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Title	LATIN AMERICA TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDY
Accession No	00813937
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Smith (Wilbur) and Associates ; Mississippi Department of Transportation ; Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date	20010300
Description	452 p.; Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables
Languages	English
Abstract	In the past 10 years, trade between the United States and Latin America has increased and Latin American trade is expected to continue growing. The purpose of the Latin America Trade and Transportation Study (LATTS) is to evaluate those trade opportunities and to determine transportation infrastructure investment needs for the Southeast Transportation Alliance (Alliance) to capitalize on such trade. The 14 Alliance members are Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, and Puerto Rico. The Alliance is the U.S. gateway to Latin America. The Alliance members have identified a LATTS Strategic Transportation System that is critical to accommodating trade with Latin America and also for carrying freight and passenger traffic. The LATTS Strategic Transportation System is a multimodal transportation system consisting of water ports, railroads, airports, and highways. The LATTS goal is to support economic development through improved transportation for trade. The report summarizes the modal issues and strategies needed to meet the goal.
TRT Terms	Airports ; Economic development ; Freight traffic ; Highways ; Infrastructure ; International trade ; Investments ; Multimodal transportation ; Passenger traffic ; Ports ; Ports of entry ; Railroads ; Tourism ; Trade ; Transportation
Geographical Terms	Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Latin America; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; Puerto Rico; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; United States; Virginia; West Virginia
Identifier Terms	Latin America Trade and Transportation Study; Southeast Transportation Alliance
Subject Areas	A04 Air Freight; A03 Airports; R21 FREIGHT OPERATIONS; R20 FREIGHT TRANSPORT DEMAND ANALYSIS; R23 PASSENGER OPERATIONS; H12 PLANNING; M15 PORTS AND HARBORS; M24 TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE; A21 Travel and Tourism; I72 Traffic and Transport Planning
Availability	Mississippi Department of Transportation
URLs	Document: http://www.wilbursmith.com/latts/
TRIS Files	ATRIS; HRIS; RRIS; MRIS
Database	TRIS Online