This course will introduce students to different modal and intermodal freight facilities, their operation, and types of freight movement and handling equipment, and will put them in context of a multi-modal transportation system. This course will present the role of privately owned and operated freight movement within public sector operations and management.

• Distinguish the unique and overlapping concepts and principles of freight transportation by and across modes, including moving goods by truck, rail, water, air, and across multiple modes.
• Determine the private sector characteristics of how each mode operates for moving freight.
• Assess the impact of moving freight on transportation systems.
• Evaluate how public sector decisions impact the movement of goods.
• Formulate and solve problems related to the operations of goods movement and the freight transportation system.
• Differentiate the impacts of public and private sector decision making on freight transportation.
• Communicate the impact of freight on the transportation system to technical and non-technical audiences.