The 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act made "intermodalism," or the movement of people and products from one mode of transportation to another, a transportation policy priority and popular buzzword. Eighteen years later, have we come far enough in developing a national intermodal transportation network? If not, how can Congress and the Obama administration craft the next surface transportation bill to promote a more integrated and intermodal system? What are the benefits that a more intermodal network can bring?
-- Lisa Caruso, NationalJournal.com