Fischer, Jeffrey Ang-Olson, and Anthony La -- Potential applications of intelligent transportation systems to road freight transport in Mexico / Alberto Mendoza and Antonio García -- Decision-making process in intermodal transportation / Dimitrios A. Tsamboulas and Seraphim Kapros.