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Short-Haul IMX
Short-haul intermodal rail is the next growth area for a number of players - Class I and short lines as well as the truck load carriers. Now that their core lanes are growing again and earning profits, the carriers are looking to improve efficiencies in their secondary lanes and markets.     
Short-haul rail is a growing service area for RNO.  Our staff have experience identifying and developing short-haul rail service opportunities for railroad and trucking customers.  This service is part of our 3GIntermodal offering.
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Transportation economists, planners and media techies.

Freight and Intermodal Planning Services
RNO is a national leader in freight and intermodal planning.  For more than 20 years, our principals have successfully worked with public and private sector clients on all modes of transportation – truck, rail, maritime and aviation. We have pioneered the development of trade and transportation system analysis, from the facility level to the multinational level. Our methods have been used in the USA and globally to plan and design new freight and intermodal systems.  We've played a part in defining the modern era of national and international freight transportation policies and are working on the next generation. We've also made our mark on multi-jurisdictional (multi-state) regional and corridor trade and transportation coalitions and efforts.  Our techniques for incorporating freight data into the transportation network modeling and needs analysis process have been adopted throughout the industry.       

Services
  • MARKET STUDIES - Develop demand forecasts, databases, and use commercial databases 
  • ECONOMIC IMPACT - Calculate economic impacts, and economic development potential
  • PLANNING - Facilities plans, regional, statewide, national and international freight systems plans
  • STRATEGIES & POLICIES - Strategies and policies to accommodate freight, and mitigate impacts  
  • FUNDING - Revenue estimates, capital budgets, funding plans, including investment grade studies

Public and Private
  • FACILITIES - Intermodal terminals, ports, airports, border crossings
  • CORRIDORS - Rail, highway, marine highways
  • URBAN REGIONS - Urban freight plans, Freight Transportation Improvement Plans (F-TIP)
  • STATEWIDE - Statewide multimodal plans, operational plans, rail plans
  • MULTI-STATE & MULTINATIONAL - Multi-jurisdictional corridors, regional plans and international
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RNO: Transportation consulting firm comprising of economists, planners and media techies. Economics, economic development, market development, intermodal, freight and finance. 3Gi (3GIntermodal): 3rd generation intermodal systems including short-haul intermodal rail and container on barge marine highways. TransportSMS (Transport Social Media Studio): Social media studio to the transportation sector. Skuzme: Social media application connecting commuters with commuters, and better transportation. Content copyright . The RNO Group LLC. All rights reserved.