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A series of environmental issues have been raised in the field of logistics recently, as well. In South Korea, attention has been focused on the establishment of an intermodal logistics system from the perspectives of environment and logistic efficiency as a countermeasure against them. This study reviewed overall tasks to build an intermodal logistics system for the South Korean railroad by examining the case of the United States, which has invested efforts into the establishment of an environment-friendly and efficient intermodal logistics system through intermodal transportation promotion policies such as ISTEA, NHS, and TEA-21, utilization of ITS and ICT, and expansion of intermodal railroad transportation. There are several tasks to fulfill in order to establish an intermodal logistics system for the South Korean railroad: first, the legal institutions should be arranged to enable intermodal transportation business including railroad transportation; second, plans should be set up to arrange the corridors connecting the railroad terminals with the truck terminals and secure necessary funds over a long period of time; third, there is a need to increase the competitive edge of service by offering cargo tracking and security information incorporated into ITS and ICT; finally, it is also required to build an intermodal network to allow the South Korean railroad terminals to connect to the inland areas of Japan and China in preparation of FTA among Korea, China, and Japan.
